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On the old receiver, did you just hook up the mains, or did you hook up the sub as well? The mains may not have good frequency response down low, and might have a very high cross-over point. (i.e. - they may sound like crap without the sub)

Also, because of the speakers low cabinet volume, that receiver may be applying some compensating equalization like the Bose systems do. Consequently, they will sound like crap on ANY OTHER receiver you hook them to.