When stereo was first released, the naysayers claimed people would not spend nearly double what a mono system cost, just for better sound.
Now many audiophiles are locked into 2-channel sound when the rest of the affluent world has multi-channel home theatre. Almost all new homes in Australia have at least one home theatre room.
It is much more cost effective to merge your high-end audio into a home theatre set-up than to have two systems. The really successful hifi dealers near me make most of their money from selling and installing high-end home theatre systems, mainly to younger folk.
I am not suggesting bringing the quality of your 2-channel system down to home theatre 'norms', but getting audiophile quality front left and front right speakers and two channel amplification integrated into home theatre - preferably with no centre channel! Works for me