Thanks for bailing me out, Sonnie! Life's rough when you're an idiot...
I appreciate the suggestions--I'll go check those two out. I've liked my own Yamaha RX 1200, though it is old enough now not to have some features I'd really, really like to have (e.g. variable x-over for LFE for starters).
Does anyone out there have either one of these AVRs suggested by Sonnie? Are there others in the <$300 range I should consider?
The Shack rocks!
-- Phil