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Getting feedback from visitors is really invaluable, IMHO. Our audio systems are like coffee. If you drink the same brand/type of coffee everyday, you get accustomed to the taste and it seems normal. Audio is the same.
I think this can also lead to an endless merry go round of upgrades; whilst this is fine if you actively seek the comments from others if you are happy with what you have then keep it. To be told negative things just pulls the smile form your face and is not too healthy long term IMV. It's a bit like life partners, we all know they are not
exactly what we'd like but substituting them for a different model does not always bring long term satisfaction.
Changing out items such as binding posts will bring a tiny incremental improvement but if the amp is not up to driving the speakers in the room you have then wasted time / money. I do applaud those dedicated types who are willing to experiment but taking a 1000 dollar amp and spending another 1K on it does not turn it into a 2K + amp.
I read that more body and wetness is looked for. I'd suggest looking at different valves and amps long term. I have owned a Leak Stereo 20 and Leak TL12.1's; the later totally kicks sand in the face of its cheaper sibling, a case of the top of the line being compared to the cheaper model, harsh but the truth. A friend of mine used to use the term " it's pointless polishing a turd as at the end of it all you are still left with a turd". In car terms it would be taking a ford fiesta and trying to turn it into F1 car, they all have 4 wheels but the end result is quite different.
My end advice is get the pair of speakers you can live with in the room where you relax and enjoy music then put the best source (KDAC) up front and fit an amp to taste be it Vv or SS in between. Speakers set the major tonality of the outcome and everything else like the detail and rhythm comes from the front end. It's a shame all the dealers moved away from the switchable speaker banks, at least this enabled rapid changes on the back end, this enabled you to hear how bright the yamahas were in comparison to the like's of Kef' and Celestions, how efficient the Klipsh's were compared to most others etc.
Beauty is in the eye and ear of the beholder, magazines and others views on your 'system' will keep you ever chasing your tail and a trail as long as your arm of discarded / sold equipment. Check out SNA second hand section of for sale items........................
By all means change your brand of coffee, but if you love the one you have, why change it. This sounds like a feminine thing of change for changes sake. Before I'd be thinking of changing out binding posts I would want to make sure that all the rubbish speaker manufactures fit inside their built down to a price boxes is improved first, then the caps etc. Trying to change the basic character of a system requires a change in approach to the design, beyond most and totally impractical IMO.
Anyway enough wittering from me, just bear in mind the end game and spend accordingly. Enjoy your travels and try to avoid the audionovosa of doubting thomas; 10 people will all criticise different elements and struggle to agree most things audio!
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