The receiver is Yamaha RX V-361 and it looks like it's only 100 watts per channel. Do I need a better receiver?
I don't have much furniture in the area where I put speakers and there is plenty of open space.
The type of music is quite diverse because different family members like different things - classic, rock, rap, pop, disco.
I did go to Best Buy Magnolia place to listen to some speakers and it was a big disappointment.
In that store they only had very expensive speakers to be tested.
Very few relatively inexpensive models were on display and I could only listen to a SONY which is on sale for $200 a pair now and a Klipsch - $900 for a pair of speakers.
My impressions: SONY - while performing OK at low to mid volume, definitely started to tremble at high volume, Speakers were small, cheap looking and in any respect seemed inadequate for a large space in a mid-to-large house.
Klipsch was performing 100% adequately in all frequencies and at all volume levels, did look much better than I expected, the only thing I needed to buy it was a 50% off deal.
JBL 180 - they didn't even have it in stock. There were some Polk models on display I didn't care about but it wasn't even possible to listen to them. The salespeson was not very knowlegeable about the products and was the only one to help. Well, at least he was trying.