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Originally Posted by mighty mint
It seems to me that with system upgrades one can hear things in the sound mix that perhaps were not defined clearly enough before. I just upgraded my sub to the Paradigm Reference Servo 15 and I am hearing things in both the DD and the DTS that I have NEVER heard before! That being said, while some tracks sound better, alot of tracks that I considered good before now sound way worse. As your system begins to represent the actual sound mix more accurately the results can sometimes be surprising. Unfortunately, alot of the DVDs that I thought were killer in DD now don't sound so hot. Sorry to add more fuel to the fire but I have found DTS for the most part to be the most consistent mix on my system. Some may say that these are "percieved differences" but to my ears there can be a definite difference.
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I don't dispute the impact one's audio gear has on how the audio is reproduced. I'm sure you
did hear differences you didn't hear previously. With regard to the audio mixes you don't think are as "hot" as you once did, I have to ask how much of this is due to the quality of the mix that was made vs it being DD or dts? Look at the first Jurassic Park dts DVD. There were problems with the dts mix that were fixed when
dts re-mixed the audio and the DVDs were re-released. I'm sure you could hear differences between the first Jurassic Park dts DVD release and the re-release given the "fixed" dts mix. Does that mean dts once sucked and didn't anymore? Nope, it means the mix was poor the first time around.
How does this fit in with your recent experiences?
Peace...