In case anybody's interested, I've now got myself a Marantz SR5300 and
did a side by comparison of this vs the PM6010 for stereo music. The
PM6010 came out on top. For details, see the following thread on
www.avforums.com

AV Forums AV Hardware : Audio Amplifiers and Receivers Stereo
Amp vs A/V Receiver

Thanks to those who replied!