>
>
> > You're assuming that incoded 2 channel material is being played
> through a
> > good decoder. Personally, I have only poor decoders
>
>
> But what if in the future you might get better ones?

I have DTS conversions done by people using some of the best source media,
playback equipment, and decoders. With so much stuff being descrete these
days, decoders just don't seem like a good investment.

There was no
> way to really predict that PLII was going to be so awesome,
> especially given that PLI was, well, not awesome. PLII is great for
> decoding old quad encoded material. And, as I've said before, it's
> also great for turning regular stereo into multi channel, and many
> regular stereo recordings, depending on how they were recorded,
> mixed and mastered, can come out more quad sounding than even some
> discrete quad materials. One of my hobbies at the moment is turning
> regular stereo 8-track tapes into multichannel listening
> experiences. The first Synergy album, IMO, decodes out with PLII
> into a much more satisfying and dazzling 6.1 than the regular
> discrete q8.

I agree about PLII, I was just saying that for me, digitizing stuff and
playing it back through the vintage recievers seems to be a great
solution.

> I remember when they were first putting DTS decoders in regular amps
> along with DD 5.1. It sounded like crap. You had to go outboard to
> get any decent DTS. But now, even dirt cheap amps have really decent
> DTS decoders built in.

I never heard the earily decoders, I have one in my DVD player, which
actually makes life easy, as I don't have to switch inputs when going
between DVDs, DTS cds, and regular CDs.

> Anyway, I'm not arguing here, these are both good plans and ways of
> going about doing things.

Agreed, DTS makes like easy (easy to copy, remote controlled, etc) but
nothing is as fun as quad reel or watching the CD-4 carrier light
light-up.

> It's truly a great time for multi-channel sound, better than it has
> ever been.

I hope every one else sees it that way, multi-channel isn't going anywhere
due to home theater, but multi-channel music just seems to have a hard
time getting off the ground (again).

Dan