How can you not have multichannel system

Try listening to Black Eyed Peas Live DVD from Sydney to Vegas on a surround system - the Sydney concert is a good demonstration of what can be achieved. Like two channel listening - what is out there is a mixed bag, however, done well, multi-channel can be immersive and convincing - bringing you one step closer to "being there".

I remain fearful of where my subwoofer ear will grow.

Eldartford,

I broke out into such a paroxysm of laughter with your comments that my subwoofer ear started making embarrassing noises.

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)

Roger Waters and band performed the entire Dark Side of the Moon.

Do you have Roger Water's Amused to Death done on his home studio using Q sound and ATC's? It is two channel but fun.