Best Stereo Upgrade Value

ODAM capacitors. If you have good equipment, these will turn your system into a great one. Use them as primary, or bypass capacitors and they are a game changer. Linlai E-6SN7's along with ODAM capacitors, if you use 6SN7s are amazing together.

Recently, asking myself this same question caused me to review my favorite source/input device. I stream and listen to CD's far more often than any other including my TT

I upgraded my stand alone DAC with the Denafrips Venus II

I had never before updated any input source with this kind of result. Gobsmacked I am. Great product. Great upgrade.

Mark me down for speakers.  They should also be the most expensive component in your system.  Ultimately, it's the speakers that you are listening to.

It always depends on goals. Set percentages can be a guide but those percentages can shift wildly depending on overall budget. I’m presently (waiting for new speakers) listening to speakers that represent 5% of my total system. Many might listen in my room now and wonder why new speakers? LOL, they might be correct.

fully recapped amplifier with the best possible caps which only found in a very best expensive amps,since then I started to examine internals of amps