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Multi-channel vs 2 channel SACD; difference?

Are there differences in media and players? Or are all SACDs both multi and 2 channel capable? How about SACD players that are only 2 channel SACD players? How do they handle multi-channel SACD? Do they get bounced down to redbook standards?
matchstikman

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matchstikman OP
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Boa2, I am still in Sac, but I don't know for how much longer. I need to hook up with sometime next month and check out your gear.

Eldartford, Boa2, what kind of SACD players do you guys have?
matchstikman OP
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Eldartford, thanks for the heads up. How does the 2 channel SACD mix compare with a good redbook remaster of the same music, say something by Patricia Barber?
matchstikman OP
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Eldartford, you have a point there. I have some CDs that make me feel that I have reached nirvana and I will need no more, but then I put on something else that makes me wonder what is going on.

Eldartford, would you say most SACD users listen in multi-channel or 2 channel? I am a 2 channel man with no plans of multi-channel at all. If I go to SACD, it would be strictly 2 channel. Would this be a waste of the media's strong ponts?
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