Nick B:

take a look at Marantz.

both the 7500 and 8500 are great for music reproduction, as well as movies.

I can't agree more about Marantz.  I've had one of their middle of the road 5.1 AV receivers for about 6 years now and never had one tiny bit of trouble with it.  The thing is built like a TANK, and it's so good that my desire for a new receiver with more inputs isn't strong enough to replace it. I just put band-aids on my situation with an array of switchboxes.  

When I do replace it, chances are it will be with another Marantz, though.