What brand of receiver and power should I buy?

[nightflier]

The amount of average power you need does depend on how far you are from the speakers, how loud you want it to be, the efficiency and power-handling capability of the speakers. Believe it or not, 1 W average is actually reasonably rowdy.

...the type of music you listen to. Yes, most pop music is a little anemic on dynamic swings, but a well recorded classical symphonic piece will put much higher requirements on your gear.

You source will also dictate what you should get - if it truncates the music or has high distortion, then it doesn't really matter what you've got down the line from there. Garbage in > garbage out.

[bjdalton1]

I got some very good answers from everyone. I have a lot of distortion with this old little 15 wpc pioneer. It appears that power will help with the distortion I have. I need dynamic power. So what receiver do I get that is fairly new and has wattage 50-75 wpc. Kevio, the speakers won't smoke until I hit 120 wpc of which I would have to blast. I am looking for clean sound. I think i could stay in the 50-75 wpc range and get what I am looking for. What are my options boyz? What receivers? I want a little radio too.