Ah, I see. I'm used to using and hearing the term headroom used in reference to power amps for stereo equipment, not quite in this sense. Usually "dynamic range" is the term stereo enthusiasts use to describe what you mean. Hmm, interesting. Well, don't forget that the official unaltered Star Wars trilogy DVD set's soundtrack comes not from the 85 set but from the 93 Definitive Collection laserdisk soundtrack, which I guess is the best quality soundtrack ever released for home use for Star Wars. So I'd expect it to have better dynamic range than the 85 laserdisk set.

The only problem with the official DVD soundtrack is that they should have used a higher bit-rate to capture more of the inherent excellence of the original PCM soundtrack, 448k would be great. But I'll say this, even though I'm looking forward to hearing the full uncompressed PCM soundtrack to go with the nice video on the new DVD set, I watched the entire trilogy as soon as it was available at -3RL, which is very loud, and it sounded really good. And I have speakers that are quite revealing, and yet the sound has a smoothness, naturalness and fullness to it that sounds very good indeed. Surprisingly, even at such high volumes, it didn't sound harsh or strained. I guess that shows just how good the source PCM soundtrack is to begin with. I can just imagine how good it's going to sound with the full uncompressed PCM soundtrack.