On a very tight budget and wondering where my money can best be spent next. I love the Dahlquists but I know they need some real power to do their best. I'd like to find a reciever with pre-amp outs and use a good power amp to drive them. A sub would be nice as well. I listen pretty much exclusivly to CDs, mostly rock and some jazz. The biggest limiting factor I think is the fact that all this is in a corner of a room about 10'x12'.
You could run an integrated amp for the L/R speakers. Use one input for 2ch direct, and use the pre outs on the receiver to annother line input for surround/video. The integrated amp drives the main speakers in both modes. Just be careful of gain in video mode, as the receivers preamp is driving the preamp in the integrated. How many speakers are you running? Does the receiver do dolby digital, or dts decoding? I can give better advice with more information. BTW, I am a classical musician, and worked at a high end dealer for a year, so I have plenty of information, if you care to hear what the magazines won't tell you.
