yes - I would get a 3channel amp for the center and surround. The brand is not really that important - like I mentioned - different speakers and room positions is a bigger difference than the amplifiers- and your ability to discern an amp difference in the surround channels is extremely difficult because there is so little information in those channels and/or it is usually so down in lever versus the fronts. As an example, I would lookout an amp from anthem - they are excellent and relatively reasonable in price- the MCA325 is 3 channels at 225watts/channel and is $2499. If you want to stay around the marantz price range, I would also look at the anthem processor - they have excellent room correction circuitry. Their AVM60 is $2999.However, if you can save your pennies and cut the amp budget down even lower to free up cash, buying a datasat or trinnov processor will be the single biggest improvement you ever made to your system - even for pure 2 channel.
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