Originally posted by SilverRex
thanks for all the great advice/info
ill keep my eyes peeled for great avr/pre-amps
in the mean time with my 100 watt/ch yamaha receivers, will it be a concern that I might damage the speakers because its under powered?
Exactly how loud are you listening to? 100 watts is a ton of power; only needed when you're blasting music unbearably loud but I suppose these days, it's more about movies and loud transients.
I am driving my mains off a 18 WPC tube amp, which is way more than adequate for music but HT does have bigger requirements. Your amp will almost never hit that high; most of the time you're probably feeding your speakers only a few watts.
Your amp is hardly underpowered. Don't worry about it. And don't bother looking at another AVR if you want to upgrade. It's already been mentioned - get a good multi channel power amp.
You have a couple of photos that are great... you must be very good at photoshop!