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Which direction should I go?

I'm looking to upgrade my modest rig, but am undecided on which way to go. Here's my situation: I've got a lot of expenses currently, so I have decided to hold off on the speaker purchase I was contemplating (3-5k range). Alternatively, there here are two directions I could go:

Option 1: Buy reasonably priced towers (~2k or less) and hook them into our main family room system. Source there is Cambridge 640C v2, with a Rega Mira integrated.

Option 2: Buy either towers or nice bookshelf model and use them in the study. In there I have a headphone rig with a Squeezebox and a some headphone amps (one of which is a MF X-CAN V8) that I could use as a line stage. I'd need an amp of course, and I would seek out a tube model. I would even consider going low power SET in this scenario, since it is a smaller (but not small) room.

Which is more fun now? I feel like I could have a lot of flexibility with option 2.

Thanks in advance for any input.
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If you can live without a lot of bass (or would consider a sub or 2), I think you will get a better sounding bookshelf speaker. There are a lot of great options at the sub-$2k level. The ones that have caught my attention (and which I hope to audition eventually) would include the following:

Nola Boxer
Harbeth
Fritz Speakers

If you want to got the SET route, then you will need something very efficient. And there are some nice efficient speakers out there. Tekton & Zu would both be worth looking into. And for a
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