So i have decided that I would like to start building myself a home stereo / home theater system.  I am really new to home stereo equipment.  I do not know much about it at all.  I want some really good sounding speakers and am a bang for your buck kinda guy at this time in my life.  I have been shopping around, reading reviews and mainly looking at already constructed mainstream speakers.  I want to have a 5.1 system, but also a nice tower set up for listening to music.  I have been looking at the JBL "L" series as you can get pretty good prices online.  Has anybody heard any of these? Are they any good?  All I really have to go on is the main stream audio companies I know that these are not always the best and that's why I am here.
 
     While I was looking here, I ran across a site called http://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com with all kinds of DIY kits.  I was looking at the ZAPH Audio kits and started wondering if one of these kits would sound better than the JBL set-ups.  Does anyone know if the ZAPH would sound better? 
 
     Does anyone have any suggestions on home audio equipment or recommendations?  I was looking to spend about 200-300 on the towers and about 200-300 on the center speaker.  100-200 on the rear speakers and I have not figured out the sub pricing yet.  I will probably go with the 2 towers and the center speaker for a while then do the rear and Sub if I feel I need it.
 
Is this the correct place to post? I did not see a place for home audio.  Should I look at another site?
 
Thanks,
Nathan