Receivers vs. separates?

[GMichael]

You have a nice system put together. The first question is are you unhappy with the
way it sounds now? It doesn't sound like you are.

Second, is what level of performance can you expect from what you have?

Good quality receiver,
Good quality speakers.

Nice balance.

Adding separate amps and pre/pro's would be to your advantage IF you are going
to upgrade you Primus speakers. If not, you would NEVER hear the difference in
the system you have.

Take the time, set it up right, and enjoy.

hahahaha, You are so riiiight. I do love my system. Thank you for saying it's nice.
But I made a HUGE mistake a few months back. I walked into a high end stereo store. They had a pair of maggies on the wall. Couldn't believe my ears. They sounded like the band was in the room with me.
Eventually my current system will end up in my new basement (after that's built) and a new system will be needed for upstairs. No budget at this point but it never hurts to think ahead. If I build a system from scratch it will end up with Maggies. I saw the new RX-V4600 came out and has the amps to drive maggies. Would still add an extra amp for the mains. But if a sepperate "sounds" better, then I want to at least consider it.

[mazdamanic]

hahahaha, You are so riiiight. I do love my system. Thank you for saying it's nice.
But I made a HUGE mistake a few months back. I walked into a high end stereo store. They had a pair of maggies on the wall. Couldn't believe my ears. They sounded like the band was in the room with me.
Eventually my current system will end up in my new basement (after that's built) and a new system will be needed for upstairs. No budget at this point but it never hurts to think ahead. If I build a system from scratch it will end up with Maggies. I saw the new RX-V4600 came out and has the amps to drive maggies. Would still add an extra amp for the mains. But if a sepperate "sounds" better, then I want to at least consider it.

Hey GMichael, if you are considering Maggies in the future forget about receivers and consider some serious and clean amplification like Rotel, Parasound, B&K etc but above all you have got to have a top notch line stage to realize the full potential of maggies.