I'm helping a family/friends to upgrade their system: here are the needs/limits/questions. I've checked out threads here and also the Audioholics.com site for their recommendations. Thanks in advance.....

-Budget should include speakers, receiver, CD/DVD player. Home theater compatibility a plus but not necessary. Listening tastes run towards older pop and rock, jazz, very little classical, audiophile ears that prefer a warmer and LP oriented sound.

-Speakers must be bookshelf or possibly wall mount, no room for floorstanding. If a subwoofer, it would have to be placed within a wooden enclosure(a window seat)--my sense this is a no, no, but am curious to hear about placement suggestions.

-Aesthetically I would prefer a two speaker set up, though am open to suggestions. I don't know how large family city-dwellers cope with muli-speaker set ups.

Thanks again and hope that I've offered enough clarification to my questions, because I know these threads can sometimes be frustratingly vague.