My ears are ready to retire!

Thank you all for the great recommendations! Looks like I am going to choose between Buchardt A500 & the Kef LS50 Wireless II and the new kef compact sub. 

He said all in one. I thought that meant built in speakers. Once you start with separate speakers, there are some pretty nice small ones that can be expensive and you can get a nice expensive integrated amp that has a digital music tuner. He said he was retiring from audiophilia. It was just a thought. maybe there are other things like the Bose Wave out there - I’m sure there are lots of options but I’ve never looked into it. I know my son got a speaker from Walmart for $8 that links to his iPhone. He says it sounds fine. Thankfully I’ve never heard it.

I doubt a $100 pair of loudspeakers are good, although I guess that depends on what good means to you. My son would probably think they are awesome.

Hey @analoguefan - sounds like you are not really leaving audiophiledom, just shrinking its footprint in your house.

Thats’s great. Be careful- soon you’ll get a turntable and start back down the rabbit hole.

"...I doubt a $100 pair of loudspeakers are good, although I guess that depends on what good means to you. My son would probably think they are awesome..."

Probably better than the 2 dollar speakers in a Bose. Seriously my Dad was happy with his Bose until I played something that the Bose couldn't play. It was unrecognizable as music. Anyway, enjoy your garage system, if it's working for you, and it does for some music, enjoy.    

It’s not a garage system, it’s a bedroom clock radio. When I bring it down to the garage, It makes me realize how much time I am obsessing over every superficial scratch on my car or dirt every time have to change a CD. Otherwise I would only have daylight or my stomach hunger pangs to make me aware that more time is passing than I wanted it to.