Have you not had good speakers to begin with your new CD player might not have blown you away now.
With mediocre speakers it almost doesn’t matter what you feed it.
People suggests going heavy on speakers as a percentage of the INITIAL budget. Over time of course it makes sense to bring the rest of system up to par.
Further, I’d also recommend speakers that are easy to drive to keep amplifier issues to a minimum so that You can spend time improving the front end, especially the preamp.
With mediocre speakers it almost doesn’t matter what you feed it.
People suggests going heavy on speakers as a percentage of the INITIAL budget. Over time of course it makes sense to bring the rest of system up to par.
Further, I’d also recommend speakers that are easy to drive to keep amplifier issues to a minimum so that You can spend time improving the front end, especially the preamp.