How can you not have multichannel system

I just finished listening to Jackson Browne's 'Running on Empty' on dvd audio . . . (Kal is my master, he is telepathing these multichannel discs to me and I then post)

I have "Running on Empty" on both DVD-Audio and vinyl, and there is no comparison, the stereo vinyl is much better. Richer, deeper, more involving. Of course, I have a modest disc player now, and what I consider a very good turntable, so that may have something to do with it......

Surround is dead, buy some flowers, stock up on your Quadrophonic (oops sorry, SACD and DVD-Audio same thing) recordings and have a de-Nile party. The fat lady has sung......

Troglodytes, you've not heard multichannel music until you listen to Talking Heads, 'Speaking in Tongues'!!!

The truth?! You want the truth?! You can't handle the truth!!!!

Mig007, you're funny.

One thing that many of you critics of multi-channel forget is that Mig007 has matched speakers...

IMHO, if you use different speakers that were not specifically intended and voiced (matching timbre) to work together in a multi-channel system then you generally get a dogs breakfast (what else could one expect?).

IMHO, if you also decide to poor boy surround speakers you get poor boy sound.

The biggest challenge with surround sound is the huge cost required to achieve similar quality as two channel and the limited amount of good material (there is so much more out there for two channel)