Cool, I'll stop stressing it then. The dimensions of the room come out to be just over 1500 ft3 which is what the little wizard at the top of the page considers the borderline between small and medium.
Funny you should mention 'older sony receiver'. That is exactly what I have, but I'm going to buy a reciever in the 1000-1500 price range. Rotel, Denon, and Pioneer are all getting my attention. I listened to the Rotel vs the Pioneer and the rotel sounded ever so slightly better to me-but the salesman was trying to sell the rotel, so I don't know if things were configured properly.
In the end it probably won't matter which receiver I pick. what I'm doing is going to be such a huge upgrade over my condo surround sound that it simply won't matter. I'll probably get separates in 3 or 4 years anyway.
Thanks for all the reassurance folks. I can't wait to move to try these puppies out.
