h_h's audio didn't do any of that on my system, it does pack a pretty good punch though at times, and not so much at times, is it perfect? no, but nothing ever really is, but it is pretty damn good none the less, but when I watch the 97 SE DVD's with the DE's 5.1 in sync with it, I actually prefer these, now maybe it is my set up, or just my taste in audio, but these seem to pack a really big punch throughout, I wish I had the patience to sync up and edit DE's 5.1 97 SE rips to this BD set I am doing.