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

It is my opinion you are not an audiophile if your not a two channel guy, period. Multichannel is for movies, nothing more, nothing less. I use a quality surround sound receiver for movies and it does a darn good job there but it sucks for music. The only thing connected to it is a DVD player. I don't even have an antenna attached for FM.

In addition some of you are buying into more channels is better than less when time has proven that two channels for music is superior. I am not surprised since some local hifi dealers reserve more room for multichannel products then they do for two channel, trying to sell as many boxes as they can. Why not, multichannel requires more dollars invested & the majority of Americans are satisfied with mediocre sound. Audiophiles represent a small segment of the population and most are right here on Audiogon. It is obvious that some of you have bought into this fiasco, contributing to the demise of two channel, may regret this later. Support your local two channel dealership, keep multichannel where it belongs, movies only.

Cdwallace, I'm not offended at all with comments & your general opinion of audiophiles or where you stand on multichannel verus two channel. The forums are full of opinions including mine. There was a thread started some time ago about what audiophiles do for a living. Many are highly educated folks from all walks of life. You started this thread and I offered my thoughts on the subject then you became unglued.

Anyway my reference to mediocre sound is my what I think that most of the general public will accept till someone can show them what they have been missing and some don't care as long as the gear does its job.

Anyway I have before enthusiasticly embraced multichannel/surround sound. I purchased several power amps of the same brand & power, coupled to a two channel preamp with theater pass through with an external processor. All my speakers are very large except for the center. I enjoyed my movies tremendously & with this setup, music was satisfying as well. Over time I lost interest in this type of setup wanting to go back to two channel only and put my dollars there. I recently purchased just the receiver for multichannel playback which is seldom used. That is my priority and for anyone else, you can do whatever turns you on.

CDwallace, I agree. We all find our poison in the end as you have mentioned.