Why is 2 Channel better than multi-channel?


I hear that the music fidelity of a multi-channel AV Receiver/Integrated amp can never match the sounds produced by a 2 channel system. Can someone clearly explain why this is so?

I'm planning to upgrade my HT system to try and achieve the best of both worlds, I currently have a 3 channel amp driving my SL, SR, C and a 2 channel amp driving my L and R.
I have a Denon 3801 acting as my pre. Is there any Pre/Proc out there that can merge both worlds with out breaking my bank? Looking for recommendations on what my next logical steps should be? Thanks in advance.
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Showing 2 responses by lazarus28

just because it's harder (and more expensive) to get multichannel set-up properly does NOT make 2-channel better!

go listen to peter gabriel's up, roxy music's avalon, bryan ferry's boys and girls, and pink floyd's dark side of the moon on a properly set-up multichannel system and then listen to it again in 2-channel and tell me if you can honestly prefer the two-channel.

it seems that people once heard one thing in m/c that they didn't like or heard it on an improperly set up multichannel system and are using at a basis to forever bash it, regardless of whatever strides it makes.

this is the same as preferring mono over stereo because you heard stereo once with a system that had the speakers on uneven plains, bad cd-player, dirty ac, etc.
to add to jeffrebehr's offer - if you're in austin/san antonio area, look me up.

by the way, nice system there, jeff!