Go for the M80s the 988 will work with out any trouble, Denon is rock solid through out their line ups. I ran my M80s with a mid line Denon 1804 and had no problems what so ever; I even had a ~2 ohm center(a VP150 and 2 M22's in parralel) hooked up to it for awhile.


Jason
M80 v2
VP160 v3
QS8 v2
PB13 Ultra
Denon 3808
Samsung 85" Q70