I think the Technics will work for you to begin with but eventually you will have to upgrade preamps to see the full potential of a good outboard amplifier. I ran my receiver as my 2 channel pre for years and just recently got a dedicated preamp and the difference is night and day even though my receiver did a good job in the spot of preamp it could not deliver the realistic flow of music that my Nuforce can or give the width and depth of soundstage either. I would go with what you have for now but keep that in the back of your head for a must future upgrade especially if you are thinking mono block amps.