When I accidentally destroyed all of my electronics, I decided on the B&W 804 as my test speaker, thinking it would be the closest to my older 803's, and I was not wrong. You are going to get a lot of advice, but here is mine, after listening to current 804's for hours. STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM RECEIVERS AND ROTEL ELECTRONICS! There are several B&W dealers from my home town to where I live now, and I have heard these speakers extensively. Not one receiver nor the best Rotel electronics was listenable for more than a few minutes. Even the salesmen at Best Buy Magnolia, who put up with me very graciously, admitted that I would not ever get a receiver or their Rotel stuff to sound as good as what I had, and of course I would have to bite the bullet and buy their McIntosh stuff. The several high end dealers had some really expensive solutions, but here is what I think: Go to a thrift shop or eBay and buy a cheap receiver and get some older, used B&W's for your surround. Hell, I even bought a supposedly really well regarded, trade in Marantz surround receiver from a Linn dealer in my town, just to use temporarily. After setting it up, I listened, then immediately re-boxed it, using just that one time. You can have it cheaply, but only if you don't have audiophiles dying in your area where a decent receiver will appear. Don't waste you money on current 804's to use a receiver. There is not enough room in the box to put a big power supply. Ditto for the few integrated amps I heard. BTW, I have one large room. The stereo is placed where it sounds the best; the television is 90 degrees to the right, happily powering my much older B&W's, with same model line, smaller eBay B&W's for the rear. Luckily, I found an aging Austrian guy to repair my Audire electronics, despite no schematics ever having been released. Thank you Chris from Audio Advisors for that lead.