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Harbinger of the future of 2-channel?

I just looked at the Sunfire website and noticed that Sunfire no longer makes 2-channel amplifiers. The minimum number of channels you can purchase from them is a 5-channel amp.

I remember when Apple came out with the I-Mac. It did not have a floppy drive. Even though I hadn't used a floppy in years, it still made me a little nervous that the machine didn't have one. It turns out that Apple was right on the money by eliminating the floppy. Email had rendered it useless.

Is home theater pushing 2-channel closer to the brink?

Does anyone think that the bulk of amplifier mfgs will follow suit and concentrate on multi-channel amps? I see that Audio Research has a new multi-channel preamp in its lineup.
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shambles
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Three, Five or seven channel systems reproducing 2 channel music sound like ass, even in two channel mode.
david99
1,467 posts
 
Then the one person with one earbud will be reduced to mono,which some 'still' enjoy.
reubent
6,936 posts
 
David99,

If the one "leftover" earbud is downmixed to mono, he's in luck. If he's only getting one channel of a 2-channel track, he'll shortly revert to the "ring tone" method of music delivery!

Enjoy,

TIC
aball
2,016 posts
 
Too funny. You guys crack me up.

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eldartford
4,262 posts
 
Shambles...That would only be true if the two channels were inferior equipment. My (three) front channels are exactly what I would have if multichannel had never been invented (and the rears, on their own, would represent a respectable 2-channel system). Your comment reflects the unfortunate fact that many multichannel systems have been constrained by budget to inferior equipment.
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