I don't necessarily agree that having more channels will make for a better experience. If one wants to populate a room with a bunch of mini monitors to create a motion experience for a game then I can see where that would be better. Musically, I don't see it. I much prefer two channel music over any multi-channel creation out there. I haven't heard any 4 or 5 channel discrete material so it may be pretty good but most music is two channel. I listen to my 990 in a 2.1 setup for almost all music. Is there any good multi-channel material out there which isn't matrixed?