Hi, all the home theater elites here, mind to share which surround sound format do you guys prefer?

Dts ... Sound larger to me

Neither one. I prefer DTS-HA Master Audio.


Then again, it all depends on the original mixing. A proper mixed DTS can even sound better than some of poorly recorded lossless format.

Dolby True-HD best, DTS-HD too noise..

For audio format, I prefer DTS-HD MA than Dolby TrueHD

For matrix upmixing, I prefer Dolby Prologic than DTS Neo

For Headphone, I prefer Dolby headphone

For virtual speaker/surround, I dont like virtual surround

i prefer DTS. sounds clearer to me.

Yeah...it depends on a lot of things..personal preference, hardware, software..etc

To know which is best...play the source and decide yourself..haha..
Then play a different source and decide again...sometimes, different movies give different results.

Dolby has more detail and punchy bass.

DTS has higher treble and tend to be louder overall.

I prefer Dolby because the surround effects are really good.

Sadly, nowadays more titles come with DTS-HD and fewer are TRUE-HD.

LPCM FTW!!! No need any cr@p decoding and it is as pure as it gets. LOL!!!

***CABUTS***

DTS bitrate is typically much higher than Dolby (1.5mbps vs 640kbps) and tends to be louder.

Of course the new HD audio formats are better than both, TrueHD ftw

yeah! LPCM! as RAW as it gets!

Linear PCM baby! Don't believe me listen to Black Hawk Down Soundtrack on Bluray!

To my untrained ear and unrefined system (read : cheapo speakers), DTS/DTSMA sound meatier and more orgasmic.

action movies = dts
dialogue movies = dd

Not quite agree with you. Try listen to Abandoned in LPCM. Dialogue sounds unbalanced (too loud) & very artificial than music effect.


Still want to stress that all depends on original source mixing.

I'm gonna disagree with you now too.. try listening to me in LPCM!

back to topic... I usually just put everything in DTS which I agree is louder, makes action movies (which makes up most of the movies I watch) nicer to watch.. hehe.. come to think of it, I've never really done any testing to compare the two... usually Dolby Digital sounds 'softer' though I never paid any real attention to both.

Technically both TrueHD and DTS HD MA should sound the same since both are lossless.

But really you guys can't use different movies or concerts to compare (because the mix can be diff). Only way to properly evaluate is if same movie contains both TrueHD and DTS HD MA and you play both to compare.

Stereo is the best

JAV = mono

Depends on the encoded.

Some movie great in Dolby and some great on DTS.

Even though DTS normally more louder but louder does not means better.

In most situation, DTS do produce more noisy sound due to it over high tune treble.

DTS has been greatly improved in DTS HD, I find it sound smoother a lot and balance now.

Sorry I can't accept LPCM quality, I don't care how pure they are, maybe they are too pure for me