Best Stereo Upgrade Value

Speakers!

Simply the weakest link.

That could be any item of gear.

Speakers. Period.

Bass traps

everything matters. great speakers will not make a poor source or amplification sound good, but great source and amplification will get the most out of decent speakers. Which is better? I once placed my $15k Shindo system in my bedroom setup with $500 speakers and it sounded great, the $1,200 bedroom system with my main system speakers accurately articulated the upstream deficiencies.