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Pick your poison...2-channel or multi?

This post is just to get a general ideas among audiophiles and audio enthusiasts; to see who really likes what. Here's the catch!

If you were restricted to a budget of $10,000, and wanted to assemble a system, from start to finish, which format would you choose, 2 channel or mulichannel?

I'll go first and say multichannel. I've has to opportunity to hear a multichannel setup done right and can't see myself going back to 2-channel. I'm even taking my system posting down and will repost it as a multichannel system.

So...pick your poison! Which one will it be, 2-channel or multichannel.
cdwallace
surfgod
229 posts
 
CdWallace,
Sorry for waiting so long to get back to you. On a Reel to Reel the amount of tracks will refer to the amount of channels, but the most you can have is two (comerically).
With a 2 track, only two tracks are recorded and it takes the entire playable side of the tape. This results in a superior sound quality because there is more room to store musical information. 4 track means that the one playable side is split in 4 tracks, two for side A, and you flip the tape around for the other two tracks of side B. The last stereophile show in NYC they had a Amprex 2 inch 30 IPS original master tape and of what I heard this sounded astounding. I would wholeheartly suggest that everyone try to get a chance to listen to open reel tape. And if you dare, pick up a deck on Ebay and some factory pre-recorded Amprex, Magtec or columba at 7.5 IPS and judge for yourself. I had to upgrade my cartridge because of the superiority of open reel tape.
triode
263 posts
 
2 channel, hands down, especially at that price point. To add more boxes with such limited funds doom one to plastic dreck.
cdwallace OP
216 posts
 
Wow...I must be doing something wrong here. I would've never thought $14k to spend on audio gear is considered "limited" funds.
cdwallace OP
216 posts
 
Any other contenders...don't be shy now! :)
timothywas1
30 posts
 
Multichannel/ 2 channel integrated--

Mirage OM6 omnipolars mains-
Mirage OM10s surrounds-
Mirage MC2 center channel-
2 Bag End 18 inch Stereo Infrasubs w/8htz. response
Mirage BPS400 .1 effects sub

2 Plinius SA102s in Xlr Dual mono, Pure class A 1 silver/ 1 black - powering mains
Plinius P8 200 Watt Class A/ab for center
Plinius SA100mk3 Pure Class A-- surrounds
Plinius M8 W/HT. Bypass 2 Channel preamp

Pioneer VSX-74TXVi Surround Receiver used for processor
Pioneer 59 AVI DVD SACD/DVD Audio
Toshiba SD3109 w/HDCD
2 Sony CDPCX 400 jukeboxes foe pcm redbook
Monarchy 24/96 DIP
Sony C222ES SACD 2 Channel/ Multichannel

Pioneer 730 65 inch CRT HD

Magnum Dynalab 102 Triode tuner w/remote / Mullard nos,match.pr Gold faceplate
Kora Hermes 24/192 DAC with 1975 Mullard cryovalves match pr.

Speaker Cables / High Current dumping...
Transparent Bi-cables on mains
Transparent Plus Bi-bis on center
Transparent Plus Bis on surrounds

Siltech SQ28 from 102s to M8 pre-
Transparent Ultra from 2 Channel sources to Plinius M8-
Also from processor mains front channels to M8-
Transparent Super powercorsd on SA amps and Kora DAC-
Glass toslinks for CDPCX 400s-
3 dedicated 20 amp/220 volt outlets-
Current design pc plus surpressor/ protection

Cable Elevators
Cardas logo caps

Lovan Classic Series component stands flanking monitor
Adona Amplifier stands Silver w/wt. marble for silver SA100mk3/102---Black w/ blue pearl granite for black 102...

I see things going multichannel per sound in life is 360 degrees so it shall eventually be in home reproduction feeling that once proper microphones are placed accordingly for live music etc.. art will eventually imitate life.

No compromises in my system, wonderful. Im ready....

Enjoy ;o}

Regards /// Tim W...///
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