Newbie to the awesome audiophile world

So I was/am in a similar budget room as he is. I started with a $350 rotel  995 preamp and 1050 amplifier, a pair of klipsch Cornwall verticals I got for about 700, techniques 1500 turntable for about 200, a shiitte modi 3 Dac 100, with a cheap $50 Bluetooth from Best Buy. 200.00 cables and an old but good sony cd player 200 and 150.00 power conditioner and surge protection.
Not the greatest set up but around 2000 bucks after searching and buying and selling Online for about a year or so. Since then I’ve added klipsch lascalas, corner horns, Heresys and various tube amps for other listening rooms.  It takes time and I’m slowly upgrading things as I go, for instance just added a beautiful Sota sapphire turntable that I get a great deal on and another luxman amp.
to me the best advice is to get Super Efficient high-quality old-school speakers a decent newer solid-state amp to start, good cables, a nice dac entry level like blue sound or similar and at least to start  with a run-of-the-mill turntable That won’t break the bank.  The high-efficiency speakers let You have a foot in both tube amplifier entry level stuff, and decent low wattage solid-state amps that won’t break the bank

@rok2id 

I hear you and was not meaning to disrespect your points at all.

But I do believe there already exists a wealth of pertinent information within this forum already.

I honestly would not know where to start with suggestions for $2000 all in.

Three of my carts cost more each😂😂.
My perspective now is very skewed unfortunately.

Which is why I suggested just trying to read as much as possible first.

My recommendation is to buy what you love the sound of. It’s like picking a favorite color....it’s unique to your tastes, and there’s no wrong way to do it.

As a rule of thumb, speakers tend to influence the sound the most, but the more revealing the speakers are, the more you can hear the other components, so in a high res system, everything matters...learn how to optimize your components to get the most from them. It’s also worth noting that smaller speakers with a little less bass output are easier to match to a room than large boomers. You can always add a powered subwoofer system later on if you feel the need for more bass. Speaking of the room....it’s a huge factor, so you may need to address your room as well.

I’ve owned a lot of amps over the years. None have brought me more pleasure than Bob Latino’s VTA ST-70 from Tubes4hifi. Tube amps can have incredible resolution that offer insight like nothing else can, and are easy to listen to. It’s within budget as a kit, which depending on your skill set might be a tall order, but it’d sure help you learn about and appreciate what you’ve got....food for thought. Used components and kits can help you get better sound for your dollar.

It’s a journey with a learning curve and filled with great music....enjoy it!

My audio system was paid 500 dollars for the three main parts (amp-dac-speakers)...

The sound is so great that i will not upgrade it....

The most important thing is how to embed the audio system in the mechanical dimension where we must learn to controls the resonance, in the electrical grid of the house where we must learn to decrease the general noise floor, and in the acoustical field of the room which we must learn to controls and expand in quality....

Dont buy costly component, learn first how to put them at their true potential level....

No costly component will give to you hi-fi by virtue of his price only.... And no components will magically solve by itself these 3 embeddings problem....

Read and think, listen, dont spend much money before a few years and before knowing how to embed an audio system....

Upgrading is a costly myth....

 

I hear you and was not meaning to disrespect your points at all.

I didn't think that at all.  One thing  newbies have going for them today is, GOOD stereo equipment has never been as inexpensive as it is now.  When I compare modern day stuff price wise, to stuff I purchased back in the day, I was robbed!!

I once bought a Sansui Receiver for $245.  63 watts per channel, the marketing boys squeezed out every last watt back then.  I shudder to think what the other specs were, probably all bogus anyway.  But, it had a wooden case and a nice light show.   I was in heaven.

My last receiver cost $299 new.  Harman Kardon, HK 3490.  Night and day.

Cheers