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What is my weak est link...? Suggestions please.

So here it is: I have a budget of $4000 to upgrade one of the following:

Speakers: Hales Concept 2 (one tweeter - one 7" driver)
Pre: Adcom GFP-750 (Nelson Pass design)
Amp: Adcom 5800

My Thoughts:

Speakers are built like tanks - solid walnut & concrete. Although they lack bottom end.

Bought the Pre years ago; A/B'd them to a Krell Pre ("lower line") which I was prepared to buy. Based on my audition at that time, I picked the Adcom.

Originally, I was thinking about a McIntosh 300 watt amp to replace the Adcom. However, does anyone have any experience with the Adcom GFP-750 as compared to other pre-amps? Also, do you think $$$ would be better spent replacing the Hales with a pair of BW801? I could add a subwoofer, but I kinda like the simplicity of the two speaker set-up.

Thanks for any positive feedback! It is great to have a support community out here in iPod world...

ABP
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viridian
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Your weakest link is your knowledge of audio reproduction, to not list your room, cables, source and source material shows a misunderstanding of what constitutes a system for the reproduction of music.

I would do much more research and reading before wading into deep waters, YMMV.
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viridian
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Please don't insult me by calling me an audiophile; I am certainly not one of you. Just a music lover. And my apologies to 689 for my less than pleasing bedside manner.

I would opine that none of the "audiophiles" here was actually helpful to 689 at all. To not point out that more reasearch and experience would save him a ton of money and grief is what is wrong, IMHO, with the hobby, and what is wrong with this forum. And to commoditize the hobby by not introducing the OP to a systems approach rather than moving more black boxes is, IMHO, irresponsible. And it is what turns people off. But opinions are just that and everyone has them.
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viridian
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Polyglot, criticism taken, thanks for your opinion.
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