One shot: I'm always glad to see "young people" ( sheesh, do i feel old saying that ) getting into the hobby. As others have stated here, read and learn as much as you can. While experience is a great teacher, it can also be quite expensive. Others can teach you quite a bit, so long as you are willing to learn and they are fair and accurate in their appraisals of gear : )
The first thing that i saw were some pretty decent speakers that were horribly placed. I know that you don't have much room to work with, but honestly, spending more money won't resolve some of your biggest problems right now. While better electronics may drive the speakers with both more finesse and authority, the speakers themselves are severely handicapped in terms of placement and room acoustics.
As such, i would suggest looking at your room layout and seeing what you can do to work with what you have. My guess is that with a little re-arranging, you might be able to place the speakers slightly spread out and firing into the room rather than shoving them into the corner right next to each other. This may require some changes in furniture ( type or style of clothes dresser used ) but the sonic results would outweigh the work involved. From there, some simple DIY room treatments could go a long way for very little money, especially if you're willing to get your hands dirty. After that, i would look into electronics as the basics would have been dealt with and the results from a component upgrade would become far more noticeable and beneficial. As i've mentioned before, you can throw money at a system and make it "better", but that won't necessarily make it "good" in the grander scheme of things. Sean
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PS... Drop me an email if you like. I can recommend an amp that is far superior and less money than the Audiosource's that you're thinking about. I don't want to post the specifics here because others will end up competing with you to buy them when they show up on the used market : )
