First World Problem in need of Solution

I would also vote for option #1 running your 2-channel setup in bypass mode. While watching films and TV, you'll be less sensitive to differences in the sound between your mains and other speakers anyway, and this won't compromise your 2-channel playback.

Ignoring the sound character for a second, you should pick an amplifier's power output for the other three channels based on how hard the speakers are to drive and what volume you want to achieve. I'm using a Bryston 21B3 as a 3-channel amplifier, as it is one of the few 3-channel units that is capable of high power output and drive.

My advice is build your home theatre in another room and get a couple of Jbl m2 and half a dozen subwoofers and some Jbl 1400 as sides and rears 

Sorry, nekoaudio, but I disagree here.  A large power supply in the amp is very important, yes, but the sonic signature and how it reacts to signal/load is another important factor.  I have worked with several different amps (Bryston is one of them) and when you combine a very fast/clean amp like Bryston with a very warm/full amp such as Luxman/Parasound, what happens is an imbalance in sound and impact.  In that case, while the Bryston is a very high resolution amp, it will just not keep up with the Luxman/Parasound in volume/body/impact.  I have tested and experienced this personally.  The Bryston does have it place, but also in this case, I think it would be a very bad pairing with Focal speakers.  The Bryston would excel with a very warm preamp (such as Marantz) and paired with warmer type speakers (NOT Focal).  In my situation, the Bryston could not even keep up with my Emotiva XPR-1 amps, and I was testing the big 7b3 600 watt monoblocks.  I probably could have gotten the Bryston to work, but I did not want to re-work all my cabling back to gold-plated connectors and such.  The Brystons were powering left/right and the Emotiva was powering the center -- and the difference was very obvious.


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The Focals are very fast and clean speakers.  If you pair them with a high resolution amp such as Classe, the sound is not bad, but it is very apparent that the bass/midbass are somewhat thin and hollow sounding.  This pushes the emphasis to the high frequencies, which makes the speaker sound somewhat bright (bordering on harsh).  Pairing Focal with Bryston would create a very thin/bright sound with no body and impact.  The Focal definitely needs a very warm full amp because the speaker is such a fast responding speaker.

How do you like the Focal Sopra center? I have the No. 1’s in my dual audio/HT set-up. Thanks. 

So the rabbit hole continues to grow:

Based on others opinions I was looking at the Parasound equipment and they have a 3 channel amp as well as a 7.1 preamp. However it does not have ARC or HDMI. Here is a link to the back of the unit. 
http://www.parasound.com/p7.php

So it looks like I would still need an additional preamp to marry to the two Parasound pieces. 

I think the Marantz may be the best bet however I have not been super stoked with their products in the past. Maybe the Rotel RAP 1580?

2) I love the Focal speakers, they hit my ear very well, they look great and fit my room well. The only speaker I have liked more is the CLX Art but they wouldn't work in my space.