2 Channel or Home Theater for best HiFi?

[Turbota]

This is my first post on this board, So ... A big hello to everyone here.

Prior to retireing and moving to the Philippines, I gave away my old 2 channel audio system ... It consisted of a vintage Pioneer Spec 1 pre-amp, Pioneer Spec 4 power amp, Pioneer CD/DVD player, a set of 4 Polk RTi70 floor standing speakers and an Adire Rava subwoofer. The sound was really good, but now I hear so much about Home Theater, I am wondering if this is maybe a better way to get quality sound for just listening to music? (store bought music CDs and homemade MP3 music CDs)

The thing is, I do own a new Panasonic 42" plasma TV, but about all I ever watch on it is your regular TV shows, to include HBO and Cinemax. I just bought another CD/DVD player, but I don't really watch that many DVD movies on it.

So, my question is to you is ... Do you think I would be better off buying another set of 4 tower speakers, an integrated audio amp, and maybe another powered subwoofer (I already have a new CD/DVD player) for listening to MP3 music CDs? ... or, should I buy a complete 5.1 Home Theater system and hook it up to my plasma TV and then use this Home Theater system to play my MP3 music CDs?

Will a 5.1 Home Theater system sound as good as a good quality 2 channel audio system when playing those MP3 music CDs that I like? ... I guess a good sounding hi-fi audio system is more important to me than Theater type sound coming from the TV.

Thank's for any info you can help me with.

Ron,


Oh, here is a couple of photos of my old 2 channel system I had when I lived in the US ... I sure miss it!