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What are your thoughts about multichannel music?

Stereophile | Dec 08, 2008 | 147 comments

Last week's results demonstrate the diversity of system approaches when it comes to handling both stereo and multichannel sources. But what are your thoughts about multichannel music itself?

What are your thoughts about multichannel music?

I'm committed to multichannel

32% (128 votes)

I'm very interested in it

15% (60 votes)

I have a slight interest in it

18% (74 votes)

I do not like multichannel

23% (94 votes)

I don't care

12% (47 votes)

Total votes: 403

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Do you use your system for both two-channel and 5.1 or 7.1?

Greg Abarr | Dec 06, 2008 | 118 comments

Multi-channel music releases may have slowed to a trickle, but with home theater still going strong, reader Greg Abarr is curious: "How many people use their systems for both two-channel and 5.1 or 7.1?"

Do you use your system for both two-channel and 5.1 or 7.1?

I've only got a two-channel system

41% (155 votes)

I have one system that does both two- and multi-channel

49% (183 votes)

I have two systems: one for two-channel, one for multi-channel

10% (38 votes)

Other

0% (0 votes)

Total votes: 376

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What is your favorite Saturday night record?

William King | Nov 24, 2008 | 44 comments

Reader William King notices that Saturday evening has its own musical demands: "I play my most 'up' party music Saturday night and wonder what other readers favor for this time of the week? I'd like to know what is your favorite Saturday night record?"

What is your favorite Saturday night record?

Here it is

56% (48 votes)

Don't have one

44% (37 votes)

Total votes: 85

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How much bass is enough?

T. Bloom | Nov 16, 2008 | 113 comments

Reader T. Bloom asks: "Do you tend towards bass frequency-response accuracy, or would you prefer either a little more or a little less bass than measures flat in your listening room?" In other words, how much bass is enough?

How much bass is enough?

I want much more than flat

7% (30 votes)

I like a little more than flat

38% (162 votes)

I like it flat

45% (191 votes)

I prefer a little less bass than flat

7% (29 votes)

I hate bass

1% (3 votes)

No fish in my house

3% (12 votes)

Total votes: 427

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Which do you prefer: A system that always creates beauty or one that can reveal the ugly truth?

dr.d | Nov 10, 2008 | 116 comments

Reader "dr.d" asks: "Is it better to have a decent system that allows all recordings to sound good, or to have a system that might make some not-so-hot recordings no fun to listen to?" What's your preference, a system that always creates beauty or one that can reveal the ugly truth?

Which do you prefer: A system that always creates beauty or one that can reveal the ugly truth?

I go for constant beauty

42% (122 votes)

I go for unvarnished truth

58% (167 votes)

Total votes: 289

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Which composer or performer would you recommend as an introduction to jazz? Explain your reasons for your choice.

Stereophile | Nov 09, 2008 | 96 comments

Continuing with the theme started with last week's question: Which single composer or performer would you recommend to introduce someone to jazz music? And why?

Which composer or performer would you recommend as an introduction to jazz? Explain your reasons for your choice.

I'd start with

84% (108 votes)

Haven't a clue

16% (20 votes)

Total votes: 128

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Which composer would you recommend as an introduction to classical music? Explain your reasons for your choice.

max | Oct 26, 2008 | 98 comments

Reader "max" says he has a young friend who "wants to try classical music, but does not know where to start." Which single composer would you recommend to introduce someone to classical music? And why?

Which composer would you recommend as an introduction to classical music? Explain your reasons for your choice.

I'd start with

81% (121 votes)

Haven't a clue

19% (29 votes)

Total votes: 150

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If you had to spend eternity listening to only one song or one piece of music, what would it be?

John Marks | Oct 20, 2008 | 0 comments

John Marks ponders the deeper depths of audiophile hell with the following question: If you had to spend eternity listening to only one song or one piece of music, what would it be?

If you had to spend eternity listening to only one song or one piece of music, what would it be?

Here it is

72% (120 votes)

I'd stop listening to music

28% (46 votes)

Total votes: 166

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Typically, how loud do you listen to your music?

Joe S. | Oct 12, 2008 | 0 comments

Reader Joe S. from Williamstown, MA writes: "I have no idea whether or not I'm playing quietly compared to the average enthusiast or if I am waking the dead. Nobody ever mentions it." He wants to know: Typically, how loud do you listen to your music?

Typically, how loud do you listen to your music?

11.1

2% (8 votes)

Cranked

5% (19 votes)

Pretty loud

31% (128 votes)

Moderate

47% (197 votes)

Somewhat quiet

12% (50 votes)

Pretty quiet

3% (13 votes)

I listen to silence

0% (1 vote)

Total votes: 416

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What did you listen to last night or during your last listening opportunity. How long ago was it, if it wasn't last night?

macksman | Oct 06, 2008 | 0 comments

Reader macksman is curious: What did you listen to last night or during your last listening opportunity. Also, if it wasn't last night, how long ago was it?

What did you listen to last night or during your last listening opportunity. How long ago was it, if it wasn't last night?

I last listened to . . .

97% (145 votes)

I don't listen anymore

3% (4 votes)

Total votes: 149

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Give us an example of timeless design for an audio product.

Stereophile | Sep 28, 2008 | 141 comments

Some audio products never seem to get old and can hold up over years and decades. Give us an example of timeless design for an audio product.

Give us an example of timeless design for an audio product.

Here's one or two

94% (156 votes)

Don't have one

6% (10 votes)

Total votes: 166

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What would you recommend that a budding audiophile pick up as his or her first serious source component for less than $1000? Explain.

Stereophile | Sep 28, 2008 | 89 comments

With all the bargains in value-priced turntables and disc players available right now, what would you recommend that a budding audiophile pick up as his or her first serious source component for less than $1000? Explain.

What would you recommend that a budding audiophile pick up as his or her first serious source component for less than $1000? Explain.

A turntable

15% (29 votes)

A disc player

36% (71 votes)

A music server/computer

34% (67 votes)

An iPod

6% (12 votes)

Other

10% (20 votes)

Total votes: 199

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What speaker would you recommend to someone for up to $1000/pair—and not a penny more?

Dave in Dallas | Sep 15, 2008 | 184 comments

Dave in Dallas says, "Ask your readers to recommend a product within a specified price range they would buy today and why they would consider that product."So, here goes: What speaker would you recommend to someone for up to $1000/pairand not a penny more?

What speaker would you recommend to someone for up to $1000/pairand not a penny more?

Here it is

76% (226 votes)

Don't have one

24% (71 votes)

Total votes: 297

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What is your favorite greatest hits compilation?