separates for BW Natilus 804?

I also have b&w 804s with 603s & 2 602s for a center channel. I think a solution for you could be anthem MCA-5 200w per channel,with any mid priced receiver you can use as the pre amp,the MCA-5 I have seen around for 700-900 new and I know that their are alot of hometheater receivers with decent front ends for short $ but look around good luck

thanks for your responses. I am getting the idea that I can "have it both" for a reasonable cost if I keep the Harmon kardon 500 (85 watts, ok for HT) and add a amp. So now I really need to figure out what will match, how much to spend and what is the quality in that range. Say I have a $1000 to spend, any more suggestions?

Hi. I have a pair of old 802 matrix 2.These speaker are real pigs to drive.Like you my biggest problem was my budgit.I was able to buy an Arragon 4004 Mk.2 amp.,this is a 200w per chanel best and still it was not musical to my ears. Asluck would have it the dam thing quit on my and as luck would have it again my friend just happened to have a Chord 600 amp., which is only rated at 125w per ch..What a difference! I've also have had a Bryson 4B st in the system with very good results. One other thing, once you settle on the amp. I strongly recomend you re wire your system with Analisis Plus oval 9 speaker cables and interconects. They are a stell and sonicly as big an upgrade as the amp..I bought the Chord.