Well, the experience I´ve had with VHS audio is very mixed. It can be decent, even excellent at times but as with the video problems and degration of VHS we all know about, there are bound to be some dropouts and audio noise that is not present on the CD quality laserdisc audio. When I transferred my VHS copies (in mint condition) to DVD there are numerous audio dropouts and various problems that bugged me. When I got the TR47´s all that was gone, just crystal clear audio. So all I´m saying is that VHS audio is not as consistant or as good as CD/laserdisc quality and therefore I would prefer to have a laserdisc soundtrack to go with the laserdisc visuals. I did not mean to assume anything, as it could well be that your VHS audio is without these flaws. I was speaking of VHS audio in general.