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The sad part today is 50W does not equal 50W. I have an old Nakamichi AV1 that is rated at 100W. It will blow the proverbial doors off a $3000 Pioneer Elite AV unit rates at 250W+ at 4Ω

I have tried one of the new amps on a set of Axiom M80v4 and turned the volume up to point of clipping and it wasn't all the impressive. The Nak, I can get to about 1/2 before the room starts to shake and there is still life left inside of it.

I'd recommend looking for an older receiver if all you want is 2 channel sound.. the simply don't make them anywhere near like they use to.