I've have a Denon 5.1 channel receiver that's only four years old and has failed twice. First time the tuner quit and it was repaired under warranty. Yesterday I had no audio on any input, even though video was passing through. By sheer luck I tried plugging in headphones and when I unplugged them the problem went away. Now I notice that in "Direct" mode I get audio out of front left and center instead of front left and right. Resetting the processor didn't fix the problem.

I'm pretty much underwhelmed by Denon quality.

I'm looking for a basic 5.1 receiver that has a microphone for automatically setting the equalizer. I don't need anything more than that.

In the past I had good luck with Sony. Any recommendations?