Hi Ritz, your inputs do make a lot of sense. I guess I will go with the 1.6 for these systems. Choosing the P1000 is sort of a way of keeping everything in the system Arcam, AVP 700 + P1000 + CD73 (CD player for 2ch music listening)...although I am really tempted to go with a beefy 2ch amp (Used Bryston 4B SST, Belles, etc.) then get the 3.6Rs plus use my old 5 Marantz MA 500 mono blocks to power the center and surround speakers for 7.1. I can compromise the HT part of my system and get a top notch 2ch stereo OR get an all Arcam system as stated above with decent HT (since all channels will have a common 7ch amp) and music performance. Decisions, decisions...