The idea that "Home Theater industry has chosen to pursue quantity over quality" is misguided.
No, its a fact. Unless you think 7.1=2.
With few exceptions less expensive equipment, designed to bring affordability to the market, should generally not be compared to components costing far more.
Right. Which is why I always talk value. I bet if you read through all my posts- which you should, its highly educational (and that’s not just me, I get PMs, okay?)- you will find I am borderline OCD on budgeting and value. It wasn’t more expensive gear that got me dissing HT. It was better sound for less. HT is a wasteland of bad sound- at every price point.
George Lucas has always maintained that sound represents 50% of the motion picture experience and music has always been a major contributing factor.
Yeah whatever. All the big video guys know people rate video quality higher when the sound is better. Just one more reason why if you want the best HT possible you need to ditch the HT dogma and go stereo.