What a fun, rewarding system you have! And @millercarbonis right (oddly enough), as is @skypunk and others who say that whatever brings you audio happiness is a good system.
Like, never use your music to listen to your system.
And price is immaterial to sonic happiness here. Example: my office system is a Rega RP3 with standard Elys cartridge; Schitt Mani phono pre; and Audioengine A5+ powered speakers. From my listening chair it sounds immersive and happy and enveloping. And it probably cost maybe 1/15th of my main listening room rig. I love listening to music as much in the office as I do downstairs. Plus, as a bonus, I find myself not listening for faults and weirdness in the system upstairs as I inexorably do on my main system.
Like, never use your music to listen to your system.
And price is immaterial to sonic happiness here. Example: my office system is a Rega RP3 with standard Elys cartridge; Schitt Mani phono pre; and Audioengine A5+ powered speakers. From my listening chair it sounds immersive and happy and enveloping. And it probably cost maybe 1/15th of my main listening room rig. I love listening to music as much in the office as I do downstairs. Plus, as a bonus, I find myself not listening for faults and weirdness in the system upstairs as I inexorably do on my main system.