That's cool you have the photos and stil have 2 of the speakers. I will be seeing if old pictures and any of my old vinyl or receiver/phono player combo are still at my parents house. I just moved my 12 yr old 54" Panasonic Plasma tv to the garage for the mancave and it'd be nice to repurpose the 12 yr old 7.1 Onkyo for mancave duty. I still have some Bose 301s and cheap Sony 5.1 satellite speakers.As a young buck stationed in West Germany I went with Pioneer. Had an entire rack of equipment, and 4 of the big HPM 1100 speakers. Yes, I won some of the barracks stereo wars. Yes, Top had it locked up in the arms room a time or two... lol.
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All that's left 40+ years later is 2 of the speakers in the garage hooked up to a Denon AVR 1000 and a bluetooth receiver for jamming with the songs on my phone when working on my jeep.
In the house, I also have Denon receivers. 2 different ones. One, the AVR 3805, (that has a "pure direct stereo" setting) is hooked to a pair of Martin-Logan Motion 20 speakers, and a 12" Klipsch sub for streaming my music off my phone. (bluetooth)
The other receiver, a AVR X2200W, is for the TV. It runs Klipsch speakers, a second 12" sub and center channel. The surrounds are Polk, and Pioneer.
It's not really "audiophile", but it's probably above average. Anyway, I'm happy with it. Very happy with the music set-up. Just got the Martin-Logans not long ago (here off INGO) and there are very clear and accurate sounding. I heard an echo from the reverb on the drum kit on "Teanage Jail" by the Eagles after getting them that I never heard before... and I've been listening to that song for around 40 years... It just rolls off like a thunder clap does in the countryside... Gave me chills. "Dark Side of the Moon"... sweet Lord. Not as harsh on the high end as the HPMs are either. They almost don't need the sub... almost, but it does fill in that missing bottom end nicely. I have them in a big living room. Guy I got them from had them in a small "listening room".
I almost bought a Denon since they're owned by the same company as Marantz. That 7.1 Denon 3805 you have listed for $1200 back in 2004.
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The 2.1 you have is a good idea also for my second AVR. Got me to thinking about a setup on the enclosed porch. I'm starting to mess around with the pure direct settings on the Marantz and look forward to getting the phono player to test it out well. The multi channel stereo seems nice for Spotify.