I don't have the room(s) for a seperate 2 channel system, so my HT receiver has to do double duty. I know HT receivers have gotten better over the years, my 10 plus years of dealing with them has proven that. However what I'd like to know is how close are the top line HT receivers to decent mid-level seperates as far as 2 channel sound reproduction is concerned. My Onkyo 905 in pure audio mode sounds pretty damn good and on poor, older CD's the ability to tweak the frequency range of individual speakers have allowed me to get that sweet sound I like so much. And the 905 is about 3 generations old. Are HT receiver's continuing to close the gap?

Worf