I can say that I have tried some systems at dealer place, and others throughout my life since the 80s; but above all, until I set up the 5 systems at current home, I have made a journey trying different combinations of electronics and speakers at home, sometimes enjoying and others suffering them: I have tried different speakers, Q-Acoustics (Q-3050i & Q-3020i), Dali (Lektor 3, Mentor 3 & Menuet, current), Totem (Wind, Rainmaker & Mite), Pulsar Audio (Ambient D7), and finally ProAc (Tablette 10 SE, SM 100 & K6, current); and I have also tried different electronics with them, Denon (M-39, current), NAD (C356BEE), Arcam (Solo Mini & Solo Neo), Onkyo (different AVR), Marantz (SR6013 & HD AMP 1, current), Wadia (151PDac, current), Exposure (3010 S2 Integrated + Power Amp), and Naim (SN2, current), as well as different sources, from TT and CD players to different streamers.
The problem, always the same, have been the rooms modes, despite the conditioning, even specialized and dedicated in the main room. It was over when discover ProAc, JL Audio and SVS, after adjusting the electronics to the different spaces and needs, and final tuning, tweking and taming.
My HIFI stuff journey is over: a simple system in my 4-year-old’s bedroom, which already has a great look for music, and 4 systems adapted to the different spaces, with ProAc and Menuet supported by JL Audio and different SVS subs, all centralized from a Synology NAS that houses my vastly millennial CD collection for over 30 years. I think I must only improve the source, and some AC-power conditioning, in the main system, as I have pointed out; and game’s over. I don’t have any more worm, finally actually to me everything sounds like it should, and now I fully enjoy it, after my journey of more than 15 years.
In my experience, first thing in system composition and integration is speakers-room compatibility and adequacy.
Cheers.