Pick your poison...2-channel or multi?

Ted...thanks for the response the to question that is not a question because it doesn't have a question mark....go figure. Please excuse the grammatical errors. I was hoping to pose the initial question in the beginning, with a ? of course, and complete the thought thereafter with a (.). By no means imposing any impression of bitternesss. Cynical...to some degree...sure why not! Input does = output!!

Charge it to the head and not the heart. Now I know mispelled words and puntuation "bear more weight" then the content, which seems to be the norm with many; I'll try at all cost to be more careful in the future.

I can tell you didn't read much of the previously posted thread or else you have a better understanding as to who the question was initially presented for. Not a problem though, because you confirmed my assumptions that at least one other person, other than myself was aware of the similarities between 2ch and MC. I'm glad you were able to conclude what the mispelling of durived ment...thanks for getting the point!!!

Glad to see there are audiophile who can appreciate both 2ch and MC together, even though you don't have a preference. Please keep in mind, its not an ultimatum to pick between the two; just a thread to see who would pick what, hence the original posting...please see the top of pg 1 for further details. Thanks for your input on the gon, and many others you patronize.

There's plenty of "poison" to pass around. So...if you decide in the future, MC will be here.

Thanks and Happy Listening

PS - I'm having the toughest time finding any media in 7.1? Especially for movies! Any suggestions.

Cdwallace,
My post was somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but no one can ever tell on the 'net, so nevermind. Sorry you took it any other way.

The 7.1 surround format is mainly one of derived or matrixed 5.1 stuff, with side speakers helping to steer well-derived pans from front to back. I've been living in the 7.1 world with movies since Lexicon first intro'd Logic7 years ago. The first real true discrete 7.1 stuff will not be here until the newer HD audio formats are outputted 7.1 (HDMI 1.3 and /or 7.1 analog inputs become standard).

I appreciate any and all threads that discuss mch music. I love it. (but don't love it any more than great 2 channel.....always have to love both children the same, right).

Ted...no blood no foul. Glad to see someone else has at least considered MC. This is mindset I'm running to more and more with audiophiles. Few have even considered MC. Fewer have actually heard a setup. They hate it, partially because almost none have heard it done correctly to properly judge. My biggest goal is to push the envelope and try to give MC the much needed exposure. If that means posing questions such as this or trying to somewhat educate, then so be it. I just don't was MC to be written off so quickly without it being considered as "audiophile worthy" as 2CH.

Sometimes I have to take the more aggressive posture only to show the seriousness of the hobby. Besides, I don't want anyone to take my milk money anymmore. :) I've only been in this thing for 3 years; I have a lots of growing to do.

Thanks for you posting and happy listening, Ted.

CdWallace,
Sorry for waiting so long to get back to you. On a Reel to Reel the amount of tracks will refer to the amount of channels, but the most you can have is two (comerically).
With a 2 track, only two tracks are recorded and it takes the entire playable side of the tape. This results in a superior sound quality because there is more room to store musical information. 4 track means that the one playable side is split in 4 tracks, two for side A, and you flip the tape around for the other two tracks of side B. The last stereophile show in NYC they had a Amprex 2 inch 30 IPS original master tape and of what I heard this sounded astounding. I would wholeheartly suggest that everyone try to get a chance to listen to open reel tape. And if you dare, pick up a deck on Ebay and some factory pre-recorded Amprex, Magtec or columba at 7.5 IPS and judge for yourself. I had to upgrade my cartridge because of the superiority of open reel tape.

2 channel, hands down, especially at that price point. To add more boxes with such limited funds doom one to plastic dreck.