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Originally Posted by MSmith83
I just listened to Shoot 'Em Up. The first thing I noticed is that the MA extension is significantly lower in volume than the core. When cranked to volume match, it is further evident that it's like listening to an entirely different mix. The MA extension has even deeper bass, but the most significant difference was the increased spaciousness of the effects and seemingly better channel separation.
I listened to the best scenes in Transporter 2 and the difference was more subtle (with no real difference in volume in case you're wondering), but it was a noticeable difference nonetheless. The same goes for Live Free or Die Hard.
The good thing about the PS3 is that direct comparisons are easy, since you can quickly switch from internal decoding of MA to bit-streaming of the core.
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Interesting comments....
One thing doesn't make sense, though.. the extension only contains information that differs from the PCM master and the core once decoded...
Because of the nature of the core+extension process, there cannot be a great deal of difference in volumes between the two decodes (core vs. lossless) unless there is other processing going on...
DTS-HD MA does allow for dialnorm, so it may be active on the New Line titles.