Easiest compromise for weakest link?

Tuner.

I seem to use mine for background noise when I'm doing chores so it wouldn't be a large loss (if you look at my system, I think it's already my weakest link with no desire to upgrade).

(Those are words I have never spoken or written or contemplated before..."no desire to upgrade"... maybe I need help)

Tobias - that's where I have found the easiest place of compromise. I am on my third time working my way through the system, having begun at the source and working back to the speakers while upgrading.

Sure speakers make a difference, but I have spent more time with speakers than were not up to the level of the rest of my equipment. Even after replacing them with something appropriate or better suited, I still thought speakers made less of an impact or could, without serious loss musically be of lesser quality.

I have had speakers over the last four years ranging in cost from $900 - $15,000 and many in between. Better speaker sound better but none of them were irreplacable.

Just my $.02...

"CRYO TREATMENT" is the WEAKEST LINK for our components and cables and CD's.....just like ROOM TREATMENT is the WEAKEST LINK for our SPEAKERS........