@bkeske summed it up nicely. I have the Marantz AV7705 that I use for HT. I have a Herron VTSP-360 Reference preamp that has home theater bypass feature. My amps for the front two speakers are Herron M1 monoblocks (150 WPC). While these amps aren't pushing a lot of watts, they have huge transformers and can deliver a lot of current.
I am not one to say Emotiva is junk (I have an XPA-5 in my bedroom system), but the quality of the watts matters more than how many there are. Your speakers appear to be fairly efficient. You shouldn't need a huge amount of power for them.
A good integrated will have a much cleaner preamp and amp than the Emotiva/Marantz combo.
Think of music this way... it's ALL there, but when you have inferior components you're only letting part of it through. The better your components, the closer you get to what's really there in the music.
I am not "critically listening" when I'm watching a movie and I want the surround sound experience provided by the Marantz, but when I'm listening to two-channel music, I want as little as possible coming between me and the music.
If I had the space, I'd have a dedicated system for music and another for home theater, but an integrated or pre-amp/amp setup with HTBP is a good compromise.
I am not one to say Emotiva is junk (I have an XPA-5 in my bedroom system), but the quality of the watts matters more than how many there are. Your speakers appear to be fairly efficient. You shouldn't need a huge amount of power for them.
A good integrated will have a much cleaner preamp and amp than the Emotiva/Marantz combo.
Think of music this way... it's ALL there, but when you have inferior components you're only letting part of it through. The better your components, the closer you get to what's really there in the music.
I am not "critically listening" when I'm watching a movie and I want the surround sound experience provided by the Marantz, but when I'm listening to two-channel music, I want as little as possible coming between me and the music.
If I had the space, I'd have a dedicated system for music and another for home theater, but an integrated or pre-amp/amp setup with HTBP is a good compromise.