Hi!
My name is PerfectLife. Lived in the USA for 25 years and now in Europe.
While I always liked music and multi-channel, both blossomed into my huuuge passion after I went to Steven Wilson's concerts mere couple of months ago. I feel so awaken and so sad missing all out for so many years.
I have been drinking up your posts with fire-hose and enjoying so much. Thank you all! Now, I finally feel the need to post, um, for an emotional support.
Well, I started to visit audio-shops to set up my real multi-channel audio system. But my experiences are not so good.
They just want to lecture me nonstop; such as my taste of music saying, "it will change once you get a good system" (I like Steven Wilson, Tool, Groove Armada = rock, mainly). Then, I have been told over and over that reason I want multi-channel is because I have not experienced the good 2 channel system with good soundstage. To that, I'd tell them "you don't know what's missing because you have never listened to SW, Beck's Sea of Change or even Pink Floyd with multi-channels."
But they dismiss flatly.
I am already marginalized being female in male dominated Audiophile world and am getting lectures after lectures. Alas. Why in the hell they just aren’t happy to sell me 6 speakers instead of 2?
Have you guys experienced this "true audiophile like 2-channels" condescension?
Thank you for listening! (and forgive me English is not my 1st language)