You could do soix's recommendation. But if you are looking for a HT pre/pro, probably the best one I can think of that meets your needs is the Bryston SP3. It has a fully discrete and fully balanced input stage for your 2-channel stereo analog inputs. It also has its fully discrete fully balanced analog output stages. It does convert all analog to single-ended internally for volume control. It's not the best DAC/DSP (I think the DSP/DAC board is compromised), but it's an excellent analog preamp. You can get one used and then have Bryston upgrade the HDMI board for HDMI 2.0 4K support. The Bryston will not have all the bells & whistles of the Marantz such as Bluetooth, HELOS audio, etc. etc. It's a bare-bones high end pre/pro.
The Krell Foundation is going to have much better high frequency resolution response and excitement. But it is still an op-amp based processor. The Marantz 7702 is very nice because of large power supply and discrete analog output stages. Sound is very full with a lot of impact, but the high frequencies are slightly rolled off when compared to Bryston/Krell.
The Krell Foundation is going to have much better high frequency resolution response and excitement. But it is still an op-amp based processor. The Marantz 7702 is very nice because of large power supply and discrete analog output stages. Sound is very full with a lot of impact, but the high frequencies are slightly rolled off when compared to Bryston/Krell.