I believe that you have to assess, what is most important to you. Watching TV/ movies HT experience or listening to music.
1.If you find that watching TV / movies takes priority then you should invest in a mid - fi Solid State HT System, with Subs etc, as others have suggested.
2.If you find that listening to music takes priority, then isolate it out of the HT
system
completely. Get a sound bar for the TV and Invest in fantastic tube equipment, speakers, power delivery, and cables....
3.If you need to have both, then treat them as two separate systems. Work within a budget acceptable for you, and put the majority of your investment towards your tube based equipment for
exceptional music listening. The rest put towards Mid - Fi solid state receiver and speakers/subs for TV and HT. Can get best bang for buck on used market.
You also need to accept the fact that there is no all in one solution. Yeah they market it but... Look at it like this
You want a Porsche 911 Turbo S because you want to go 0-60 in 2.2 seconds, with 640hsp. However because you have your family to consider you are looking at a Porsche Cayenne - 350hsp 0-60 in 6 seconds - And it has a turbo boost sport package button that gives you more power when you need it. But most importantly is still a Porsche.
But you find the cost to maintain the Cayenne does not justify the sacrifice in performance
you have to make or live with. So get the the family a used Chevy Trailblazer - (HT Solid State) Solid- reliable and does the job. Then Invest in a Porsche Carrera 4S - (High - Fi Tube Equipment) and meet your expectations.
