AaronH Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I know lossess is lossless is PCM etc, but I bought the Bob Marley "Legend" pure audio blu ray (audio only) and it has DTS-HD MA, Dolby True HD, and PCM all 24/96htz. I switch back and forth in all 3 formats and the only 2 that sound the same are DTS HD MA and PCM. The Dolby true HD is a good 2-3 db louder. Do they have dynamic compression associated in their format? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 It may have something to do with how it was recorded and DD-HD and DTS-Mastered handle the surround info differently. The good thing is you get to pick which one you want to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 http://www.whathifi.com/forum/home-cinema/dts-hd-master-audio-vs-dolby-truehd Dolby True HD is about 4 dB louder IIRC (and I can't find the thread where this is discussed in more detail). All three formats are lossless, so the difference to the user is the position of his/her volume control knob only. Perhaps the "dialog normalization" of Dolby (not adjustable by the user) might be higher or lower based on what the manufacturer chose. Apparently, DTS-HD MA is clearly winning the movie soundtrack war. If I were you, I'd try listening to the PCM track on your Marley disc, especially if it is better than 48 kHz sampling rate. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max2 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 http://www.whathifi.com/forum/home-cinema/dts-hd-master-audio-vs-dolby-truehd Dolby True HD is about 4 dB louder IIRC (and I can't find the thread where this is discussed in more detail). All three formats are lossless, so the difference to the user is the position of his/her volume control knob only. Perhaps the "dialog normalization" of Dolby (not adjustable by the user) might be higher or lower based on what the manufacturer chose. Apparently, DTS-HD MA is clearly winning the movie soundtrack war. If I were you, I'd try listening to the PCM track on your Marley disc, especially if it is better than 48 kHz sampling rate. When it comes to music, I prefer PCM as well. The DTS HD on some of my music offerings sounds a little over baked with the rears coming and going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronH Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 (edited) This is all 2.0 music and all at 24/96. Like I said the PCM and the DTS HD sounded the same. Max, I think the Dolby sounded over-baked not the DTS . Edited November 13, 2014 by AaronH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 The default settings for Dolby encoders is -27dBFS. The default dialog setting for DTS is -31dBFS. http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=121087 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet_Hollow Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I think the Dolby sounded over-baked not the DTS . Granted this is 2.0, but my experience has been the opposite, where by the DTS-HD sound track has all kinds of blemishes. Once again, that has only been with movies. I haven't had the chance to test the waters with 2.0 music in either codec. I really agree with Derrick on this one... it's a good thing all the options are available for you to compare. This is the way digital music should be packaged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronH Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 That's true quiet! Maybe it's just me, but I like Dolby hd for movies but for music, I prefer dts for its warmer sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary p Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Dts for movies. But when listening to music on 5.1 or 7.1 system I prefer the pcm version while using all channel stereo. It doesn't limit vocals to the center and gives you a more enveloped surround. Puts you in the center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Bob's last live performance was in Pittsburgh PA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psg Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 (edited) For me, it's PCM stereo if it images well, otherwise I go with one of the surround formats. I don't have this particular title... Edited November 15, 2014 by psg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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