Building a new system after many years away, need some suggestions ... !

Look into Bryston for solid state power amplification. 

Everything improves in incremental steps over time, but physics and marketing doesn’t really change much, so things aren’t vastly different IMO, other than that outboard phono stages and DACS are more plentiful than ever, and there are more digital options.

If you had a taste for tubes and high end speakers before, I’d suggest going with tubes again, and upping your speaker selection....even if you have to aim for smaller speakers to stay in budget and get the midrange/treble transparency right, then add a sub later on as needed. Not only have tubes been part of all the best systems I’ve heard over the years, but you can also roll different brands and types to fine tune the presentation exactly to your liking. That’s not saying I haven’t owned or heard SS electronics I’ve liked, but none that move me the way good tubes do on really transparent speakers.

As always, I’d be speaker shopping first for something you love. Vandersteens are still around and still very relavent.  I think you can and will want better than Polk after what you previously owned. Good used speakers might a valid choice. Once that decision is made, find your power. Maybe a good integrated tube amp with a good outboard phono stage would fit the bill. Willsenton, Rogue, Primaluna, Nighthawk, Vincent hybrid, among others, are popular choices in that league these days.

My advice is do NOT go down the traditional route of daisy chaining a system together. These days get a pair of active streaming speakers that you can hook your turntable to and you are done. You will have to spend MUCH more to get the equivalent SQ going piecemeal. For example:

So for me wireless speakers are 100% not an option. I have a turntable which made me fall in love with listening to music again. I have a recording studio with top of the line digital and Focals. I did go tube on the pre, I just order a Modulus 3B so now looking for amp/amps, speakers, cables, modest DAC and maybe a phono cartridge upgrade for my lp7. 

Solid state has measured better than tubes for 50 years.  😂

Do you want to LISTEN to them?  That's another story.

How complicated do you want to get?  Luxman integrateds are fabulous performers with unbearably great midrange and treble sweetness, and extension at the bass and treble the envy of most tube amps.

ARC now sounds very different than it did in the 1990s so if you've been away for a while they may be worth auditioning again.