Well, whatever else you decide to do from this point on, you can rest easy that $500 for those speakers is just silly good. You seem like you're somewhat following the path I'm on. I have Beethovens and, for about a week, used them with an 85 watt Onkyo receiver. It only lasted a week because the left amp blew on the Onkyo. Make sure your HK can handle a nomimal 4 ohm load that dips into the 2's. Frankly I'd be very surprised if it was up to the task. As a result of this, I got a Sunfire Cinema Grand and used the pre section on the Onkyo. The sound was only marginally better (a lot better than no sound at all though). A bit later I got rid of the Onkyo altogether, and put in an Anthem AVM-20. This made a night and day improvement--simply huge. This setup, with a REL Storm III (in addtion to Bach's for the surround and a Maestro center) is where I am now.
I fully agree with the other recommendations to forget about a center channel for now. Mine is rarely used and is really unecessary. I just got it for the very few SACD's and DVD-A's that I play. I also agree with the REL sub suggestion. I really like the Storm III. To be fair though, I have very little experience with other sub brands.
Of the three next pieces to get, from greatest to least impact on sound I'd rank them, preamp, sub, then amp. Unfortunately, I'm guessing you're going to be in need of an amp first.