well, i went with the onkyo 606 and a pair of floorstanding PSB speakers (5T's) on craigslist. The speakers were 175 for the pair (killer deal I think)! But the setup is my start and damn I am glad of it! I would recommend these PSB speakers to ANYONE ... got em hooked up bi-amp since i don't have surrounds or anything yet, but slowly I will build this system with psb's and some subwoofer probably HSU or KLH. SOOOOOOOO much smarter than going the HTIB route.