And then instead of people complaining about DTS...you'd have people complaining about split discs when the movie could have been fit onto one disc. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Welcome to the world of DVD Producer decisions.
Dave, I see you're in AZ. If you are ever out in Los Angeles shoot me a PM...I'd love to get you in a double blind test to see if you can identify DD vs. DTS tracks. I even have an SPL meter to even match audio levels :D
MISCONCEPTION ALERT (aka beating the dead horse) DD does not introduce distortion/cracklies which DTS would eliminate. If there is distortion/cracklies (which I still unfortunately haven't had a chance to A/B but others here have), it is in the master audio tracks used for this transfer, not...
See that's weird. As I said, I haven't A/B'd the two discs yet but I did spin the Battle of Carthage chapter last night and did not find distortion or crackling in the dialogue (my equipment is listed in my other post above, and I have my NAD doing the DD/DTS decoding, not my Panny RP91 DVD...
As I said in the last thread: Point out specifics for me (and those of us who have both) to listen to when we get a chance to A/B. Simply saying there's "distortion" - what does that mean? Is it overcompressed? Is it clipping? Is it crackling? Is it just a different soundmix that you're...