Good musical HT AV/Receiver

I would like to upgrade my older Pioneer VSX Audio/Video Receiver but really want something that sounds nice for just listening to music.

My wife says the Audio Research gear has to go in the living room so it's only the HT in the sunroom now. Ouch!!

So I hear good things about Onkyo. Also about the usual products from Yamaha, Denon, Pioneer, and I've always like Pioneer. However, after hooking up my Focals and Carver SW to the Pioneer, it really hurts to let the ARC stuff go.

So I was hoping there were some good sounding options out there to meet both A/V and music only.

4 speaker set-up with SW. Simple but nice.