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This comment is spot on. You’re about to be very busy and mobile in the military. When I was in everyone had Walkmen and headphones and it was tapes or CDs. Been a long time now 😃 In my opinion, investing in some nice headphones with a good source that is small and mobile will let you hear great mus

If it has to be Apple Music consider the Eversolo Play and spend the rest on speakers. I'd even consider getting the original model Klipsch Sevens for $800 on Amazon. Your proposed system seems overly fussy even for an audiophile.

I really love my KEFs (R3 now, Q100 before) BUT you mentioned that you have a huge room and as much as I love those small bookshelf speakers, I probably would go for something a little bigger to have more power behind them! If you like to go active, Klipsch the Sevens, Wharfdale EVO 5.2 or Cambridge

Take a look at the Klipsch The Sevens; active speakers with phono, digital (upgraded source), and HDMI (TV) inputs and a sub output. It leaves you with several ways to upgrade. It's also a system designed to perform as a unit (hehe); what they call synergy. As for the upgradability thought in genera

Then get the klipsch fives or sevens or nines or get a ugreen Bluetooth transceiver and a pair of kali lp-6 v2, or last and certainly least, get some edifier m5 or even m3/m4 or something.

Amazon has the sevens and the nines by klipsch on sale….a pretty significant sale And those speakers are plug and go…no need for an amp

A little outside the box, but right now Amazon has renewd Klipsch The Sevens active speakers on sale for $799.https://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-Heritage-Inspired-Powered-Speakers/dp/B0DVBMN3D4/?th=1 They're very well-reviewed and offer 100 watts per channel, a built in DAC, a sub output, and phono, dig

The sevens have a phono input you can switch to “line”. If you are not using a turntable, then you can go CD player RCA to the Klipsch RCA, and that should bypass the Klipsch DAC. Second, there is 3.5 Aux input. You can get a 3.5 to dual RCA cable and connect the CD player to that. That should also

Yeah, that makes sense to me. How does that work with music? Did it sound pretty good? I listen to a ton of music via Tidal and YouTube Music and game a lot on my Series X. I will say, many of the audiophile review videos I've seen from Klipsch CES26 booth say the sound the Seven 2's produced was ve

I definitely understand and was anticipating Eversolo Play recommendations. Personally I don't mind plugging my phone or laptop in to get lossless. I've seen mixed reviews on the Eversolo regarding its standby mode, Airplay connectivity (which my fiancée would almost certainly still use over the nat