JohnK, Thanks for the follow-up and sorry for the confusion on the receiver model. The one I own is a Yamaha HTR-5250 and I was basing my original concept off of that - just got sidetracked by the RX-V2200 offer. The 6-channel set-up you mention is intriguing. To muddy the waters even further, I am also a big fan of XM Radio and am contemplating perhaps picking up a low-end Denon (either DRA-37 or DRA-297 - they seem to be the exact same receiver, not sure if/how they are different) which is 4 ohm stable, can run XM and assuming that 50W is enough to get substantial volume out of all three sets of speakers when all are on. I would run this through the previously mentioned Russound SS-4.2 speaker switch. At this point, I need to pull the trigger on something. Thanks again for your help.
