Quote Originally Posted by Feanor
I agree with this because I think the skeptic will be persuaded of the inherent advantages of MC with a relatively modest setup (-- such as the one I suggested above).

Software is important however. As R.L. (I think it was) pointed out, reissues in MC that were not recorded with MC in mind are not, in general, going to convince. Seek out the latest, best classical recordings produced with MC in mind. I will provide a short list of ones I think are pretty good as soon as I can get to it.
RL's point was a good one. MC isn't a lost cause for "old" recordings though. Many modern recordings are done in multi-channel, and there are more than few classic recordings that were done in the Quad era....Beethoven's 5th and 7th Symphonies - Kleiber on Deutsche Grammaphone is the pinnacle of this, IMO. SACD was the first time ever that this performance was reproduced the way it was originally intended!!! What an amazing coincidence. I own it on vinyl, cd, and SACD. There is no comparison - hi-rez and tru multichannel. I am such a huge fan of this disc and Beethoven's 5th, that the decision to incororate MC audio into my setup was worth this masterpiece alone. Everything else is just gravy.