ALL sources are listened to this way here. fm, cd, sacd, vinyl, open reel, cassette, and video. nobody knows its on until i turn it off.
we used to LOVE nypd blue in dq. outside scenes sounded like youre out there with them.
my only gripe is when a surround recording is locked into the 5ch mode and a center channel is mandatory to get at the main program content. yes, that happens. to hear what belongs in the middle channel, i have to turn up the sound so that when i inadvertently change sources, i get knocked over by the sound level.
i sidestepped the format wars and use stereo to derive surround with dynaquad. keeping the rears channels down to near inaudibility in conventional stereo rewards you with tremendous surround when a LIVE album like dire straits 'on the night' is played or any of tomita's excellent pieces (now THERES a guy that knew we were out here).
...regards...tr