Congrats, welcome to the hobby and forum. I started out with a all "in the box system" with little cube speakers, I thought it sounded fantastic! Then I upgrade to a Best Buy receiver and some cheap Polks, sounded fantastic! upgraded , again , again, again , again,. Last time I upgraded I said wow, I will never want to up grade! why would anyone want separates!!
I just upgraded to separates. I will never upgrade again, sounds fantastic! Beware... Hope this helps