meuge's setup looks great except spend the extra couple hundred bucks and make it the RC-7 over the RC-35. It is so much more worth it. And yes, $500 should be just fine for a receiver to run them. I'm using an HK AVR 430 which is about $400 refurbished on ebay directly from HK (with the same warranty as buying one retail). It powers my RF-35's, RC-7, and RB-25's just great. I've owned both the RC-25 and RC-35 and honestly they are just crap compared to the RC-7. Night and day difference, and RC-7 blends in just fine with the RF-35's, even better than the lower end centers.