Nautec
More food for thought. As JohnK posted to someone else last night, new Harman Kardon AV635's are available for $680 from J&R (shipping included). You might want to consider this one, it is cheaper than the Marantz you are looking at. HK has a very versatile bass mgmt. system (you can select different corss-over point for each pr. speakers) which often comes in handy with different sized speakers in a 5.1 or 7.1 system. HK is also very conservative with their power (watts) ratings cause they are one of the few that rate watts with all channels driving at the same time. Generally add 50% to compare with other companies published power ratings.
Here's the link:
http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4020306
Paul
