Help ? with upgrade to budget system

The volume of your listening room has gone from 960 cu. ft to 11040. In other words, well over a 10X increase!!! I would bet that you will need/want more power in your amplifier, esp. since most B&Ws require watts and current. For $3K you might want to consider a new amplifier (maybe even run it from the pre-outs). You can get a lot of amp for way less than $3K. For those $, maybe even a used high powere, high end integrated like a Rowland or a Gryphon or a DK for quite a bit less.

What Swampwalker said, with Vecteur, SimAudio and Bryston as more good solid-state amps to consider.

A good Dac or CD player. Your player is the week link in your system. SOurce is the most important part of a system. Junk in junk out.

Before you spend more money on more watts, figure out whether you really need more watts. You might not, especially since you say that "loud" is not your concern.

I think you should upgrade your speakers; that will give you the biggest sonic improvement for your dollar.

Thanks for your responses...just to clarify - I am wanting to replace my system with a new one and my total budget is $3000. I am new to this audiophile world and appreciate the wisdom of those with more experience.

So far I'm thinking about the Music Hall CD-25.2 with the Exposure 2010S Integrated and the Paradigm Reference Studio/60 v.3 speakers (OR the B&W 603 s3's). This system could be had for $3000 I think.

I am also curious if anyone has any experience with the Arcam Solo. The simplicity of a single component is attractive. I'd be looking at the Amphion Helium bookshelf speakers to compliment that unit, possibly. Though I'd probably need to keep the Tannoy TD12 sub to beef up the lower end.

So what do you all think ? Am I on the right track ?

I know that all this virtual system designing is no substitute for real world auditioning. I have some limitations in terms of audio dealers here in my town.

Thanks.