I love the styling of the HK's although I prefer them before this change slightly more. I was actually "this" close to buying one until I read up on the Yamaha RX-V659 here and elsewhere and just bought the Yamaha last week. I also went with a pair of Primus 360's at the same time and couldn't be happier with the detailed sound I'm getting out of these pieces so far.
My last "stereo" was a 1983 or so Yamaha R-3 receiver and a pair of Infinity SM-100's which served me well for the last 20 something years until the woofer surrounds rotted out. Then I was using a pair of Advent "smaller" speakers that I repaired the surrounds on and sound surprisingly good for budget speaks from 1973! (way to go Henry!) I will probably use them as rears for a while now. So now I'm back to Yamaha and Infinity although totally by accident.
Oh yeah, I'm new here so I'd like to say Hi to everyone and mucho thanks for your (unknowingly) steering me towards my current setup, I had no idea that such musicality was available at these prices or I probably would have bought new gear sooner. I'm also a musician so I really appreciate being able to hear ALL the detail at home, especially when trying to figure out tricky guitar parts on a recording. As a guitar player I usually care about distortion in amps and speakers, except I usually want MORE! LOL.
So hello everyone and thanks again!
