SACD surround system

With the right disc (well mastered) any surround system, including SACD gives good results. And even less-than-audiophile systems can do surround well. The spatial effects are quite separate from audio quality.

See "system". Sometimes I like the remix, sometimes not. The extra resolution is sometimes astounding.

I have two such systems and multichannel SACD is, by far, my preferred music medium. One system is much more expensive and elaborate than the other but both give me great satisfaction in terms of resolution and soundstaging, especially with those that capture the ambience of the recording site.

I would right much more but I already have: www.stereophile.com/musicintheround

Kal

I have one with semi-indecent equipment and even it sounds good.

Here's a moderately priced SACD surround system that gives very satisfying results. It's also great for 2-channel listening.

TRL modded Sony 2000ES
Denon AVR 3805 pre/pro
Outlaw Audio 2200 mono blocks front
Musical Fidelity X10v3 Tube Buffer & XPSUv3 Power Supply
MF OML-2 front (compares well with Tyler Sig II), Ascend Acoustics Center, with Cambridge Audio surrounds.
HSU Research VTF-2 Sub
Speaker cable, power, and IC's - nearly all Signal Cable, with Speltz Anti-cable.

Happy? ... sometimes when I'm sitting in that "sweet spot" I can't imagine a system sounding too much better. SACD's originally recorded/mastered in multi-channel sound incredible. In fact, I've listened to my brother-in-law's expensive high-end system, with its Mark Levinson amps, Wilson Watt Puppys and $2,000 IC's ... and my system sounds just about there. Which goes to show that you don't have to spend $50K to get great sound IMHO.