How do you determine how much to spend on speakers


Hello all,

I am just starting out in this HI-FI stuff and have a pretty modest budget (prospectively about 5K) for all. Any suggestions as to how funds should be distributed. At this stage, I have no interest in any analog components. Most notably, whether or not it is favorable to splurge on speakers and settle for less expensive components and upgrade later, or set a target price range and stick to it.

Thanks
krazeeyk

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First time poster pondering the same questions as we prepare to replace our 15 year old components and 25 year old speakers. In discussing building with the intent/expectation of future upgrades the one thing I haven't seen discussed is advancements in technology.

Is speaker technology more mature than all the electronics driving them? Technology has left our Pro Logic receiver and tube TV behind but I'm not so sure the same can be said for the Infinity RS7s.

We'll be upgrading speakers to a matched set of surround speakers. So all things being equal, will money spent on good speakers today be compatible/adaptable to advances in the components driving them or will today's speakers be tomorrow's Pro Logic dinosaurs?