T, welcome, and if you're actually willing to spend $2,000 you can get into some separates. You added "or less", however, and unless your room is huge you can spend much less and still have plenty of power. Consider receivers with automatic room and speaker equalization such as the Pioneer 53TX and Yamaha 2400, which are available for well under $1,000.

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