Thanks Mike, I sent Jason a PM at AVSforum.

I had another look at JohnK's suggestion - Onkyo 604. It looks good, has hdmi 1.1 audio processing 90 wpc and also available in silver. I have forgotten to mention: I'd prefer silver receiver to match with my Rotels and TV. Why is it so cheap? am I missing something?

Axiom M60s, QS4s, VP100 Onkyo TX-SR804 Oppo 970HD Rotel RB-1080/RCD-1072 REL Q150E sub, PS 3