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Ok maybe i bit late but i have gone through with some of my movies on the new receiver. First i will admit i like the sound seperation on this baby better then my Marantz. It seems to have a more natural sound to it, and i didn't think i would be able to hear it. I have gone through a few Blu-ray PCM and HD-DVD TrueHD tracks and here are my thoughts.
HD-DVD and TrueHD tracks really to need the volume turned up on the receiver compare to the PCM tracks on Blu-ray. TrueHD i run around 60-70 on the receiver and PCM around 40-50. Although when you get the volume set their really isn't any sound difference between the 2 lossy tracks. (tried that out with my copy of Ghost Rider) The LFE has indeed improved from the Analog setup i was running on my HD-A1 when i switched to HDMI. It took a bit of adjusting my sub to notice the difference but when it was set it was noticeable. It still doesn't give me that theater outing memories of the sub action but its a lot closer, but i blame some of the limitations to my CHT-8 sub itself (next on my upgrade list i think) I also ran the microphone setup to caliberate my system and overall i think it did a great job but i did make a slight adjustment to my center channel which i thought was maybe 2db lower then it should of been. Still probably a better job i could ever do by ear as all the pans seem more natural to me.
Anyways here are the discs i have tried out so far
Blu-ray all PCM/TrueHD
Casino Royale (airport scene)
Ghost Rider (riding up the building)
Ultimate Avengers 2 (final big battle)
PotC: DMC (Kraken encounter)
The Prestige (Tesla machine)
HD-DVD all TrueHD
Happy Feet (Whale and Sea Lion Encounter)
Superman Returns (Airplane and Big City rescue)
Batman Begins (Tumbler and ScareCrow encounters)
Matrix Revolutions (Neo's Deal/Smith Battle)
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