(2015-09-27, 02:05)wesk05 Wrote: There have also been blind tests done between LPCM and lossy tracks of the same movie and many found no difference between them. I will dig out those threads soon.
Use your ears and experience to make judgments....
I understand that the average Joe can't distinguish the diference between
Peak watts and
RMS watts and unfortunalty most of them ends buying the latest low quality HTIB due some well implemented marketing.. thats a shame because with a little more money they would get a enjoyable home cinema for many years.
From my experience any 400$ entry-level AV receiver + small satellites like the Kef 3005 5.1 or the Monitor audio mass 5.1 (800$)
is sufficient to listen huge differences between the same track in DTS-HD and the DTS core from the same bluray Movie.
(2015-09-27, 02:05)wesk05 Wrote: The point that I am trying to make is, the difference between the two formats aren't usually that great. That said, I do have to say that I only play the lossless tracks (LPCM/Dolby TrueHD/DTS-HD Master Audio). It doesn't matter to me whether I can hear the difference or not 
Good for you for always listening HD audio.
The debate start flamed
when i didn't recommend the Wetek Core + Netflix HD..(I also have a streaming box ATV3 )
I could rent all my movies in the ATV3, more convenient at all, but is missing the lossless audio, dolby digital in cinema is not enough for me, there is not enough Bass, rumble, crispy sound, like im used to listen in the bluray track...
In the HD Audio track i can listen
more with less volume and still hear all the details and surround sound separation, while in the DTS/DD track the is sound is much more confused with the treble being more aggressive at higher volumes...
For Music, i use the airplay from the ATV3 to listen Spotify from the smartphone app or the laptop...only because its convenience with enough quality.
