Good old 2ch versus multi-ch, what to do?

Oh, and between your DVD-A player and the Sony, you
will have all of your bases covered and will get much
better music play-back than with any Universal Player
you will buy for the same amount of money. A universal
player is NOT the way to go to get superior music play-back. You pay a premium for having them stuff every-
thing into one box and you pay a price in compromised
sonics when they shove everything into one box.

When was the last time you attended live music and had speakers on the back wall? I hate it. Just balance the room acoustically and listen to 2 channel.

With regards the well mentioned Sony XA777ES this is the very machine I considered.
By listening to a well respected Audiogon member and SACD advocat he told me that the Sony was behind the Linn Ikemi on CD replay-well in my system the Ayre CX-7 destroyed the Linn.
From this point of view there was no contest for me.
As regards multi-channel I've heard some impressive stuff but it's not for me.
This has all been discussed before and I return to my previous point why Audiogon should choose to delete certain threads.
The result is myself and others are repeating the same points and personal experience.