Yeah, kind of forgot about you there didn't we? I agree with the others that the SR604 is fine. (Removed sub comment.)
I don't claim to be an expert, so I don't have anything personal to add. But even the Monster hosted Richard Clark article says this:
Richard Clark:
Prevention...
I thought this myth had died years ago.
There's this from Alan Lofft, Former editor of Sound & Vision and Audio Magazines:
http://www.axiomaudio.com/receivers.html
The rated power output of the receiver's internal amplifiers, stated in watts per channel into 8 ohms, will ultimately...