Hey gang...

It's been about 3 weeks now with my new Platinum T6's and one thing that I am finding is this....

Lately I have less and less interest in multichannel mixes. Sure, I still enjoy them, but I've been playing 2-channel stuff to death lately! Occassionally I whip out an SACD, but even with a collection of 70 titles...my selections are limited. I think I may have exhausted my library. Even as much as I love "Curtains" by Elton John I can't listen to it every waking moment. So I've been revisiting just about every CD I own and I am realizing just how much I love the sound. Despite some minor setbacks with certain poor recordings, there are still some real highlights along the way.

Ok, now to the speakers.....

After listening nearly 5 hours per day times almost 20 days I have about 100 total listening hours in and I am really quite happy. I am actually getting some incredible soundstaging that I never had before to the point that it's more enjoyable than many of the 5.1 mixes I've heard on certain SACD's. For music I still like 5.1, but for music I am more inclined to go strictly stereo unless it's a really well done 5.1 mix, which doesn't seem to be the case quite often AND the fact that SACD's are declining all over the place. When I have friends over to check out the setup now...they swear that I have all my speakers going when we play CD's in stereo mode and then they put their ears up and hear nothing coming from center or surrounds. The imaging and incredibly wide and deep soundstage really blows them away and I continue to fall in love each moment I share with them! I now have to fully agree that if you have really good speakers than the need for surrounds or a center are just extra clutter, unless of course you plan to use them for movie use or an occassional 5.1 mix on something like DVD-A or SACD.

I'm converted!!!!!!