Upgrade Confusion

[tgoyette]

I currently have an Emotiva Rsp-1 to a Behringer Ep1500 to boston CR 67's with my main source as my laptop. At this point, and the forseeable future, I'm using this for only stereo music with a turntable and my laptop as a digital source. I realize that this is an entry level system, but it seems ridiculous to be driving 300$/pr speakers with 700$ worth of processing/amplification. So my question is should I upgrade my speakers or the source material first?

As of now I'm considering the squuezebox or duet ( both of which have a very good DAC to match with the Emotiva), or a handful of bookshelf speakers including System Audio SA705, Ascend Sierra 1 and Polk Lsi9.

The other viable option for digital enhancement looks like an external sound card combined with a computer remote. As a note, I am relatively happy with the sound now, so my budget is flexible for either one, starting at about 650$.

Any opinions?

 

[mike c]

speakers first!

 

[Kolia]

Yep, speaker first.

Although I personnaly prefer uncompressed sources. The turn table + pc combo is very peculiar...

 

[DD66000]

Yep, speaker first.

Although I personnaly prefer uncompressed sources. The turn table + pc combo is very peculiar...

Maybe He's talking a usb tt, which is used to convert vinyl to a digital format.

But to the original question, speakers first. No matter how good the gear is if the speakers are real cheapos then the money spent on gear is wasted.
Better to have good speakers and cheapo gear, than the other way around, unless speaker upgrade is just around the corner.