So first of all, contrary to popular belief, the Sega Genesis Model 2 does output true stereo. I've always been told that it only put out mono (or cloned mono since there are both red and white cables, which means the same sound out both speakers) however, this isn't true. The way I found this out is, I plugged the Model 2 genesis in with only one of the audio RCA plugs, and turned on Vectorman. Some of the sounds from the game's music were missing. Then, I plugged in the 2nd audio plug and whatdya know, the sounds that are missing are no longer missing! So yes, the Model 2 Genesis does indeed do true stereo. However, the Model 1 still wins in the sound department just by a little. Reason being, the Model 1 puts out more bass than the Model 2 does. That's about the only difference though.
Second comparison. Video quality! I got curious and wanted to know which system had the best video signal because I haven't really seen anyone talk about it. So I did the same side by side comparison with both systems and the same game, Vectorman. The Model 2's video quality looks okay on a smaller 13 inch CRT, but on my 27 inch Sony, it's abysmal. EXTREMELY grainy. The Model 1's video is most definitely superior. There is still a little bit of artifact, and some rainbow banding on certain games, but it is light years ahead of the Model 2. So, the Model 1 wins again in terms of video.
Last comparison. I've heard that the 32X improves the video quality because it has its own video encoder. So I tried Vectorman on the 32X. The only difference I could see is that the 32X removes the rainbow banding. Rainbow banding is such a subtle thing though it's pretty hard to notice on most games unless you look for it.
So in terms of video quality, the 32X wins ever so slightly. I just thought I'd share this little tidbit of information that I just found out.
