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Sorry, but "always" is a sweeping generalization...

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racerguy

In Reply to: RE: A lossless PCM soundtrack will always be "truer to the source" than any lossy soundtrack. posted by oscar on September 05, 2007 at 20:36:36

...and is also not always correct. As an example - I have a concert DVD that has both PCM and lossy DTS on it. The DTS soundtrack is clearly superior to the PCM soundtrack, because much more care was put into creating the DTS soundtrack. The PCM soundtrack was obviously a quick-and-dirty dump, and it sounds horrible.

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Alright, I failed to imply the possibility of different masters for - oscar 17:18:03 09/06/07 (0)
the released lossy or lossless audio track. Maybe I should have caveated with: "everything else being equal".
PCM on a DVD? You're talking about Dolby Digital and that is a lossy algorithm - Jazz Inmate 10:08:30 09/06/07 (3)
Oscar is talking about lossless PCM at a greater bitrate than DD provides. I don't see how a reasonable person can argue against lossless PCM. It just seems like you'll poke around until you find one example where the DD and LPCM versions sound the same and use it to bash the idea that lossless PCM is the way to go. That's just a counter-quality position.
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"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
- You should try reading what I actually wrote... - racerguy 10:17:08 09/06/07 (2)
  ...and respond to that (if you can), because your irrelevant pontificating just makes you look clueless.
  
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  - It didn't change since the first time I read it, and my reply stands - Jazz Inmate 12:52:13 09/06/07 (1)
    And you're back to the insults. Surprise, surprise.
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    "I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
    - Whatever you thought you read seems to be different from what I wrote, as usual - racerguy 12:59:13 09/06/07 (0)
      > > And you're back to the insults. < <
      
      Oh, sorry about that. Let me try a compliment instead:
      
      Jazz, your ability to read a post and completely miss the point is truly impressive.

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