Bakammer,
I previously owned 2 B&K AVR-202s. It is a very good HT receiver. It has excellent build quality and more available umph than you will generally find with most receivers. I would still own it today, except I hated the ergonomics. I couldn't figure out how to use it most of the time! I think the issue was that B&K used an off-the-shelf programmable learning remote to control the receiver and the application just didn't make sense to me. It was made even worse on the second one I bought because they changed remotes and stuck "updated" loose pages into the instruction book.
Overall, I liked the B&K AVR-202 and I think it would drive your speakers as well as about any other receiver. If you can figure out the ergonomics of controlling the darn thing, you would have a fine receiver for $600.
Enjoy,
TIC
I previously owned 2 B&K AVR-202s. It is a very good HT receiver. It has excellent build quality and more available umph than you will generally find with most receivers. I would still own it today, except I hated the ergonomics. I couldn't figure out how to use it most of the time! I think the issue was that B&K used an off-the-shelf programmable learning remote to control the receiver and the application just didn't make sense to me. It was made even worse on the second one I bought because they changed remotes and stuck "updated" loose pages into the instruction book.
Overall, I liked the B&K AVR-202 and I think it would drive your speakers as well as about any other receiver. If you can figure out the ergonomics of controlling the darn thing, you would have a fine receiver for $600.
Enjoy,
TIC