Output: DD TrueHD versus DTS-HD

[Blu-Dog]

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times

The more in you're face sound you're describing sound like loudness. Which is not a good thing as that is a sign of a flattening of the dynamic range. However, I am no expert when it comes to multichannel systems and these two audio formats. However if i'm correct the DTS-HD channel is compressed unlike the TrueHD format which could lead to this more in your face sound at the expense of the dynamic range.

I was also under the impression that most where somewhat dissapointed with the audio track of Iron Man. Anyway, I hope that helped.

Iron Man has the worst Dynamic Range Compression (DRC) encoding I've seen yet, as the default Dolby Tru-HD sound. I had to figure out how to disable DRC on my new Sony BDP-550 to even hear it.

Even with it off, I was not overly impressed with Iron Man's audio. I find it hard to believe some people think it's a reference quality disk for audio, but I have no evidence that Dolby is to blame.