A friend of mine asked me to piece together a HT setup for him and I am needing some assistance.

He is looking to purchase 2 bookshelf speakers, a sub, and a receiver for the time being and then add in center/rear channels later for surround. He is wanting some nice bookshelfs for music and is willing to skimp on the surround equipmnent. The total price he'd like to spend is $1,200. That should include the center/rears, shipping and cabling if possible.

I have been looking at Axiom bookshelfs, Onkyo receivers and Dayton subs. The problem I'm running into is finding a reasonably priced receiver that can power some hefty bookshelfs, yet do 5.1 as well.

Thanks for any help you can provide.