After it was announced that Apple Music would be adding lossless streaming to entire catalog, I started to wonder: who's in charge of providing such content to the streaming platforms? Record labels?
After much that has been said, asked, and explained about ripping CDs (and other formats) to...
Specifically looking at the Harry Potter blurays, the first 5 films have a 5.1 LPCM track at a fixed 5.8Mbps, but the last 3 films have either a TrueHD or DTS-HD MA track.
Having just finished the 5th film and starting the 6th, I've been astonished by the increase in surround and LFE activity...
Is there a noticeable difference between 5.1 and 7.1? Are movies exceedingly immersive with 7.1 versus 5.1? I have a 5.1 Onkyo that decodes lossless and I'm already blown away so is it worth the jump in price for 2 more surrounds?