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This comment is spot on. You’re about to be very busy and mobile in the military. When I was in everyone had Walkmen and headphones and it was tapes or CDs. Been a long time now 😃 In my opinion, investing in some nice headphones with a good source that is small and mobile will let you hear great mus

I really love my KEFs (R3 now, Q100 before) BUT you mentioned that you have a huge room and as much as I love those small bookshelf speakers, I probably would go for something a little bigger to have more power behind them! If you like to go active, Klipsch the Sevens, Wharfdale EVO 5.2 or Cambridge

A little outside the box, but right now Amazon has renewd Klipsch The Sevens active speakers on sale for $799.https://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-Heritage-Inspired-Powered-Speakers/dp/B0DVBMN3D4/?th=1 They're very well-reviewed and offer 100 watts per channel, a built in DAC, a sub output, and phono, dig

Lots of good suggestions already. I'll throw a pair of Klipsch The Sevens active (self-powered) speakers into the mix. They stream and have an internal DAC which means they function like your current Sonos speaker. The internal amps deliver 100 watts to each speaker. They've gotten lots of great rev

Take a look at the Klipsch The Sevens; active speakers with phono, digital (upgraded source), and HDMI (TV) inputs and a sub output. It leaves you with several ways to upgrade. It's also a system designed to perform as a unit (hehe); what they call synergy. As for the upgradability thought in genera

Amazon has the sevens and the nines by klipsch on sale….a pretty significant sale And those speakers are plug and go…no need for an amp

From all the things I’ve read here, HomePods can be quite unreliable speakers. I keep reading about connection issues etc. Love my HomePod as a standalone smart speaker but chose to go with a good stereo setup for TV and music. Way more reliable and if you have Apple TV you basically get a lot of th

If you think you might go Surround video someday get a multichannel AV. If not, a simple solution with less gear would be to buy a pair of amplified speakers with streaming, HDMI, digital and analog inputs and a subwoofer out. All in one, nothing else needed. I think it's the future for stereo. For

The more I do this, the more I lean towards used new/newer, or open box. I love vintage from the mid 60s to very early 80s and may have more than a number of folks, but ultimately I'm beginning to feel like the work involved in vintage may not quite manage to meet the listening payoff when everythin

You are looking at high end powered speakers and low end active speakers. Kef LSX II and Kef LS50 II are active, active cross overs and amplifiers in both speakers. Many powered speakers are called active but lack active crossovers and all the electronics is in the primary speaker. Cheapest active s