thanks to all for your very good suggestions. I'll definitely pony up for matching fronts. Follow up question.
Will I see meaningful sonic improvements from my Yamaha, for the AV receivers in my price range of 1K-2K, e.g. the Rotels/Adcoms?
My setup is likely to be used 70/30 for video/audio. The primary source material hence will be digital inputs from a $300 Scientific Atlanta HD box or a $500 HD-DVD player. I guess as far as the weakest link theory goes, they are far probably far worse than my Yamaha receiver.
Will I see meaningful sonic improvements from my Yamaha, for the AV receivers in my price range of 1K-2K, e.g. the Rotels/Adcoms?
My setup is likely to be used 70/30 for video/audio. The primary source material hence will be digital inputs from a $300 Scientific Atlanta HD box or a $500 HD-DVD player. I guess as far as the weakest link theory goes, they are far probably far worse than my Yamaha receiver.