Need advice

Thanks everyone. Do I look for three way only? 

I am not opposed to used. My current room is 25x25...so fairly large.

Thank you everyone very much. I will take all this into account. I have been by my local hi-fi store and while it was helpful..they seemed to be only interested in selling me things beyond my budget. I just wasn’t carrying enough cash for them. That is why I turned to this forum. I did learn some great things while I was there. The vintage thing is interesting but difficult to find reviews etc. I will, however, keep looking at that idea.

Dear SOIX, As far as your remarks regarding my "blah, blah, blah". That was only a literary tool so as not to carry on too long. If you re-read my post, I had assumed that I had given everyone here, that I assume are professionals, enough bullet-point information with my age, my gear, my broad palette for music for them to see beyond my few words and give good advice. It seems that everyone else on the forum "caught" that except you. Your demeanor was unnecessary and quite unhelpful. I would humbly suggest that if a post by a noob irritates you, that it would be more beneficial to ask the noob for more info rather than come out of the gate scolding. Your approach is not welcoming at all and does not promote good will in this or any other forum. I’m sure you have years of experience that a noob like me...even at 57 yrs of age..would love to have..but I’ll take a happy tail wagging dog that’s glad to see me at the end of the day over a mean junkyard prick of a dog any day.

To everyone else a resounding thank you.

Wow...thanks again everyone...keep 'em coming. Interesting elliottbnewcombjr re; the sub thing. I'll dig into that and learn. 

Soix...
Thank you. I appreciate your making things right. My dad always told me that people will always have bumps...it's what they do AFTER the bump that tells the tale. 
I am so new that much of the "audio-speak" is foreign to me. I grew up in San Francisco in the 60's and 70's as a kid/teenager. My mom was a studio pianist. I grew up on EVERYTHING. So a significant amount of my "hearing" was live. If I understand the language correctly, I think that I'd like neutral(?) I wouldn't think I'd be a fan of much coloring..in other words if you hit a D or an A-flat..then that is what I want to hear. My mom always said the the musician should be able to present what they wanted people to hear..that's why she was a live pianist mainly. So I guess I'd say that even though I'm a noob..my ear is a little critical...I look for correct notes...duration of note...ebb or decay...not punctuation..and not mood. Perhaps I should break into my stash and just write a 5k or 10k ck...but then I'd have to buy my wife something of equal value...haaa. Does that noob description help?

Thanks..how nice it is to keep getting all this help.

Thanks asvjerry..I think that is some great advice. I just noticed in my post above I typo'd "not punctuation" and "not mood". It was SUPPOSED to be "note punctuation" and "note mood"...geez if I could get this sausage fingers to type correctly!

As far as the dinner thing..After 28 yrs of marriage I think I'll just hand her a stash of equal cash and just say.."here..I love you...I'm buying myself some speakers"...and call it good. :)