Thanks for explaining the ohms thing. That's how I understood it from reading other posts.
I'm actually looking to buy a standalone receiver that I can use my existing mounted speakers with. Not a whole new HTIB.
Last Thursday night my receiver started making a loud humming noise coming through all my speakers. After much fussing with cables and speaker wire and a thorough cleaning inside and out. I was able to determine that it was the receiver putting the sound through the speakers and none of the...