Choosing a two zone reciever

Hey, so i have looked around everywhere trying to find a receiver...

I am looking for a fairly inexpensive 2 zone receiver to put in the new construction of my house. I would like to have ceiling speakers around the house to listen to. I don't want it to be a surround sound or any of that. i just want a good two zone receiver... Preferably without having to have a second amp because that just sounds expensive have you have to have volume controls for every room and so on. I am probably going to use a harmony 890 remote so i don't have to be in the same room as the receiver so controlling volume from anywhere wont be a problem.

i was looking at the Onkyo TX-8555 but that looks like i have to have a second amp for zone two. If i have to use a amp for whatever receiver is there actually a inexpensive amp that you guys would recommend? i cant really find any... plus with the amp i would have volume controls on the amp aswell so it would defeat the purpose of the 890...

I could really use the help so thank you in advance!

Well im thinking they are going to be the outside speakers, so maybe 4 im thinking.

and is it possible to run the same source through both zones so maybe sometimes they are something different and sometimes they are all playing the same thing?