Newbie to the awesome audiophile world


hi all, i'm a new member here and looking to learn from here of starting a stereo system. I'm thinking a basic 2 channel amp that can power a pair of floor standing speakers. I'm currently eyeing a pair of bowers & Wilkens cm9 or kef iq9 both used of course (my budget is around 2k for the setup) so around 1000 for the speakers or about 1000 for the amp. Given the speakers, what are your thought on amps to pair with them that provide the best sounding? I'm looking for high fidelity sound over raw power. 

thanks all for viewing and helping this newbie out.
retsameht01

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Hi @n80 Can you  provide more details on the high end system that you mentioned. I'd love to see what you have for sale and maybe we can discuss further. Thanks.
Thanks everyone for providing such great inputs. I’ll take it slow and try to learn as much as I can before buying.

A little more about my music preference: I listen to a wide range of music from classical piano, jazz, latin jazz, rock, pop and trance. So I would need speakers that can handle a broad spectrum and provide neutral accurate sound. For starting out i'm thinking pairing a nice pair of speaker with a good integrated sound. My source music is coming from youtube and I do have a library of high quality wave music as well (50 MB per song). 

I'm currently looking to wet the appetite with more of an audiophile (used speakers). Revel, Monitor Audio, Bowers & Wilkems, KEF, paradigm are a few brands i'm interested in. I'm thinking getting an stereo integrated amp to pair with the speakers for now to have something to listen to right away and build up later on. I've heard lots of good reviews on Peachtree Audio nova 300 or Rotel, classe lines of integrated amps. 
Thanks for so many great advices everyone. This is turning out to be one of the best decision joining this forum. Just curious if anyone in here from Atlanta area and I would love to visit and see  what you have setup. I'm in the process of doing research on speakers and then amps. I've already have a Cambridge Audio DacMagic Plus as my source and I have it paired with a Chromcast Audio which I can stream to it from the phone. 
So i'm currently checking out ebay for some good used flagship floorstanding speakers. This stereo system is for my living area. It's fairly large with a 2 story ceiling and very open space. So I'm looking for some large floorstanding speakers that can fill that much space and also does not look tiny compare to the room.