Best HT 5.1 for movies and music (50/50)?


I've got an older Pioneer VSX-1120k routed to 3 Kef LS50s across the front and a PSA 1500 sub.  I'm quite happy with it.  I'm getting more into vinyl these days and I'm interested in upgrading to something higher quality, both in music presentation and HT processing.  What would you recommend?  

Things I need:
5 or so HDMI
.2 (I'll likely go with dual subs eventually)
better bass management / DSP
analog input / bypass (i run in 'pure direct' mode for my analog listening) 
DTS-HD
moar power!  seriously, the Kefs are hungry and I need something 100w+.

Things I don't need:
anything beyond 5 channel theater
latest and greatest dolby standards 
I'm not too crazy about MCACC -- I get wildly different results during calibration.  I finally landed on a good calibration that is a good balance. 

I've read a few things about analog bypass in the newer setups (meaning that it doesn't go though the DSP of the amp).  I'm interested in trying this as I don't think I have a choice on the pioneer.  There is always some lite DSP happening.  

Thoughts?

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