I give up on HT

What you can do is run the main two front speaker directly from the PFR preamp through the amp, to preserve the high end sound you desire; and run the other channels through the HT decoder for movies. This will mean using a separate amp to power the surround speakers. Get the best of both worlds. The fronts will have more information than normal because they are two channel, but its better than nothing.

I recommend everyone shop the used marker for doing HT. I did HT on the cheap by shopping around. The older B&W 600 series is fine for movies. Bass was the weak point with these speakers, but for HT with the REL sub who cares. With shipping I paid $155 for fronts DM620i; $165 for DM600i rears, $110 for a DM600i IFS center. That's $430 (The same setup with DM600 S2 series is $1400.) With $565 for an excellent REL Q100E sub ($999). Throw in a used Onkyo AC-3 Receiver for $200; $150 for a Toshiba DVD player. Another $400 for used cables and AC conditioner I spent about $1750 total for a system that would have been over $4000 new (plus sales tax). There is lots of stuff out there between Audiogon, eBay, Audioreview, Audioweb, Audioshopper.