I should start with speakers. This I know. I’d like to establish a new system.

The Schlitt gear recommendation is something I have realized is great advice. I used to have a negative opinion of this company before I took a chance and ordered some gear. Their products cost a lot less and they had a unique name and marketing approach. I was a little turned off by this. After hearing the gear, I am all in.

One thing I would suggest is to wait until late summer 2025 for the new Schitt DACs. I am holding onto my Schitt Yggi+ LIM DAC to upgrade to the new iteration of the Yggi+. The Yggi+ chassis and internals are upgradeable.

I will never part with the Schitt Yggi+ OG DAC which is no longer available. I sold a $15k DAC to go with the Yggi+ OG. This DAC was recently in a shootout with the Mola Mola Tambaqui and Chord Dave. Comments are on Head-fi. It did not beat them in preference but did not lose either.

I am selling a $7k amp to go with the $2k Wotan (for my office with Maggies). 

If I was starting from scratch, and just wanted streaming, i'd look at active speakers from KEF.

Then you won't have to worry about bi- or tri-amplification, interconnect cables, speaker cables or much else.

Because they approximate point sources, room treatment is much less important.

The only things left to obsess about are your internet connection and maybe a couple of power cables and an Ethernet cable.

Check craiglist for used JBL speakers

@OP. If you don't already have the other system components, you should not start with speakers. You should start with the entire system. The speaker-amplifier interface is especially important because your room size, listening position, preferred listening volume and impedance and efficiency characteristics of the speakers, along with the output impedance of the amplifier will have a major bearing on your choices.

@atmasphere Good advice, something I discovered on my audiophile journey, inefficient and/or insensitive speakers require watts, and not just watts, quality watts. Any amp capable of delivering quality watts brings a price, the more there are the greater the cost.