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Budgets do tend to get increased quite a bit since there's always the "if I spend this much more, I can get X" effect.
I think with your increase in budget it's even more critical to either go out an audition some stuff or to try out some different speakers in your own home before deciding anything.
(For example, you could get your receiver first and then order a pair of speakers from 2-3 final candidate companies and then switch off between them for a few weeks and pick the winner from your own testing... then build up your system around that winning brand)
If your receiver budget has increased for sure, you're going to have a lot of options now.
What part of the Yamaha 863 do you feel is going to work better for you than the 663?
Onkyo and Denon (as well as others) are all going to have receivers in this pricerange with similar feature sets.
When you say you did a side by side of two packages, what packages are you talking about?
I see a pair of Axiom speakers and a 5.1 Aperion set.
I have not tried out Aperion, but have tried out some axioms before
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/spmclaughlin/web/Random/Axiom_Front.JPG">https://mywebspace.wisc.edu......om/Axiom_Front.JPG</a>
When your budget is in the $600-$800 range, your options are pretty limited so I'm more confident pointing you at certain products. With a $2500-$3000 range, you can really get something great from a wide variety of brands.
Ascend Acoustics, Axiom, AV123, Aperion, SVS, etc. are all going to have speaker sets in that range that would be great options.
In addition, brick and mortar brands like B&W, Paradigm, Klipsch, etc. are also going to have sets in that pricerange as well. Unless you have very specific requirements, I can't help you narrow down what option is really going to be best for you.
Picking out a receiver and a really solid subwoofer would be an easier task online, but the speaker choice is going to be tougher to figure out.
I think with your increase in budget it's even more critical to either go out an audition some stuff or to try out some different speakers in your own home before deciding anything.
(For example, you could get your receiver first and then order a pair of speakers from 2-3 final candidate companies and then switch off between them for a few weeks and pick the winner from your own testing... then build up your system around that winning brand)
If your receiver budget has increased for sure, you're going to have a lot of options now.
What part of the Yamaha 863 do you feel is going to work better for you than the 663?
Onkyo and Denon (as well as others) are all going to have receivers in this pricerange with similar feature sets.
When you say you did a side by side of two packages, what packages are you talking about?
I see a pair of Axiom speakers and a 5.1 Aperion set.
I have not tried out Aperion, but have tried out some axioms before
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/spmclaughlin/web/Random/Axiom_Front.JPG">https://mywebspace.wisc.edu......om/Axiom_Front.JPG</a>
When your budget is in the $600-$800 range, your options are pretty limited so I'm more confident pointing you at certain products. With a $2500-$3000 range, you can really get something great from a wide variety of brands.
Ascend Acoustics, Axiom, AV123, Aperion, SVS, etc. are all going to have speaker sets in that range that would be great options.
In addition, brick and mortar brands like B&W, Paradigm, Klipsch, etc. are also going to have sets in that pricerange as well. Unless you have very specific requirements, I can't help you narrow down what option is really going to be best for you.
Picking out a receiver and a really solid subwoofer would be an easier task online, but the speaker choice is going to be tougher to figure out.