My ears are ready to retire!

It's not your gear....

It's YOU. *ROTFL*

" ‘Yes. Someone’s noise is another one’s signal.’ ”

....just as I suspected....*smirk*

+2 Kef LS50 Wireless with or without sub.

However, ideologically I agree with those who say never downgrade. You might have smaller room in the future and may need different speakers and amp but that doesn't have to be downgrading, just changing.

I asked @analoguefan for more details before because I’d really like to help if I can, but there’s still nothing and I’m not going to waste my time making recommendations that may be totally off the mark because we have absolutely no parameters to go by.  Maybe you could see your way to at least sharing your budget, or is even that a national secret?