NAD makes a surround sound receiver. You might want to take a listen, if you like the sound of your integrated amp. Not sure what your budget is. I have a Sony STR-DA777ES. Excellent piece if you can still find one. Sony basically took their separate amp and pre-amp and stuffed it into one box. Sony stopped making it this year in favor of the woefully dissappointing 555. Look at the Denon stuff--again, not sure about your price range, but in my experience most of the Denon stuff is good. I'm not a huge fan of Integra, but everyone seems to love their new top-o-the-line pre-amp/processor. Check out the B&K receiver as well. Some of this stuff is pricey, like the B&K, but you could probably walk away with a decent sounding Denon for under $2000. By the way, are the speakers you listed above yours, or do you have different speakers in your home?
Any mid-priced Receivers Worthwhile???
I auditioned an Onkyo Integra DTR-5.1 receiver today, driving small Paradigm satellites with an M&K subwoofer. The system sounded quite good spacially and in terms of its frequency range, but it had a little too much lower-treble presence for my liking. I'd like to take the plunge into surround sound, but so far, all the low and mid-priced receivers I've heard have exhibited this flaw to varying degrees. Right now I have good 2-channel sound using the venerable NAD 3020 integrated amp. I don't want to regret going to 5-channel surround. Perhaps the treble zing was in the speakers and not the Integra, I can't say for sure. So, my question is: are there any mid-priced receivers that won't bore holes through my skull during the length of a 2-hour flick, or can I only achieve natural sounding HT with high-priced gear?? Thanks in advance for any and all insight!