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The SC-LX81 is the pick of those amps and prbably the best at the price point. I personally think that the Tannoy's mentioned are not in the same league as the amplifier and that you would have an inbalance across the system. If you had the amp already and the budget limited you to the Tannoys then by all means it would work and sound good. As you have not yet bought the amp the total outlay of the LX81 and Tannoys could be better spent for greater results in my experience.
If you can stretch the total budget then the Tannoy Highline 500s mentioned are a good match with the LX81 as are the Tannoy Revolutions. The last selection of LX81s that we sold were all matched with Tannoy's and the results are superb.
Nick
Hi Nick,
Having a look at the Tannoys mentioned I could only find them as a pair and not a 5.1 set. Looking at them and price it seems they are in the same(I could be wrong)if not better league than my current speaker set up of Acoustic Energy aegis evo's which are connected to my Pio 81, would you say my set up is imbalanced? I can understand what you are advising with regards to getting the overal best sound for the money with receiver and speakers, but I must say that although the receiver outclasses the speaker set up I have it realy doesn't sound that way and to be honest I'm very pleased with the results, and although originally I was going to upgrade my speakers, now I feel that I realy don't need to, not for a while.