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  Pick your poison...2-channel or multi?
This post is just to get a general ideas among audiophiles and audio enthusiasts; to see who really likes what. Here's the catch!

If you were restricted to a budget of $10,000, and wanted to assemble a system, from start to finish, which format would you choose, 2 channel or mulichannel?

I'll go first and say multichannel. I've has to opportunity to hear a multichannel setup done right and can't see myself going back to 2-channel. I'm even taking my system posting down and will repost it as a multichannel system.

So...pick your poison! Which one will it be, 2-channel or multichannel.
Cdwallace  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

05-21-06
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06-22-06   "does any one else have any pleasent multichannel exper ...   Kr4

06-22-06   Care to indulge us with some of your memorable systems and e ...   Cdwallace

06-22-06   I will not indulge you with my experiences since i have writ ...   Kr4

06-22-06   I will not indulge you with my experiences since i have writ ...   Kr4

06-23-06   Well...looks like i got some sterophile reading to do then. ...   Cdwallace

06-22-06   Cdw, your dogma is static measurement. that's ok, but it's ...   213cobra

06-23-06   Phil...you've talking yourself in to a circle of a wurlwind ...   Cdwallace

06-23-06   I was fascinated by it in the early 70's when i played aroun ...   Kr4

06-23-06   Phil, as i mentioned it has been fun and i have been learnin ...   Cdwallace

07-08-06   Would anyone else care to post about thier multichannel expe ...   Cdwallace

07-13-06   It is my opinion you are not an audiophile if your not a two ...   Phd

07-13-06   In addition some of you are buying into more channels is bet ...   Phd

07-13-06   phd: "in addition some of you are buying into more cha ...   Kr4

07-13-06   To summarize my view, in order of importance... 1..a center ...   Eldartford

07-13-06   Agreed, eldartford. some people hear but won't listen. kal   Kr4

07-13-06   Phd - thanks for your post but you've accomplished nothing ...   Cdwallace

07-13-06   Cd... here is a definition from merriam websters dictionary ...   883dave

07-13-06   Dave...you've truly given me a reality check! some people ge ...   Cdwallace

07-13-06   Cdwallace, i'm not offended at all with comments & your gene ...   Phd

07-13-06   Maybe this will help a little. --------question primarily ...   Cdwallace

07-13-06   Phd - my humble appologies for becoming unglued. i'm the res ...   Cdwallace

07-14-06   Cdwallace, i agree. we all find our poison in the end as you ...   Phd

07-14-06   If its ok with everyone, please refer back to the question i ...   Cdwallace

07-20-06   After giving it some thought, maybe some are confused as to ...   Cdwallace

07-26-06   Judging my the lack of dialog i would assume 1 of 2 things, ...   Cdwallace

07-28-06   Hi cdwallace, my poision is without a doubt multichannel!!! ...   Madhf

07-28-06   Madhf...thanks for the post. glad to see someone who enjoyed ...   Cdwallace

08-03-06   I recently went back to 2 channel. i had a nice music only m ...   Thomasjohnston

08-04-06   Thanks for the post thomjohn...did you do much listening of ...   Cdwallace

08-04-06   Cdwallace writes: how do you get surround sound from 2 chann ...   Metralla

08-04-06   Don't have the time to bring you up to speed of its origin a ...   Cdwallace

08-04-06   So thomjohn...where were we? "did you do much listenin ...   Cdwallace

08-05-06   "how do you get surround sound from 2 channels. by synt ...   D_edwards

08-05-06   Cdwallace writes:i guess not. thanks. regards,   Metralla

08-05-06   Metralla...glad i could help. if you do have a mc question, ...   Cdwallace

08-05-06   Thanks for the breakdown, d_edwards.   Cdwallace

08-11-06   I've noticed that no one has responded to the previously men ...   Cdwallace

08-12-06   i'm all for a thought experiment, cdwallace. if 2 speakers ...   Metralla

08-12-06   Metralla...thanks for the post but i think i'm a little lost ...   Cdwallace

08-12-06   Cdwallace, no one has responded cuz there's no question! it ...   Tedmbrady

08-12-06   Ted...thanks for the response the to question that is not a ...   Cdwallace

08-13-06   Cdwallace, my post was somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but no one ...   Tedmbrady

08-14-06   Ted...no blood no foul. glad to see someone else has at leas ...   Cdwallace

08-21-06   Cdwallace, sorry for waiting so long to get back to you. o ...   Surfgod

08-21-06   2 channel, hands down, especially at that price point. to ad ...   Triode

09-08-06   Wow...i must be doing something wrong here. i would've never ...   Cdwallace

09-15-06   Any other contenders...don't be shy now! :)   Cdwallace

09-26-06   Multichannel/ 2 channel integrated-- mirage om6 omnipolars ...   timothywas1@

09-27-06   Tim...thanks for the very thorough breakdown of your system. ...   Cdwallace

09-30-06   Greetings cdwallace; first my apologies as i'm currently we ...   timothywas1@

11-08-06   No brainer....2 channel. multi-channel is great for movies, ...   Jmcgrogan2

11-09-06   Thanks jmc i would've guessed no brain..er, as well! enjoy   Cdwallace

11-09-06   I've done a lot of thinking and research on this subject. t ...   Eandylee

11-09-06   "secondly, while trifield and dplii are nice and have i ...   D_edwards

11-09-06   Eandylee - would you be willing to be walked through the pro ...   Cdwallace

11-09-06   Gentlemen: how many channels does live, unamplified music ha ...   Mrtennis

11-09-06   don't quite your day job ceedee!   Jmcgrogan2

11-14-06   Mcgrogan, when you admit to not being able to setup your su ...   D_edwards

11-14-06: Jmcgrogan2
When you admit to not being able to setup your surround system properly nor having it work for months, it is a bit disingenuous to blame surround sound for this issue.

Edwards,

I think you are reffering to the problems I had with a MSB modified PAV. It was junk, well actually MSB made it junk. It wasn't that I don't know how to set up a system, MSB f#@*ed up my PAV. Setting up surround is much easier than setting up a turntable.
I also owned a Classe SSP-30 and a Anthem AVM-20, both stock, they worked fine for SSP, but when I put a Classe CP-60 stereo preamp in my system it was all over. No SSP came close to the tonal harmonic structure. I gave up on SSP's for music and went back to two channel. I've since heard other surround systems at friend's home's and audio salon's, nothing that makes me want to listen though.

I'm sure that no one knows how to properly set up a surround system but you though, so these would all be invalid. You should go into business for yourself. I'm sure all of us idiots would throw out our multi-kilo turntables and seperates and gladly hand you $10K+ to show us how music really sounds. ;^`

FWIW, most folks are stunned when they hear my system also. They think Bose and surround sound is what music is all about.

So folks like your system, folks like my system, and there we have today's update.

Jmcgrogan2  (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)


11-14-06   Mcgrogan, i have a multi-kilobuck turntable, i was in busin ...   D_edwards


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