If you're against home-theatre, and just want the ultimate stereo system, I invite you to watch this detailed/technical review of a Trinnov Altitude CI in a 2.6 stereo configuration - using the full standard 8 channel license - with 6 Perlisten Subwoofers in a Waveforming set-up.

For the rest of us on here, just add a Meridian 271.

For me, if my speakers were passive, I would include a dCS MCD 16 Digital Amplifier in the system, that readily connects to an Altitude CI via AES/EBU.

Not an Actor, nor married to Jamie-Lee Curtis.

#1: DSP5200SE|DSW.2|218|210|506.2|504
#2: Prime/PSU|SOtM sMS-200 Mini NEO SE|Focal Stellia
#3: Other stuff