You could gain a little system simplicity without sacrificing sound quality by taking your $3000 preamp and AVR budget and allocating it to a used McIntosh MX-120 instead (they go for about $2600-2700 these days). This unit is great for those who don't want to give up 2-channel quality to get surround sound.
I'm very pleased with mine. It does a superb job in 2-channel mode and in surround mode. Since you're not an "effects freak" (me either). You're unlikely to miss any auto-setup functions in the newer AVRs.
You could run your Klipschorns off the zone 2 outs and set the listening mode to 2-channel/pure stereo mode. The 5.1 outs would run normally.
A possible downside to this approach could mean 2 different amps. A tube amp for the Klipsch, and a 5 channel amp for the wall mounts. And since you're running something like the SuperSats you could get away with not spending a ton on amplification for those. Emotiva UPA-500 perhaps?
I'm very pleased with mine. It does a superb job in 2-channel mode and in surround mode. Since you're not an "effects freak" (me either). You're unlikely to miss any auto-setup functions in the newer AVRs.
You could run your Klipschorns off the zone 2 outs and set the listening mode to 2-channel/pure stereo mode. The 5.1 outs would run normally.
A possible downside to this approach could mean 2 different amps. A tube amp for the Klipsch, and a 5 channel amp for the wall mounts. And since you're running something like the SuperSats you could get away with not spending a ton on amplification for those. Emotiva UPA-500 perhaps?