I'm looking at a new Yamaha receiver, either RS or AS. Sounds like AS is the way to go. Being in Canada finding a retailer that carries the product isn't easy. I can still get the AS500 from amazon for $499 CAD. I have a bunch of vintage receivers but there is always something that seems to go wrong, tape switch here, crackling there, hum there, so I'd like something new to run everything. We put in a new entertainment wall unit and I only want to set up my gear once. Where in the past I would be almost daily switching receivers, turntables etc.
Now there is a new AS501 but thats even more harder to find, not sure what the differences are.