I bought an AV Amp with 5.1 analogue inputs, a Pioneer SC-LX86 in 2013 (was about £2000). Unfortunately they are becoming rarer and most that are available are 'top of the range' or close to, so cheapest I have seen now is the Marantz SR7015 at around £1500, another is the Denon AVC-X8500H at about £3000, and I think Yamaha has a couple with 5.1/7.1 analogue inputs.
i wouldn't have another Yamaha AVR for a gift now. they all sounded nice enough but three examples all with HDMI issues now shunted off to goodwill to let some other poor trucker have the headache (for free, mind you) was three AVRs too many for my blood!
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