In Reply to: RE: Looking for inmate opinions about multichannel posted by ahendler on September 30, 2016 at 15:24:48:
Mine NEVER sounds unnatural when playing music. As far as I can recall, I've never heard a discrete-multichannel recording sound even just average; they all sound at least very good and some are simply the best-ever reproductions of an orchestra in a concert hall.
Try to find 'Grieg Dvorak Elgar', TELARC SACD #SACD-60623, and pay particular attention to the Elgar Serenade for Strings o. 20. It is simply the very finest recording of a (small, in this case) orchestra in a hall I've ever heard. Its natural tonality, spaciousness, and TRANSPARENCY are unparalleled. It truly makes me feel as if I'm in the hall with these 30-or-so musicians, with NOTHING between me and them but maybe 20 feet of air.
And I too listen to LOTS of real music, orchestral and chamber, and have for about 50 years.
As for quality of 2- v. MC systems, one never gets excellence from either without lots of time and (relatively) lots of money. The 2-channel portion of my MC system sounds EXCELLENT, and it sounds even better playing in 5-channel.
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- Then you, too, have not heard a properly set up multichannel system. - jeffreybehr 18:32:07 09/30/16 (4)
- RE: Then you, too, have not heard a properly set up multichannel system. - ahendler 21:37:25 09/30/16 (3)
- RE: Then you, too, have not heard a properly set up multichannel system. - Disbeliever 23:54:07 09/30/16 (2)
- RE: Then you, too, have not heard a properly set up multichannel system. - ahendler 10:14:29 10/01/16 (1)
- RE: Then you, too, have not heard a properly set up multichannel system. - Disbeliever 12:06:16 10/01/16 (0)