Does a SACD and DVD-A disk always have a two channel layer ?

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Or only sometimes ?
When listening in 2-ch mode, other than the 'enveloping' effect that the listener experiences in multichannel audio, is anything else compromised(like quality of the sound itself, resolution, etc.) ?
 
I have a couple of multichannel SACDs that are only multichannel. If you only have 2 channels, they will still play but all you get is the front L&R.

Wether there is any compromise in the sound depends on the mix decisions during the production not on anything inherent to the format.
 
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