605 - MultiCh vs Direct

[Croweyes1121]

Who's "Crackin"? I'm assuming another poster? Not sure, although, as I said, I'm sure all of this is subjective. And if MultiCh sounds better to anyone here than Direct, I'm in no way saying that they're wrong for that opinion. But in my estimation, Direct is a much better representation, both literally and viscerally, of what I'm intended to hear and what I expect to hear from my home theater. For me, it was literally a night and day difference. It was almost equatable to old discmans that had a "bass boost" option on them. They pack more "oomph" with it enabled, and if you're used to it and switch to clean playback, the audio will sound a little hollow by comparison. On the other hand, if you attune yourself to listening to music properly and then employ that same feature, it sounds obscenely forced onto the more balanced and nuanced original, clean presentation. This is the closest thing I can give you to compare to my experience with MultiCh and Direct. Direct, to me, is far superior in virtually every respect. MultiCh does sound a bit more...how do I put this...punchy, perhaps? But it also feels just a little bit processed to my ears, as if it were designed to *fill* my room and not to *envelop* it. With Direct, it does that - for me. And I did not expect myself to say that at all based on the testimonials I'd read about MultiCh. To me, Direct is the way to go, hands down. But again, it's just a personal preference, so I'm not sure what there is here to confirm or deny.