Aychamo,

Yamaha receivers have an excellent reputation.

I think many people are touting the Denon AVR-3805 as the price / performance leader in this price range. According to the Denon website it is available in Silver.

[Link: usa.denon.com]

This receiver is fully supported by discrete codes, and even suports RS232 in case you want to go for such a control system in the future.