cel4145
Headphoneus Supremus
I would recommend getting the Denon 1612 over the 1312 since it's $229 right now. The 1612 comes with Audyssey MultiEQ room correction that is really worth having if you ever add a sub or decide to use the receiver for an HT setup.
Given your budget, do you have room for towers or only bookshelves? The Energy V6.2s are a great bargain right now from Vanns. Advantage of towers is that the multiple towers will give you a fuller sound with better low end response. Another speaker this is not a tower but has dual drivers for a fuller sound is the Ascend Acoustics CMT-340 SE MINI-TOWER.
Given your budget, do you have room for towers or only bookshelves? The Energy V6.2s are a great bargain right now from Vanns. Advantage of towers is that the multiple towers will give you a fuller sound with better low end response. Another speaker this is not a tower but has dual drivers for a fuller sound is the Ascend Acoustics CMT-340 SE MINI-TOWER.