Question for audiophiles

[Lee Christie]

I'm really I'm to picture quality so I guess I'm a videophile, that's why I'm so excited about Blu-ray.

I want to ask what the big deal is with sound quality, it just doesn't really bother me, basicly I just need a pair of stereo speakers (actually i wouldn't really notice if it was a mono laptop speaker as long as I can hear the dialog) preferably with a volume control and an on/off button.

With video you can pause the movie, go up the screen, check out the sexy pixel count and color vibrance, the amount of detail you can see in a character's hair and skintone. I don't really see what you get out of 7.1 sound. You only have two ears anyway, why not just precompute how the X number of sound sources should sound at each ear given optimal distance and positioning of virtual speakers, then turn it in to 2 channels and wear headphones? Like THIS. Unless you get up and walk around the room and turn your head about a lot during the movie you wouldn't notice.