Surround sound/movies is not the goal, and frankly, I'm a bit old-school: I want a couple of speakers, not a bunch of pieces that I have to site in the living room. As for warm/cool sound, I guess we're a relaxed music couple: Stan Rogers, Loreena McKennit and St. Germain, altho Holst's The Planets is great to crank when I'm alone and doing the dishes.
For speaker historians, the old speakers are MC-1500 Oiled Walnut Speaker System, Cat. No. 40-1982. Freq response 40-20,000 Hz and Impedance 8 ohms.