http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-9998346-47.html


http://www.hemagazine.com/node/Dolby_TrueH..._PCM?page=0%2C0


Interesting, even the sifu cant really hear the diffrent in DD and DTS Lap ( perfect condition). Maybe, in the future the mixing engineer can further utilized this HD audio format to make sure they really sound significantly diffrent.

It made me think now, I may not need a media player that could decode HD audio. The mkv movies I tested recently such as Transformer1, 2012, Iron Man, Chris Botti In Boston, Andrea Bochelli Live in Tuscani, Ninja Assasin etc are all in standard DTS or DD format only. And they sound great with my low budget setup of Yamaha AVR a Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 speakers. So the 1080p ( even some 720p) looks so good and maybe a standard DTS or DD sound is good enuf. The size also smaller.

So... do we need these HD Audio format? Do we need more high end equipment to listen to the diffrent? even the perfect setup as mention in this article said he cant tell the diffrent. But it does mentioned that, perhaps the mixing engineer have not fully utilized this HD audio format. perhaps in the coming future movies and concert........

Interesting topic for discussion.

p/s Sorry if this topic was repeated. I search and couldn't find it.

I have read some pro saying the same thing...they cannot tell much difference is sound quality.

I guess the difference is in the $$$ and if it makes you happy and you can tell the difference, then go for it.

Some people will go to the extend of repeating the scenes just to find those very subtle difference and to them it makes one hell of a difference. For me, just sit back and relax and enjoy the movies!

need != want

DTS MA is definitely much better!! So is DD THD!!

perhaps TS used the wrong keyword to search for similiar thread .

Here it goes : http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1162480

ah thanks. I used wrong words to search..

ask mpyw and htkaki, they got better ears

but we dont have a Jamo wor....

dunt pray pray..... very powderful minute lifestyle speakers.

Some say better than Bose?

I thought majority?

Those 'big potato' loudspeakers like mine will not even make it to YB's home . Btw, is it true that he has a set of Jamo in his lavish 400sq ft bathroom to enjoy HD movies / karaoke?

At least U got big potato. I got piezoelectonic buzzers niah.

erm... my 'big potato' in my small pad but your piezoelectonic buzzers in a 3 storey mansion

TrueHD is the best....DTS-MA too noisy....

I can hear a different between DD and TrueHD. TrueHD audio support up to 7.1 audio while DD just at 5.1.
DD is transmit at 1500kbps while TrueHD at 5500kbps.

Try demo TrueHD or DTS-HD demo disc and u will believe it.

This post has been edited by minimize: Apr 6 2010, 08:46 PM

but isnt it interesting that these expert who went to Dobly and DTS lab with all the perfect setting from hardware to software and they said the different isnt much? some say this article were back in 2008, so mixing eng may not take full advantage of it yet...but remember, they already in DD and DTS lab. The engineer there should already taken all the steps to mix them I think...

oh well..... things should improve going forward...


and btw... more and more 25G Bluray selling now at RM40+

Probably their sound system is so good that even DD or DTS are reproduced to perfection.


A peasant setup like me certainly could hear a difference.

including my peasant setup too.

in that case if what that DTS and DD did... then that means we dont really need the HD Audio like MA and TrueHD because standard DD and DTS can do already. ha ha ha ha


I guess it must have improved since then.. ...

hahaha! char!!