Originally posted by Bryn
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The 3-channel Mercury and RCA Living Stereo [sic] SACDs are the exception, where the centre channel plays an equal part with L and R in attempting to reproduce the original 3-channel recording on the 'Decca Tree' microphone array.
4.0 is surely the way forward, where the listener can be equidistant from identical loudspeakers optimised for the reproduction of classical music, eg Quad ESL.
Hopefully, a competent producer would place the listener in the 'best seat in the hall', which must exclude any in the orchestra because of the up-front balance or imbalance.
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