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Pick your poison...2-channel or multi?

This post is just to get a general ideas among audiophiles and audio enthusiasts; to see who really likes what. Here's the catch!

If you were restricted to a budget of $10,000, and wanted to assemble a system, from start to finish, which format would you choose, 2 channel or mulichannel?

I'll go first and say multichannel. I've has to opportunity to hear a multichannel setup done right and can't see myself going back to 2-channel. I'm even taking my system posting down and will repost it as a multichannel system.

So...pick your poison! Which one will it be, 2-channel or multichannel.
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eandylee
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I've done a lot of thinking and research on this subject.

There are different formats of multi channels.
Generally two different kinds

1. DPL, DPLII(x), Trified by Meridian, Logic 7 by Lexicon, etc..., which from the two channel source, ie. Redbook CD, generates multi channels.

2. SACD, DAD-Audio which are music sources recorded multichannel to begin with.

I started with multi channel music in mind, and I'm a kind of guy like simple solutions. I picked Meridian as the center of my system. Now I have 561M and 861V2, but I'm going back to 2ch for music listening becuase,

First I don't have much SACD & DVD-Audio sources... I'll probably not have much for a while... but I have hundreds of redbook CD sources.

Secondly, while Trifield and DPLII are nice and have it's own merits, however it's not necessary better than pure 2 ch stereo.
- Trifield/DPLII provide great imaging effect and sense of filling the space.
- Stereo feels more natural and smooth.

I guess with the right setup, I think you can get either by either format.

Thirdly, to have really good multi channel system with matching 5-7 speakers, amps, cables etc, it cost more than double...

Thus within a certain budget, I concluded that I better concentrate on 2ch for music listening in my case.
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