Also take a look at the Onkyo M-282. Online for $200 without warranty, $260 with warranty. It drives my 8 ohm speakers with ease and has the same frontal proportions as the rest of my system.
The drawbacks:
It is very large, almost as tall as my Yamaha reciever.
And it is only reccomended to drive 6 or 8 ohm speakers not 4 ohm.