The greatest impact by far will be to go with 2 speakers and stereo. If you really care about sound quality $5k will buy a lot with 2ch, or as many channels as you want, but nowhere near as good quality. Your best 5.1 option is 2.0. I spent more than a year trying all the options. This is the best I've been able to come up with. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367
Best 5.1 options under $5k
Looking for the best options to build a 5.1 system (with room to add on later). I’m hoping to keep the speakers and sub under $5k as I’m not working with a huge budget
one set that’s intrigued me is the SVS Prime Pinnacle line, so any feedback on those would be welcome as well
one set that’s intrigued me is the SVS Prime Pinnacle line, so any feedback on those would be welcome as well