I feel you Misfit. I've given serious though to the bstock sale from outlaw to go with my new axiom speakers. But, my onkyo 601 does quite well at what I actually use it for (i would hurt my ears from volume before I turned the speakers up enough to tax the receiver) which is 60/40 HT/Music in a studio apt. I highly recommend going speakers first, it will make a much more noticable difference.

jr

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