Sounds like you did well. However, I still want to make a suggestion with respect to the orginal question: how about the new Yamaha RN803d receiver? It is 2x100 watt rms at 8 Ohm, has digital inputs, Spotify Connect Airplay, networking capability and much more. And it has room equalization capability.
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