Quote Originally Posted by RGA
just that if I personally weight 95% of my system to 2 channel then i will invest most ofmy resources to get that as prestine as possible while being able to grow without having to trade speakers.
If you are starting from this point then yeah, I'd agree with almost everything that you say. 2 Channel music is your priority and you are willing to live with "good enough" for home theater. For others the percentage may be reversed and they would be willing to live with "good enough" for 2 channel music (not that a $200 WalMart "surround" system is going to be "good enough" at anything - but that's not a fair comparison).

In the $2000 range it wouldn't be difficult to put together a speaker system that is good at both 2 and 5.1 channel playback - not as good as yours at 2 channel, but pretty darn good and certainly a viable alternative for somebody who places less importance on 2 channel vs. 5.1 than you do.

Quote Originally Posted by RGA
I already said that for movies the rear effects have little impact and 2 speakers properly set-up provide the wow factor from the rear wall reflections.
Here's where I disagree with you (but again, this all goes back to your "good enough" feeling about movie playback). IMO the "wow factor" has nothing to do with it. It's all about getting immersed in a movie - and to me that means when it's raining in the movie it sounds like it is raining in the room, or if in a suspensful scene the character looks up when they hear something that is coming from behind the seating position, that's where I should hear it too. You just can't do this stuff as well with a 2 channel setup, and that's where I place my 95% weight.