right said, fred--i pulled the trigger because on the thread it was classified as discrete. williams is certainly front and center, but the rears appear to be merely a replication of the orchestra in the fronts. turning off the rears did distinctly alter my experience, making me feel . . . well, less surrounded! Less in a space getting lost in the music. And the music is stellar. And speaking of stellarmusically nice but was fairly underwhelmed by the surround on this when i first got it.. having since learned of Sony's hi-res hi-jinks i wouldn't be at all surprised if the MultiCh on the SACD isn't all that faithful to the old Quad mix after all..
It was no little feat to find this one--i had to lace up my sailing shoes and walk patiently for quite some time . . . worth the travel
