Whoa! I haven't spent much time looking into amps due to budget constraints, but that Emotiva looks like a screaming bargain. Definitely going on my down-the-line purchase list if I end up buying the M5HPs.

Yeah, I'm not too concerned with rears. I have old JBL ES10s doing rear duty, and they're fine for now. If I go with M5s, would eventually replace the JBLs with M3s. But that's a problem for another day (another year really).