FYI, after two days of debilitation from an unknown cause, I've decided to proceed with the plan outlined in my OP. I plan to list the Ayre gear, KEF Reference 1s, and Salamander rack at AudioMart once I learn how to do it. When enough gear is sold to cover the cost of a used LS60, I'll be a buyer. In addition to the Ayre gear, I'll be selling 3 Parasound JC 1s and a KEF Reference 204/2C center speaker. Then there a boxes of gear in the garage I should sell.
Replace Ayre gear & kEF Reference 1s with KEF LS60s?
From time to time I think about replacing a rack of Ayre gear and KEF Reference 1s with KEF LS60s as a move toward simplifying my 87 year old life -- at some point I may need to move to a retirement community. I'd keep the Ayre DX-5 DSD and the pair of Velodyne HGS-15 subs, though perhaps change them for a pair of KEF KC62s. The impetus to do this has lessened since I've reduced my components to those that fit into a single rack (the VX-5 Twenty amp sits between the speakers). I'm concerned about giving up the Roon-ready QX-5 Twenty DAC. I have wireless LS50s IIs that I use with a pair of KC62s, but I've never heard the LS60s.