So I'm looking to rebuild the home theater system

Curiousjim, 

The Market can best be divided by the Japanese brands with every feature under the sun and having decent to good sound quality

vs.

American and European brands, Arcam, Audiocontrol, Primare, NAD, that are more about sound quality.

The Arcam and Audiocontrol receivers are really special sonically, The Audiocontrol Maestro M7 receiver is an upgraded version the Arcam with an improved amplifier, and a longer warranty, both the Arcam and Audiocontrol products are made by Audiocontrol in Oregon. 

Over the years we have set up Onkyo, Integra and Denon and Marantz Receivers none of them sounded as warm, punchy and clean as the higher end brands mentioned above. 

We sell and display, Arcam, Audiocontrol, NAD, Anthem, if we can answer any specific questions please reach out to us.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ

For your budget you could almost get away with separates, even decent ones. Recent model marantz 8802a has dropped in price to just under 2k places are blowing them out to make way for he new 8805.  Anthem, lexicon, older krell, and outlaw 7 channel amps can be found for under 2k. So you can almost have it all at that budget.  The separate amp in most cases will be superior to the receiver but the setup is obviously more complex. 

alkaloid,

Thanks, I’ll check out Anthem. Now I ‘m in an odd sized area, (12X30) with both ends unusable, but hope to move into a 20X20 area soon.

JD

esthlos13,

This isn’t going to be a job for a processor and amp. By the time I buy both, I’ll be over my limit and won’t have any left for interconnects. LOL 

But really, for now I’m just going receivers.

Thanks.

JD