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I'm Not so Sure???

First and foremost I hope 2 Channel stays around but I'm not so sure? When SACD first came out, I really thought for sure that this combined with Home Theater would be the demise of the pure two channel systems. Now with the lack luster support of SACD by most manufactures and recording manufactures I'm a little more optimistic. However, it seems that the majority of the consumer market has really swung over to home theater set ups; especially in the low to mid fi equipment. As a manufacture, this is where the demand is and the overall profit margins. Perhaps not at the unit level, but certainly when volumn is concerned. As time goes by and more HI-End users start to dabble into H.T. the product demand for Hi-End H.T. electronics will increase. Three Manufactures that come to mind that are already into H.T. knee deep Krell, Sunfire, Anthem (I saw ads for H.T. Pre-Amps in Sound & Vision). Krell has moved the intire Kav series except the 300i over to H.T.). Good bad or indifferent Krell is one of a few manufactures that set standards for Hi-Fi S.S. electronics.

In my opinion, as consumers look for more intergration in products such as stereos and theater, this is the direction that Hi-Fi will be forced to follow. Another thought, I'm willing to bet that the reason SACD hasn't caught on with manufactures may be that future plans may include music and movies in an MP3 format???? I don't know? Perhaps their is technology out there that can efficiently produce source material in a downloadable format that at leat equals Compact Discs? Just think about the cost savings in this for the manufactures if they could pull this off!!

Will 2 channel die off completely? I don't think so. I would be willing to bet that 2 channel will go the way of LPs and Tube equipment. This means that you will have fewer manufactures to select from as the demand won't be there for the 2 channel products.

I don't profess to be an expert, just my best educated guess.

What do you think?


Regards

Itch


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