Louder audio ff 1.5x?

[fuzzynutkila]

Hey everyone, i just noticed, while watching AVPR, that audio sounded louder and maybe even better while fast forwarding thru most of it. I have a Marantz 7002 and am using the dts losses track. Does anybody know why this might be happening? or if its normal?
One other thing is i noticed the DTSMA track sounds louder and better than the TRUEHD track. I have my setting on my ps3 as bitstream.Maybe use pcm for True hd? Fuzzynutkila

[crunchywyte]

if you are bitstreaming with the PS3 you are only getting the standard DD and DTS tracks, the PS3 cannot bitstream Dolby TrueHD or DTS HD MA.

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So yes set to PCM in order to enjoy these awesome codecs.

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by fuzzynutkila

One other thing is i noticed the DTSMA track sounds louder and better than the TRUEHD track. I have my setting on my ps3 as bitstream.Maybe use pcm for True hd? Fuzzynutkila

The PS3 does not BITSTREAM "lossless" audio. If you have it hooked up via HDMI, you can output it as PCM.

What you are hearing is the "core" DTS soundtrack at 1.5mbps compared to the "core" Dolby soundtrack at 640k.

~Alan

[fuzzynutkila]

Thanks, i was actually just reading in the forum about that, so all this time i spent listening will have to happen all over again, yes! 9TH PRESTIGE COD4!!!

[fuzzynutkila]

That to me sounds like the definition of an explanation , thanks!

[fuzzynutkila]

ok i switched over and that has corrected the problem and left me with one new one. I can't get the back rears to work but the sides work fine, is this because it is 5.1 and not 7.1? With the bitstream you could you all speakers.Is all this right?

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by fuzzynutkila

ok i switched over and that has corrected the problem and left me with one new one. I can't get the back rears to work but the sides work fine, is this because it is 5.1 and not 7.1? With the bitstream you could you all speakers.Is all this right?

You must have the PS3 hooked up via "optical" and not HDMI... correct?

If so, you can only get 2.0 "lossless" sound as the PS3 can't send 5.1 or 7.1 PCM over optical... only HDMI.

~Alan

[fuzzynutkila]

No , i have it set at hdmi via 1.3 hdmi cable . The sound is much better than before. I have 4 speakers in back, 2 of them are out wide, those work fine.I have 3 in front and a sub. I have been playing with the eq to see if i can spread it to all 7 and i can't. Maybe that's the way it should be, i don't know. The other thing i noticed is the Marantz no longer has the dts light on , instead it has the pcm light on. Is that ok?

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by fuzzynutkila

No , i have it set at hdmi via 1.3 hdmi cable . The sound is much better than before. I have 4 speakers in back, 2 of them are out wide, those work fine.I have 3 in front and a sub. I have been playing with the eq to see if i can spread it to all 7 and i can't. Maybe that's the way it should be, i don't know. The other thing i noticed is the Marantz no longer has the dts light on , instead it has the pcm light on. Is that ok?

The Marantz light SHOULD have the PCM light on, so you're OK there.

Your particular receiver might not be able to apply 7.1 sound to 5.1 PCM mixes. Try a title with 7.1 surround sound if you have one.

~Alan

[fuzzynutkila]

Thanks again, i will try it. I want to get the Doors with the dtsma7.1 but best buy doesn't even have it online!!! off to blockbuster...