cure: I agree with your analysis. That is why I bought an Onkyo 703 receiver for all of its features. I looked around studying everything that I could find for over a year. I did this with the notion that I would buy a seperate amp and use the Onkyo preouts. Outlaw amps are on my short list but I am having a most difficult deciding which amp to buy. Most all of the specs are very similar and I am beginning to believe that peak power capability is more important than RMS power.

Maybe we can get a discussion going on this thread about Peak Power versus RMS Power for an audio system?