Need a receiver reco to drive 5.1 4-ohm speakers

Sorry if this is a FAQ, but my HK AVR 7100 died today. I'm looking for a replacement to drive my M&K Sound speakers which are rated at 4-ohms.

The speakers gave my HK fits during high dynamic sound events. I need to find a good receiver that will reliably drive them. Bonus if the receive is around $1000.

Thanks,
Jim

I haven't seen a Harmon Kardan that claims it can reliably drive a 4 ohm load. So, I'm not going down that path unless I see something that makes me feel confident that the amp isn't going to shut itself off a half dozen times during an action movie.

I have been looking at the Outlaw 1070. Seems like it has all of the basic necessities. Does anyone know if it can definitely drive 4 ohms?

Oh, also, the speakers are M&K K-7's in front, K-4's in back.

Thanks,
Jim

The HK is dead. It won't power on and when the physical power switch is in the "on" mode, I don't even get the orange light on the soft power switch.

I have checked the power cord and the power strip and everything else looks fine there. Believe me, if I could use the HK as a pre-out, I would gladly buy a decent power amp to drive the M&K.

Anyone have any ideas on why the receiver might be dead?

Otherwise, the HK definitely does NOT like to drive the M&K speakers at any reasonable load. We typically like to watch movies at -30dB to -25dB which is fine for dialog and the like but the second an explosion occurs or a train passes, the receiver shuts off.

I don't tend to believe CSRs when they say that their stuff can drive low-impedance speaks. I now have to see real-world experiences for that.

My receiver was set up properly. The freq response for the K-7's roll off conveniently at 80Hz and this is where I set my receiver to.

I don't really understand why the receiver kept shutting off. It never even ran that hot, but it was CONSISTENTLY shutting off when things got loud in the movie.

The only thing I could deduce was that the auto-shutdown behavior was By Design as noted in the literature to protect the receiver. I can only deduce that the 4-ohm speakers contributed to the problem.

Other than that, I have no idea why this would be a problem. This was an issue, btw, not just with movies but with TV shows and video games. As long as I dialed down the overall volume, the receiver would play on without shutting down.

J.