I currently am running a 5.1 system and I have an emotive PA-1 monoblock powering my center channel and the emotive BasX A-800 which provides 40 watts into 8 channels or 100 watts into 4 channels powering my fronts and surrounds. I might later add a couple PA-1's for my front Left and Right and...
Much of the music produced today sound terrible on good systems. The songs are overly compressed and the bass comes out as square waves. Even artists who sounded good 10 years ago suddenly sound terrible on their latest recordings.