I wanted to share with you some of the particulars of my home setups -- to put a face so to speak on some of the things I talked about more abstractly on the System Overview page.

Your system may look very different, because it should be tailored around you and your preferences.

My home is a place filled with music and I'm now happy with the musicality of my audio setups, so I haven't made any major changes in awhile.

It's been a journey of sorts while I explored and experimented with various systems.

But at this point for me, it's about just enjoying the music -- that to me was always the end goal, versus constantly being in a cycle of updating and tweaking equipment. That all the equipment is there solely for the music, and not the other way around...

So if I had a recommendation, it would be to start by working with what you have, experiment some... listen to lots of stuff, get to know what you like.  Enjoy your music.  Take your time if you are so inclined (I took a number of years to build up my systems). It isn't necessarily about spending lots of money. You might be surprised how just a certain combination of lower cost equipment might sound really good together. Take that first step, if you haven't already done so, and start your journey...