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audiophiles who are just getting the itch to upgrade

Hello, I am reaching out to the community of those audiophiles who are looking at this unprecedented time in our history to upgrade their components. Why? because we are now spending so much more time with our gear and looking for ways to improve it, because we can :-) My questions is this; if there was one component you could upgrade in my system, what would it be and why?
  • Linn Sonedek  LP 12 with Hercules board, Ittok II tonearm and Koetsu Black Cartridge
  •  Fritz Carbon 7 SE Speakers - http://www.fritzspeakers.com/DreamWeaverFritzCarbon7Mk2SpecPage.asp
  • Audio Mirror Tubadour III NOS DAC with   Miflex KPUC caps(courtesy of Don Sachs) and the Z foil resistors
  • Cary Audio SL80- Signature 1 with VH audio Reference V-Cap CuTF output caps plus Cary volume IR upgrade and mains cap upgrades. Running Gold Lions KT88 matched tubes, Shuguang Treasure CV181Z - 6SN7 Pre-Driver/Phase Inverter tubes,  Sovtek NOS 6922 Input Buffer Preamp tubes and  WINGED "C" (SED) 5U4-G GREY PLATE tube
  • Manley Labs Chinook phono pre-amp
  • Cullen crossover series speaker cables and power cords
Well that's it and I know that are a lot of you in this community who have far more experience with matching systems and upgrades than I do. Thank you for your assistance and happy listening ! 
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phill55 OP
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I almost forgot, 65% of my time is spent listening to albums, 20% to Tidal service via iPad direct connect to my DAC and 15% with CD player: Yamaha  CDX-1050 connected via UBS. Thanks !
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roxy54
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The turntable. You could definitely get one that is more accurate these days at a reasonable price. 
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phill55 OP
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Any recommendations? VPI? Thanks 
erik_squires
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Room acoustics??

Fritz makes awesome speakers, leave those alone.
masi61
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I keep hearing about the Karousel bearing that just came out from Linn which is supposed to be quite nice. I have a Linn Sondek LP12 with the same Ittok arm. I have not upgraded the motor power supply. I plan to get the Lingo 4 power supply, the Karousel bearing and am thing of buying an aftermarket Green Street Audio cnc aluminum sub-base to remount the Ittok and Karousel bearing to. 

Can you be a a bit more specific about which sonic attributes you are trying to attain that you can’t quite get to with your current system?
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