Hi All,
Thank you for your comments.
Tank Top5, I've heard of a formula regarding buying your system, and that is to spend at least half of your budget on speakers. You are right on in suggesting to reverse my budget. When it come to HIFI, I am just an amateur. My first system was a Rotel receiver, Nakamichi CD player, and a pair of Engery Reference speakers. And you are also right about the MacIntosh that I always wanted to own one and do plan to pass it on to my son.
The room which the speakers will be in is the family room which has one long side open to the living room, and the short side open to the kitchen. It is not idea but it's the only space that I have.
Swerd, Eppie, thank you for posting the impedance vs frequency graph. I didn't realize that their impedance is less than 4 ohm at certain frequency range. As I haven't on Focal Speaker, any suggestion of the speakers if I am to spend half of my budget on the speakers. This probably is going to be my second and last system , so I want to get it right.
Regards,
Kiet