My point is if you don't buy decent gear then you might as well send you're money to me...try onecall for a closeout on a good receiver.thats were I would start first.If you don't start out with a good receiver or amp you won't be happy with the speakers.I picked up an Onkyo thx select receiver with all the goodies from them for 600.00 bucks on closeout a while back.you can also check out ebay for used gear.you take a risk buying used stuff but it might pay off.other than that I would save for the good stuff.if you buy cheap gear then it 's like one step forward,three steps back.