Upgrading my digital system


Hey folks! I’m thinking about upgrading my digital system: northstar design model 192 transport and luxman da-06 dac. Few times I listen to cd but usually hi res files with an aurender linked to the dac. My budget is 8-9k euros. I’m not using tidal yet -  i don’t know if mqa option is worth and aurender can stream mqa with extra cost conductor  app). My first question is to keep the transport and go for a metronome le dac 2 or meitner ma3 or buy a cd player with dac like metronome le player 4 or ayon cd 35 signature. My last choice would be keep on saving and get a bartok or msb discrete. I’ve got spectral system matched with marten speakers. Any help would be appretiated. Thanks!!

vargtimmen

The first thing I see in your pics is that right speaker in the corner and the glass behind your rack. I would recommend repositioning your system away from the corner and if possible away from that glass window. Next, treat the room acoustics, and then finally use a DSP device to measure and tune your in room FR. I think any gear changes won’t give you what you want until you get the room tuned better. What do you think?

This is just me but spending $8-9K on digital seems out of proportion to the rest of your system. Are you planning on upgrading the whole system piece by piece?