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Upgrading 2 channel stereo.

Sorry if this question has been beaten like a dead horse but here I go.....
I recently upgraded my main L&R speakers to B&W 805's. I love 'em but now I gotta upgrade my electronics.(mainly for 2 channel stereo. I am currently satisfied with my HT performance.) I am currently using a Marantz AV550 pre amp and MM9000 5 X 150 amp with a Marantz CD67SE and a Velodyne HGS12 sub. My speakers sound real nice but I realize they could sound waaaaay better. My original idea (little $$)was to get a cheap 2 channel amp (NAD, Adcom) to drive my rears and then bi-amp the 805's with 4 of the 5 channels in the MM9000.
Then a sales guy told me I'd be better off buying a fatory refurbished NADT761(they had quality issues but supposedly the refurbished ones ore OK) for < $600 and using that for a pre-amp and only using 2 of those channels for the rear and then using my MM9000 to bi-amp.
Then there's always the idea to use the pre L & R outs of my existing AV550 into a quality integrated (krell 300iL, creek, Musical Fidelity, etc...) but then I loose my sub with 2 channel stereo.
Then theres the idea to upgrade my AV pre amp to something more musical. (B&K Ref 30 ??) But then would my MM9000 be sufficient ??
I guess my budget is <$2500. (My wife's gonna kill me !!)
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanx
muskrat

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muskrat OP
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Thanks for the input Elevick and S7horton.
One other problem that I can forsee is how do maintain a
HT sub off the (single) sub out on the AV550 and have the same sub hooked up to (left & right) pre outs on a nice integrated ? I can imagine some sort of switch to toggle between the two.
Would I benefit at all from just updating the L & R Amp(krell KSA100, McCormack DNA125, Belles 150A Hot Rod, Citation 1.5)and keeping my AV550 ?
Thanx
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