hi, if you are going to make use of hte receiver plainly for HT, choose between yamaha and denon. however, if you plan to make use of it for both HT and stereo music, consider also marantz and harman kardon. for HK, pair them up with a decent bookshelves cause they tend to sound a bit dull when paired with floor standers. for the marantz, they would work well with just about any type of decent speakers....just a bit on the bright side but can easily be compensated with the receiver settings.