I second Joe's recommendation of the 7030+. Excellent performance. The
menu system isn't complicated, but you have to pay attention to what
you're doing. If I'm sitting in front of the Drake receiver I have, my
fingers can just sort of do their own thing, turning knobs and pushing
buttons, and everything comes off without a hitch. With the 7030+, if
my fingers begin to do their own thing and I'm in the wrong menu, it's
going to cause a problem. So you have to stay alert to where you are in
the menu system. It's not something you can ignore. That said, I don't
mind it. Very rarely is it a problem, and it makes possible a sparse
looking, very sharp-looking receiver.

I wish a little more power was going to the external speaker jack. It
can't power an external speaker anywhere near as well as my Drake
receiver. The sync detector is good. Not the best in my opinion, but
it's very good.

If you get a 7030+ I recommend that you never, ever use headphones with
it. There's a mixer inside that's very delicate, and easily blown from
static electricity. I speak from experience on this one, and the AOR
website will tell you that problems with this mixer are not uncommon.

Joe touched on what is probably my favorite thing about the 7030+: It's
extremely quiet, with audio having a sort of 'transparent' quality
about it.

I've never used the NRD-545D, but it looks very interesting to me. If
you end up buying it, please post a review.

Steve