Audio Budget - What to get??

[devils_fuel]

Get a decent 4 Chanel amp, bridge 2 of the channels for the sub, and use the other two to drive the front speakers.

Then at a later date consider getting a mono block for the sub, and running all speakers amped. But for now, 4 channel! Lol

Agreed, a good route so you can expand your system when required . a good 4 channel amp of 100w rms per channel would be nice