Good question.

Thankfully with the help of this community I am a little better off than I was a couple of years ago system wise.

Initially I got into the whole HT 5:1 due to the allure of surround sound/DVD experience. Thought my Bose 201/161 set-up worked just fine for movies and music. Added 2 more HT systems to the house (MB and son's room) and thought I was set.

Bought some vintage speakers that changed my mind about listening to HT for music. Got into vintage 2-channel about 6-months ago and have not looked back. Still listen to music on the 5:1 set-ups when listening for short periods of time because the integrated amps have sleep timers.