I love well recorded CD's , LP's, DVD A's, DAD's, and SACD's. I have spent more money on my music library than my DVD/VHS library, and much more than on my equipment. I own 200 + DVD's, 1000 LP's, 1500 CD's. My VHS library is down to around 50.

When I listen to something well miked for stereo, I usually end up listening to it in stereo. LP's are hard to beat sonically- if you have a good pre-amp, turn table, arm, and needle. But the format does have much more noise, and vinyl is fragile. The new high rez, multi-cahnnel formats are better than LP's to my ear, when recorded correctly (that is, to MY taste). Two such recodings are 1. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons and Concertos for Double Orchestra, Naxos DVD-A[5.110001],by David Juritz and the London Mozart Players, and 2. G. Holst: The Planets, Hyperion Hybryd SACD, The Halle Orch. with Mark Elder.

There is no format I hate except MP3, no listening mode or process I will not try, and I do believe that stereo can sound better on many recordings. Maybe the New DPL 2, DTS music, or Cirrus 7 will change my opinion when I have the equipment at home. John M.