Two channel needs its own dedicated system. There are many here that claim to have found the holy grail of doing 7-1, 8-1 and 2 channel from the same system. If they are happy with their system and the sound it is not my place to question them. I know from my personal quest it is different. I went into hibernation for 10 years on audio file 2 channel. Dove head first into surround sound ( current is 9-2). The in home experience watching a movie is fantastic and love it. I played cd’s through the dvd player, watched concerts and they all sounded really good to my ears. Then I got the itch to put my tt back into play and started listening. The more I listened the more I felt something was missing. I stopped by an old friends home and he has a great 2 channel system. It only took the first song for me to realize the injustice my system was doing to 2 channel. Left his home and started the journey of dedicated 2 channel and have never looked back. In summary my left side cabinet is surround and my right side cabinet is 2 channel. My wife hates it but as more time has passed I don’t even hear her any more. She is like the teacher for the peanuts! At the end of the day only one thing matters. Enjoy the music!
surround processor?
Where to go? Older Lyngdorf MP50, JBL SDP-55,Arcam AV40.Lexicon MC ( the cheapest)? Love to watch the movies but also listened to 2 channel stereo. Are there a big sound difference in those? Just the general advice please. Will probably look into second hand.