You really need to decide to value surround or 2 channel. Most here will easlly say 2 channel, and in my opinion sounds better even with movies.
But you can do both. Generally, advice here will only be about the 2 channel. If your receiver has home theater bypass, (it should), you then send preamp outputs to a better 2 channel amplifier of your choice, and then with speaker wires to your main L and R speakers. this conceivably gives you the best of both worlds, with multi channel amps and processing going to all the surround stuff, and dedicated 2 channel available to listen to through a better amp, best speakers, and no processing in stereo or direct mode. Now the Integra (or any surround receiver) will still be the weak link, but at least minimized.

