Temporary AVR Solution

I'm about to buy a set of Dynaudio Focus speakers for home theater usage. Ultimately, I may go with a Parasound Halo to drive them with whatever the cheapest Level 6 pre/pro is at the time. For now, however, I am spending all of my disposable income on the speakers alone - as such, is there a cheap(er) receiver that will serve my needs for a couple of years until I buy separates? Ideally, 4 HDMI in, passing of audio over HDMI are included.

Thanks.

Less than 1500 dollars though that number can be moved around a little bit. It all depends on the suggestion and how suitable it is.

Wittle bump?

Yea, I like the Arcam and wish I could afford the 600..

My issue, I suppose, is that at the end of the day, the power of the unit is sort of inconsequential given that I'll be using an external amp to power them. That being said, I'm seeking something with all the whatchamacallits and gadgetry (TrueHD over HDMI, etc.) that will allow me to use it into the future as a decent pre-pro with respectable sound quality with priorities being around 50% music/50% HT. I wish I had the luxury of using another system for music but that is not possible at this time.

1500 dollars is cheap for audio equipment to most AVSers. We're not talking Classe, Mcintosh, or heck, Arcam here.

Oh, I wasn't suggesting that it's cheap for me - it isn't. You're right, I just don't spend a lot of times reading those threads - I usually end up in the Anthem or "high-end" threads and I see a ton of people spending 8k on processors and 10k on mains. No offense intended.

Perhaps I should just go with a PR-SC885P/DTC-9.8 and assume an amp is necessary? If I spend around 1500 on a receiver, it needs to be able to do all the Onkyo Pro/Integra can to justify itself.

I could. I don't. I'd like it. I wouldn't mind it.

What is your recommendation that rings in at 1/3 of that?