AVM 20 or AVM 30 vs Mid-Fi Yamaha Receiver


I am currently running the pre/pro portion of my Yamaha RX-V659 Receiver with a Sunfire Cinema Grand II amp (5 x 225W) with 3 Von Schweikert LCR-15s across the front and VS T-150s as the rears. I am debating upgrading to an AVM 20 or 30 and wanted opinions as to whether or not it would be worth it based on the other equipment I currently have in the system.
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The Anthem AVM 30 is as good as it gets in my opinion, add a panasonic bd-55 blu ray player with built in hd decoding(or other like blu ray players)for under $300 and you are up to date and have everything there is to offer, including stellar 2 channel music. Anyone who doesnt think the Anthem is a top knotch performer is looking at price tags and not using there ears.
If you dont have money coming out of your ears, buy the Onkyo 906 and enjoy 95% or more of the 2 channel performance of the anthem avm30/mca combo. Not to mention all the latest HD formats. Include the fact you dont need XLR/RCA Cables, and it takes up less room, and you got yourself a $1200 receiver worth perhaps much more in value then the $2000 anthem combo in my opinion.(used prices)