AVR-1804 Fried--New A/V Receiver Recs?

[edtyct]

I was just passing by, and your predicament touched my heart. I just had a whole slew of A/V and computer equipment fried by a lightning strike. I take it that your insurance won't cover the damage, or that your deductible is too high ($500?). I'm a little out of my league, since I don't know anything about the various receivers' strengths and weakness, but I do know of a few receivers that sound awfully good. One of them, the Rotel RSX-1056, lists for $1300, though it's often available for $1100--and maybe even less now that the 1057 with HDMI switching is out. You can only find it at a speciality store within your area (or used at Audiogon/Videogon), but that inconvenience hardly matters to those who are sold on it. Maybe the lack of ubiquity and the slightly esoteric, no-bells-and-whistles approach works against it, but I still can't understand why Audio Review people seem oblivious to Rotel--and, while I'm on the subject, Arcam.

Edit, in answer to my pal, bfalls: I am protected by surge protection everywhere. No extra-curricular electricity entered my systems via that route. The lightning, which hit so close that I thought our roof must have caved, went through Comcast's cable, taking out cable modems, internet phones, routers, tuner, DVI switch, and (ahem) a Rotel receiver. The cable company is supposed to ground outside the house, but, truth be told, they often do a less than satisfactory job. Frankly, not much is going to impede a direct 2,000 volt attack. Until I can ground the cable satisfactorily outside the house, I'll be detaching the cable from the business inside whenever thunderstorms occur. I may do so regardless of ground.