Prepro or receiver with Paradigm Active speakers?

What about a Prepro then a low power Rotel, NAD, Adcom, etc. amp?

I have the RXV1 and can say if you don't need all the channels of amplification I'd go with something where your money is going more to the processing. But, if you are getting it for 11 or 12 hundred $ it might be the way to go.

I paid $1200 for a demo. But all I use it for are movies.And I'm not real fussy with the sound of movies. To me it's just a movie. That's not to say it won't do surround music well, I just haven't messed with it for that.

Having said that, I do find that music in movies seems to be a lot of fun, to listen to.