You guys are looking at $2k+ receivers ... in that territory I'm usually thinking prepro. Tend to look for receivers under or around $1k ... I figure receivers are a placeholder for a prepro. Plan is that new stuff goes into main HT ... the HT stuff goes to the playroom and the playroom stuff goes to the bed room ... the bedroom stuff to freinds and family or gets donated.
So, I bought a SR5014 refurb for the playroom's HT ($700 us) ...
It's last years lowest-end receiver with pre-outs from a somewhat decent company ... Marantz
Figured it would be good enough to drive the ADA1000 till I needed it down stairs. After which I may need another amp ... guess the kids can work their way though collage