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Speaker swap or Amp,which impacts more????

hi,system is:SF-CD1,SF-Line2 Pre,Bryston 4B-ST driving B&W 802S3.Was thinkin'two ways to upgrade-- bryston 14b-sst or some similar amp,or going to 802N speakers.budget only lets me do one.new to hi-fi and am on the fence over this one.will do both in time but callin all for a little advice in the matter.do not like talkin to salesman.thks for any help.
2bigears
porziob
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Speakers.
usblues
1,217 posts
 
Got to spend alot more to notice diff in amp...nice speakers too.I would consider source?How much do you have for upgrading?Good luck,Bob
bryanhod
211 posts
 
I was right where you are. I went with B&W N802s and I thought they were a great improvement, since then, I went from Bryston 4B-ST to Roland M201 and this also enhanced my sound. Either way, there was an improvement. I think the speakers were more but since I sold the older B&Ws I can't be sure. I think the good thing about the N802s, they hold their value like the Bryston amps so you will be fine if you move in a differnt direction.
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
you have a great system......a swap would be different, not necc better....a powerful sf tube amp if you have to change anything
gsselling
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2bigears, If you have not addressed some soft of room treatment I second the recommendation to start there. Before you go and sell off your line 2, what tubes are you running in there? Changing the the tubes in the middle positions to some NOS makes a world of a difference in dimensionality and bass slam with these units.
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