Dunedain said:

dark_jedi: Do you mean hairy_hen's purist DD 5.1 soundtracks were altered for the encode to DTS HD 5.1, or that when the lossless master 5.1 audio files were encoded at such a high bit-rate for DTS HD that it somehow makes them seem not as loud when you listen to them?

Because I would think that they would sound just as loud as the DD 5.1, but have more fine detail and fullness to them, since every ounce of detail would have been preserved by such a high bit-rate encode from the master files.

Like I said, I am probably not explaining it correctly, but to me, and I mean me, I like the encoded DTS-HD MA files better, and yes they are the "purist" none of them alterations used here LOL.

I am also basing my listening off the V3 DVD's, I can go to any of the other audio options and they have a real decent level, then go to the 5.1 mix, and BAM, LOUD as hell LOL, to be honest, I listen to my default audio option on all 3 of my Blu-rays so far, which is the DTS-HD MA.