Swarthy, based upon what you've told us, I would recommend the following:
1) Emotiva Fusion 8100 receiver: excellent sound quality, plenty of power, very easy for you to setup. And it also has multi-channel capability so that you could use it to drive a full surround sound system later when you move to AZ. Comes with 30 day in-home trial and 5 year warranty.
https://emotiva.com/products/receivers/fusion-8100
2) Oppo BDP-103 Universal player: this is a very well-regarded unit that will play *any* shiny disc available incl. CD, SACD, DVD-Audio, and Bluray. Oppo has the *best* customer service in the industry and they offer a 30 day in-home trial. Don't even think twice about this one.
http://oppodigital.com/
3) Tekton Designs speakers: very well regarded speakers at very reasonable prices. 60 day in-home trial. Look at the Lores and Pendragons. These speakers are very efficient, the receiver I recommended will play at concert levels with these speakers. http://www.tektondesign.com/index.html
Second choice: Gallo Classico speakers, particularly CL-4 or CL-3. These speakers have astonishingly good sound (their CDT3 tweeter is *marvelous*!!) and come with a 60 day in-home trial and Gallo will pay ALL of the costs - you risk $0.00!!
http://www.roundsound.com/classico/
4) Pro-Ject or Rega turntable: if you're considering a turntable, go with Pro-Ject or Rega. They both make excellent turntables for very reasonable money. Be sure to have a cartridge pre-installed so you don't have to fiddle with that (major PITA!!). I like the Ortofon cartridges - good sounding, excellent tracking carts that don't cost an arm and a leg.
http://www.project-audio.com/main.php?info=turntables
http://www.rega.co.uk/
That's about it. If you assemble a system using the components I recommended, I think you will be very happy indeed...
1) Emotiva Fusion 8100 receiver: excellent sound quality, plenty of power, very easy for you to setup. And it also has multi-channel capability so that you could use it to drive a full surround sound system later when you move to AZ. Comes with 30 day in-home trial and 5 year warranty.
https://emotiva.com/products/receivers/fusion-8100
2) Oppo BDP-103 Universal player: this is a very well-regarded unit that will play *any* shiny disc available incl. CD, SACD, DVD-Audio, and Bluray. Oppo has the *best* customer service in the industry and they offer a 30 day in-home trial. Don't even think twice about this one.
http://oppodigital.com/
3) Tekton Designs speakers: very well regarded speakers at very reasonable prices. 60 day in-home trial. Look at the Lores and Pendragons. These speakers are very efficient, the receiver I recommended will play at concert levels with these speakers. http://www.tektondesign.com/index.html
Second choice: Gallo Classico speakers, particularly CL-4 or CL-3. These speakers have astonishingly good sound (their CDT3 tweeter is *marvelous*!!) and come with a 60 day in-home trial and Gallo will pay ALL of the costs - you risk $0.00!!
http://www.roundsound.com/classico/
4) Pro-Ject or Rega turntable: if you're considering a turntable, go with Pro-Ject or Rega. They both make excellent turntables for very reasonable money. Be sure to have a cartridge pre-installed so you don't have to fiddle with that (major PITA!!). I like the Ortofon cartridges - good sounding, excellent tracking carts that don't cost an arm and a leg.
http://www.project-audio.com/main.php?info=turntables
http://www.rega.co.uk/
That's about it. If you assemble a system using the components I recommended, I think you will be very happy indeed...