Doesn't matter how much the setup cost, the one who is winning is the person who is using it!!! Have a friend who is big into audio (I got some of his hand me downs) he almost never uses his system, and is constantly upgrading it. My main system gets used more in one day, over his for a couple months. It's sad.
In my house, the HT room has 9.4.2 Atmos, sounds fantastic! All modern components, perfect speaker placement, all DSQ'ed up. Movies are at times better over the theater. Music is just ok.
The bedroom has a $700 Polk soundbar, use it almost every day for music when getting ready, it's sounds ok
The main 2ch system is all vintage and analog (sans streamer) and it gets used for at lest 6 hours a day, sometimes much longer. It sounds fantastic! I stare at it in amazement, it transports me places and times. I get lost in it.
All of my systems in my entire house, cost less then my friends new bookshelf speakers he just got a couple months ago, but hasn't used yet, his new integrated has been delayed.
I'd say, I'm WINNING!