Jarek, I would try to listen to any immersive channel before you buy too many of them as in my opinion they need to at least roughly match your main speakers in the type of sound they produce. Here, I've had several hi-end'ish standmounts and bookshelf speakers and they had a very different character to my mains, in that their sound changed as the volume rose (compression) and were generally sluggish and lacked resolution in comparison to Macondo. Of course there is only so much you can expect from a small loudspeaker with small woofers, so in my case I found that monitors with a compression driver/waveguide had an immediacy more commensurate with Macondo and an 8" woofer could go louder before compressing than a 6". Plus, I knew that my immersive channels would be in corners and against the walls so front ported is a must should sealed not be possible. Your requirements will be different to mine, but I would encourage the immersive channels have a similar character to your mains.
As to the $$ poured into my system, it is considerable, but the result of accumulation over time. I've not kept tabs on it but have operated by concentrating on one facet at a time. For instance, with my current streaming setup, I demoed and listened and chose and spent much more than initially intended and purchased it all pretty much at once but now have zero compulsion to make any changes as it does everything that I need. With the Vitavox and other vintage drivers I've kept an eye on what is available and purchased at the opportunity that felt most appropriate. And of course I have made Macondo/DSET from scratch along with 95% of my bass treatment, furniture, racks and my DHT preamp, LCR Phonostage and various other electronic bits and pieces. My biggest cost though has been time. So much learning, experimenting, building, soldering and measuring, but I've loved every minute.
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