I appreciate the responses and advice about listening to the speakers first... I am trying to make that happen, but it is difficult in a rural setting. I am trying to be patient enough for that to happen... ha.
Since this will be my first attempt at building a system, albeit on a limited budget ($5000 or so), any additional advice would be greatly appreciated. I am starting from scratch, so my first target with the initial budget is used floorstanders and an amp/receiver... I will eventually build a 5.1 system as more funds become available. My musical tastes run the gambit... classical to jazz and country to rock. I have a large number of my cds ripped into lossless audio files and have a Cambridge Audio DAC that I plan to incorporate into the system... I also have my parents vinyl collection that I would like to incorporate eventually as well... I will need a turntable for that and I think the budget will probably delay that portion for now.
Since this will be my first attempt at building a system, albeit on a limited budget ($5000 or so), any additional advice would be greatly appreciated. I am starting from scratch, so my first target with the initial budget is used floorstanders and an amp/receiver... I will eventually build a 5.1 system as more funds become available. My musical tastes run the gambit... classical to jazz and country to rock. I have a large number of my cds ripped into lossless audio files and have a Cambridge Audio DAC that I plan to incorporate into the system... I also have my parents vinyl collection that I would like to incorporate eventually as well... I will need a turntable for that and I think the budget will probably delay that portion for now.