With your budge, I would think Denon's 4810 (or 4310's) is well within reach. I have the Epic80/500 package with Denon 3808. I love it. But the HEIGHT (wide's I can't do for ergonomic reasons) capabilities of the 4(3/8)10 series sounds very intriguing!

Do take a close look at Denon.

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Denon 4520, EPIC80/500/VP180 Speakers