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Originally Posted by Rob J in WNY
Welcome to the forums, embreeb. 
Lossless/uncompressed PCM audio is worth reaching for, so to answer your question, yes, but with two footnotes.
1. Make sure your player can decode both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. If it's a newer player, then you are likely already good to go. What player do you have, incidentally?
2. Make sure that you choose the lossless/uncompressed option in the disc menu. You will not be prompted on your receiver that you are listening to Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, or uncompressed PCM. Most newer Blu-ray releases will default to the lossless track. I don't know of any which default to an uncompressed PCM option (someone correct me here if there is). Some do not default to lossless (The Dark Knight is a good example) and will settle on a lossy Dolby Digital track. Always good to double-check your sound options in the disc menu when you begin a movie.
After you become accustomed to the more natural, precise quality of lossless/uncompressed audio, you might come to a point when you can tell the difference should the lossy track gets accidentally selected. |
I will add a third footnote. If you are using 5.1 analog cables to connect the BD player to the receiver, you must perform bass management in the player as most receivers do not perform bass management in analog domain. Also, you may have to manually boost your subwoofer by up to +10dB. An SPL meter may be useful.