You'll probably get a recommendation for an Onkyo, in that case.
Another question: what Axioms are you looking at other than the VP150? If it's the M80s, then that's another important factor in choosing a receiver.
In that price range, you're not looking at much over 100WPC anyway, so...
Yamaha might also be a valid choice. I believe the 663 was popular a little bit ago, but I don't know if that's currently available. Sherwood Newcastles are fairly well regarded, but there's not many people around here who have them.
Harman/Kardon quality control seems to have gone downhill in the past few years, so I'd probably avoid those.
