I find it highly educational to search every so often for new writing from Dr. Toole. Today I learned that a 3rd edition of his book, Sound Reproduction: Loudspeakers and Rooms, is due out in August -- ordered! But I also found a thread from a year ago where he discusses his (very positive) feelings about multichannel. Note especially post #13, where he talks about the use and misuse of the center channel in multichannel music releases.
http://forums.audioholics.com/forum...an-adaptation-for-small-room-acoustics.98369/
(which is a comment thread on this article: http://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/room-reflections-human-adaptation/what-do-listeners-prefer)
http://forums.audioholics.com/forum...an-adaptation-for-small-room-acoustics.98369/
(which is a comment thread on this article: http://www.audioholics.com/room-acoustics/room-reflections-human-adaptation/what-do-listeners-prefer)