I would go with a Marantz or a denon. both are pretty good at music. A friend of mine have almost the same system set up, I have a Yamaha RX-V800, and he has a Marantz 7300. his sounds much better for music
Which receivers have decent stereo performance?
I currently have Yamaha RX-V795 driving a pair of Soliloquy 6.3 which does not do them justice. I can't afford an amp/pre-amp for now. Are there any receivers out there, used for less than $1K, that do decent stereo job so I can watch both movies and music sharing the same pair of speakers?