I was referring to the SE LD's, not the upcoming SE DVD's. The LD's were done strictly from analog sources. Burtt has digitized all known audio sources (save an occasional line of dialogue or foley effect) to remix the DVD soundtracks.

This is completely and totally false. The soundtracks for the SE LD's were the same soundtracks used for the theatrical re-releases in 1997 which were (for all intensive purposes) 5.1 mixes. The laserdiscs were faithful to this new remix and had some of the best directional effects around. No fidgeting with a 2.0 mix is going to achieve that. Sorry, but you're wrong.

It's not like my soundtrack is causing you physical harm, right? Quit making this into a pissing contest.

I never said it was. If you're creating these for yourself, then fine. I don't care if you make pan-and-scan versions of them. But if you're making them to try and better the versions out there, a 5.1 remix that you've done yourself is not going to do it. Regardless of what you're doing...a remixed and compressed 5.1 remix will NEVER sound better than a PCM 2.0 if that was its original format.

Drop the attitude. I've been nothing but nice on this forum and I'm doing a big service to the fans. Just because I'm challenging what YOU are doing, don't get nasty.