Spoiled by multichannel????

If all I could listen to was music of SACD and DVD A I'd drop this as a hobby. For me, its the music not the medium!

ive messed around with DVD-A, not SACD though. Honestly, i'm not much for multichannel music, it just seems kind of gimmicky. when seeing a show yer not in the middle of the band, yer in the audience with them in front of you.
Personally i will keep multichannel for HT and stick with straight 2 channel for music.

I agree with Slappy, I have many MC SACD's and DVD-A disca, I could easily do without the surround.

Nov 26, 2004
I personally find the opposite than the above responses. For me multichannel sound especially with the HIGH RESOLUTION that accompanies it is fantastic and is a quantum leap forward. Two channel is like black and white TV by comparison. I have a set up tht can do two or 6 channel and I much prefer the multichannel. Much of the music I now buy is DVD-audio or at least DTS. Of course a lot depends on who did the mixing. You can have poor 5.1 and a great redbook CD. A properly mixed DVDaudio with its MLP no compression packaging will beat any "standard" redbook CD in my opinion.
Try Steely Dan's "Everything Must Go" or Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors" in DVDaudio or 5.1 and you will see what I mean. The still pictures on DVD audio are a plus too.
Happy Thanksgiving to all AudiogoNers.