Where's the 7.1 master audio?

[PeterTHX]

I say the ONLY time a track should be 7.1 is if the master was that way or the original sound mixers remix the track.

These so-called 7.1 mixes are done at Mi Casa studio for New Line and Lionsgate and are the original masters sent through something similar to a PLIIx decoder. It's NOT a true 7.1 mix! I can do the same with any 5.1 with my receiver if I want to.

If it was 5.1 originally, leave it 5.1. Or do what Paramount did with Top Gun: remix it for 6.1/7.1 and have the original sound mix available (in lossless as well).

It's like OAR for video. Just because a Super35 frame may have more information than the original 2.40 ratio seen in theaters doesn't mean we should open up the frame to see more picture.