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Not a prodect for the purist.

Not interested in anything multi-channel

No way jose! I'm just a diehard two channel guy

put it where the sun don't shine

OK For thoes who have five ears. I have only two.

I'm not into multichannel audio now and really don't have any plans to do so in the near future. Even if I were to purchase an SACD player, it would be in a stereo setup mode. But if I ever change my mind, this type of equipment would be what I would look for, 'cause I don't mix my audio and my video. And I don't plan to start!!

no need to pay twice.

Waiting for SACD or DVD-A to sound significantly better than my Cary 306/200 Red Book-only player. We don'-need-no stink'n multichannel . . . . And I have no room for extra speakers! Thank you very much.

I have no interest in multichannel at all. It just requires a given amount of money to be divided upon more speakers and amps, thus lowering the overall quality factor. Stereo is enough "imaging" for me.

Surround home audio? You got to be kidding! It doesnt exist and is not pratical, for now. I will buy the new multichannel preamps only if they are versatile enough to do both audio and DVD-video.

Really creepy. Yamaha DSP1? Quadraphonic?

My audio and video are part of one system.

I have a very good two-channel system that delivers all the ambience, imaging and surround I need. I often find that listening to more than two channels distracts me and actually takes away from the musicality. Besides, even if I wanted to go that way, my listening room cannot accomodate all of those speakers, nor could my budget. Six channels of amplification at $3000/channel is just not in the realm of affordability. Two channels are. A good two channel system with correct loudspeaker placement and room acoustics will probably be superior to most multichannel setups because the opportunity to mess things up grows exponentially with more channels. By the way, the most under-rated piece of audio equipment is the high quality parametric equalizer. No room is perfect and properly tuning the system to the room can dramatically improve the sound. This is not easy but could be offered as a service from audio dealers. Unfortunately there are only a few of these such units on the market and outside of professional mastering engineers in very high end studios, no one even knows they exist.

Today, it seems the AV receiver with their DSP turned off is the best we can get to control the volume of MC Power amp.

Multichannel audio does not increase my enjoyment of music. I prefer quality rather than quantity. The money for four other speakers, etc, would be wiser spent in an analog front end.

I feel there will be a long way to go before these aspects are fully understood. So, for now, I am keeping my Dynaco Quadaptor!

Sony TA-P9000ES is an excellent cost effective multichannel preamp.

My interest is in only vinyl record two-channel playback from the 60s and 70s.

I don't understant the difrference between the choices "Not really" and "Not at all"

I currently run two completely seperate systems. A high end 2-channel system and a low budget surround system. I dont feel the need to go crazy to listen to explosions and people talking in movies. As for DVD-A, I am just not interested, I don't see or feel it being as moving as a good two channel performance on a good system.

At least, not yet. This great technology is still rather new & it's better to wait. When DVD-A & multi channel SACD were introduced last year, I was excited & wanted to be part of the evolution. Well, as I did more research, I found that the multichannel idea is not too user friendly to people with limited space & not to even mention the cost to run additional high-end cables, full range speakers, & accessories . . . .In the end, I decided to stick with two channels & got myself a SONY SCD-1 SACD player. Very happy.

Well if I spend that kind of money on a pre-amp and can't use it on dvd-v and don't have a saperate listening, I would find that a rather expensive way to go.

As a heathen Hafler-ite of several decades, auld engrained habits just refuse modern modification, sometimes! Amplification has gone from tubes to solid-state, begrudgingly! Sound source has morphed from vinyl to digital, although the albums remain for their artwork-n-sound contrasts! Tweeters have also changed,from dynamics to piezos, to extend what time-n-nature have removed(though those "west coast" Altec-Lansing crossover caps remain)! But no speakers have ever bettered, to these ears, those once discarded 12" Utah guitar speakers (MS-12G2A's left-n-right,MS-12R2RC center) wired in Hafler surround-sound configuration! They continue to deliver exactly what they're fed! And just like in late, lamented Winterland, sound perspective changes from different spots in the room!Thus no one is cheated for not being positioned in that sound-staging sweet spot! Add another blasphemy: They do a great job delivering home theater bombastics! Dialog is always front-n-center, with Enterprise or Deep Space Nine's rumble eminating from KLH model 17 rear channels(powered by separate amplification, natch; using one amp for all four channels collapses the front channels' separation)! Let them modern whipper-snappers indulge in Dolby digital,sub-woofered panoramas! This grizzled gray goat will continue to enjoy Dave Hafler's generic dawn-of-stereo surround sound system!

i'm still trying to get two channel right

DVD-A and SACD are digital formats! Why, then, are we trying to drag them back into the past? Come, fellow audiophiles, let us leave the old ways and embrace the new (already)!

Just another bunch of bels and whistles to catch whatever piece of market share they can. teh novley wears off fast.

I Like 2 channel the best. There is something to be said for simplicity.

I am not interested in multichannel audio in any form. I cannot afford as nice a two-channel system as I would like, so why would I even consider multi-channel?

The hardware is great! Great sound quality and I love those remotes. Software is a problem though. We are having trouble getting hi-rez two channel that is not crippled by copy protection or simply not available.

A properly set up two channel system is so huge that I get lost now! So why do I need multichannel? Put in the time to set up a good room that will take you places undreamed of!