Suggestions for audiophile grade receiver for Home theater setup

Great suggestions - in my case, running the AVR pre-out to HT bypass (Simaudio Moon), with TT, CD, & Streamer going directly into the Moon.  

After experimenting with several subwoofer setups, I've settled on simply feeding the subwoofer straight from the Moon pre-outs.   Since it is an older Moon (only one set of pre-outs), and my subwoofer has line level inputs and outputs, I run the preamp signal to the subwoofer and then out of the subwoofer (a straight-through connection, according to the subwoofer manufacturer) to the power amp. I then set up the AVR to think the system has no subwoofer, so Dirac adjusts accordingly (and thus only affects movies/video/TV).  This may limit some LFR effects, but I don't miss them for movies, and I also have direct control of the subwoofer (level, phase, parametric EQ, etc) for both music and movies.  This has resulted in the best performance for music in my system, while perhaps imposing some slight limitiation on home-theatre performance (which I haven't really noticed).   

As always, your setup may work better with a different solution, but that's part of the fun, right?  

If you like your NAD Class-D power amps, then look at an NAD Class-D Receiver, continuing to use the stereo amps you have now for front left and right in surround sound too by way of passthrough. This should get you use of their Bluesound app too, which also has multiroom possibilities.

Another way to escape from the usual AVR power amps is to go with a surround processor like the Tonewinner AT-500. Emotiva probably has one with the same internals too. Don’t know how good the volume control is though. Hook these up to a multichannel Class-D amp from the likes of VTV in Ohio.

Looking to the future, if adventuresome, there are the Nuprime-X AoIP solutions. The H16-AIP is already here to do HDMI processing, sending audio over IP to their MCX-800AD. The H16 is still kinda a prototype though and does not support Dirac. Next year the coming HX16 should be the proper solution. If HDMI sources are not intended, then just hook a Mac up to the MCX-800AD via USB.

What is your budget? My HT is TOTL Marantz receiver, it works very well, my dogs get freaked out with door bells and door knocks on screen. Even myself have looked up a few time. Running 9.4.2 setup, so lots of speakers. 

Think Marantz, Anthem, Arcam....

I’d go with an upper model Sony AVR, STRAZ3000 or better.  They have full preamp output to dish off the L/R to your M32, which you set at a unity gain level when doing video content.  This is what is meant by HT Bypass.  Also, when choosing a center speaker, don’t cheap out!  The Sopra Center is what you want. 

Marantz, Arcam, Anthem