[opnly bafld]

There is not even close to enough quality choices for me.

Lin

PS  and even if that was all I could listen to, the video display would still be off.

So what would all the "neccessary quality choices for you" be?

Just curious....

Music with video vs. all of the vast catalog of vinyl and Cds.

[opnly bafld]

Only John Williams does that? 

I never said anything to imply that.

I ask you without the respective movies how popular would the scores have been?

Probably not as well know. So what?  If it weren't for MTV, Shania Twain wouldn't exist.

You're equating popularity with merit. It makes for bad math.

What's popular is not always good, and what's good is not always popular.

Again music exists just because, movie scores exist because of the movie.

So what? What's the difference? Does that make the music composed in movies of lesser merit?

There are plenty of timeless melodies that were composed for movies.

And plenty of centuries old classical pieces that were used as theme music for movies.

It's all music.

Cheers

You are clearly missing my points.
I never equated popularity with quality or merit.
The general populace has never heard of a lot of music I like.
There is a lot of music made for movies or musicals that is of very high quality, but if that was all I had available to listen to I would be much poorer for it.

Since it seems to me that no matter how much I bang my head against the wall I will not be able to clearly define my points to you I will let this end like a bad movie with a great musical score.

Lin

[*Scotty*]

TONEPUB said,"Every mfr. I spoke to said that if they could continue to do well in HT they
will continue to support the 2ch world because that's where they all came from.

In the end I think a healthy HT market means we will still be able to get what
we want for a long time to come.  It's not as bleak as you might think!"
 
I was wondering if you could recommend any MCH equipment from manufacturers of HT equipment that you feel are comparable in sound quality to the best equipment from dedicated 2ch manufacturers.
Scotty

[TONEPUB]

HI Scotty:

Well, I'm not sure what your taste is, but I saw and heard some great stuff from  Definitive Technology,
Krell, Mark Levinson, Martin Logan, McIntosh, Paradigm, Anthem, just to name a few.

While I didn't hear it at the show, I've also heard good MCH stuff from C-J, BAT, Avalon,
Naim, etc. So in my book most of the Mfrs whos gear I have been happy with in the 2ch
world DO make multichannel stuff.

There are precious few JUST 2ch mfrs these days, so I'm not sure if you are referring to just
electronics, or speakers as well.

Hope that helps a little bit.