Help wanted choosing speakers and subwoofer


I'm starting my first home theatre system. I have $1500-2000 for the main speakers and $1000-1500 for a subwoofer. I have $2000 -3500 for either a receiver or separates. I've read good things about the Vandersteen 2ce and the Magnepan 1.6 for main speakers and the Rel Strata and Vandersteen 2wq subwoofers. I've read good things about NAD, Rotel, and Sunfire for power and processing.

I am open to opinions, suggestions, guidance as to where to start and what to consider.

Your input is appreciated.
coachp

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In my separate HT system I was looking for musicality AND forgiveness of brightish commercial movie soundtracks, so a front trio of Spendors (S3/1p and matching SC3) works extraordinarily well. I found a great deal on a Boston PV1000 (Velo clone) sub, and like the proper boundary-support voicing of the Boston VR-MX bi/di surrounds a lot.
Adding a cheap NAD receiver completed the setup around $3k with Canare starquads and my DIY PCs. Remember that the last thing you want to be doing is reaching for a treble control while listening to a movie soundtrack....