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Originally Posted by snipsnapsappy
Considering how DTS at 1.5 Mbps can sound extremely different than DD+ at 1.5 Mbps (a la Sleepy Hollow, etc...)
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Originally Posted by Hidefdigest on Sleepy Hollow DD+ vs DTS
I find that standard DTS tracks suffer a bit in comparison to Dolby Digital-Plus, and that's the case here. The Dolby Digital-Plus track boasts better frequency response, with nicer-sounding midrange and cleaner highs. Low bass is solid on both, though I felt it was a bit more powerful on the Dolby track when it comes to consistent and repetitive sounds, such as the stampeding of horse hooves and the percussive moments of Danny Elfman's score.
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Originally Posted by DVDTalk on Sleepy Hollow DD+ vs DTS
I was surprisingly disappointed with the DD+ track, which sounds lifeless and dull. The DTS option has a lot more body to the sound. Even so, I found it a little too bombastic, with dialogue mixed low and many details muddled in the middle of the audio spectrum. The movie's sound mix makes only sparse use of surround activity, primarily balanced in the front soundstage. Bass gets a fair workout during the trampling of horse hooves, but not as much as you'd hope during the big scary scenes. It's plenty loud to be sure, but lacks the clarity and finesse of the best soundtracks.
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Same disc, two completely different opinions on the same soundtracks. One has to wonder how much of it is just mental.
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one has to wonder how good DTS-HDMA can sound
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If it is true to the claim of being mathematically lossless, it should sound the same as TrueHD and PCM. One point of difficulty is that TrueHD is a 100% lossless stream start to finish, while DTS starts with a lossy stream and has to do audio-surgery, "patching" it with the MA packet to get a lossless track in the end. The former just seems less messy, which is why it also likely takes up a lot less power to compute (and the reason so few devices actually decode DTS-HDMA at this moment).