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A cunundrum of sorts... any ideas?

I have Tannoy HPD 385's (15") and I am building our forever home, and would like to utilize them in a 5.1 home theatre set-up BUT I want to use them, and only them through my Analog set-up, which will be either a Bryston 4B or a Quad both vintage through my Macintosh MX-117 vintage Pre-amp tuner.
I would like to have rear speakers and a centre speaker through a 5.1 system that has a really good DAC so I can send my signal to the Bryston or Quad, or utilize my existing DAC.
I don't want to have to spend 4 grand on new 9.1 system just to get a good centre speaker and rear speakers.
I would like to find a great older hi end 5.1 system to power the center and rears and yet be able to use my existing analog stuff so I can still play music through the Tannoys when i feel like it.
Any ideas?

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fstein
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2 separate systems

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wildesmith OP
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Thanks for all the feedback everyone. I will now do some research on what brands/models I can afford and meet the need.
 

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I have stumbled upon a nice 125w 2018 Denon and will run with that, it will do all I need as I don't need the new HDMI, not a gamer ;)
Any recommendation on a center speaker to consider to compliment the old 15" Tannoys?
I figure I need something with 90dB sensitivity to get close to the tannoys, but surely won't need a lot of bass from the center speaker as the tannoys handles it all just fine.

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