5.1 is the basic minimum unless you have a large room and/or many seating positions. In those cases, 7.1 is useful. Beyond that are the immersive systems (Atmos, Auro-3D, DTS:X) which utilize arrays of speakers above the listener's ear plane.
Unfortunately for him and others that pretty much vanished, and those articles stopped a few months ago.
You are implying that my column stopped because there was nothing to write about and that would be incorrect. I decided to stop writing the column to avoid the pressure of the calendar now that I am retired. My enthusiasm for the topic has not diminished.
1. I am still writing for Stereophile but without the constraint of a deadline every 60 days.
2. I think it will continue as it is and, possibly, gain better market penetration as home theater technology advances and enables audio-only options as corollary.
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