Dunedain said:

Whoa, wait a second, I'm not insinuating anything; as Mother pointed out, maybe DTS HD encoding does something to the sound that no one was even aware of. I'm certainly no tech expert on any of this, I was just wondering if the DTS HD encoding might have done something since you said it sounded less loud.

I'm sure you didn't delibrately alter the 5.1 soundtrack in any way, I just figured if the DTS HD encoding automatically did something to the soundtrack (that neither you nor anyone else was aware of), that hairy_hen could probably firgure out what it was easier than anyone else, since he spent so much time fine tuning the soundtrack restorations and so on. I was just curious what the cause might be, but it's no big deal. :)

OK, I will say this 1 more time, NOTHING was changed in the DTS-HD MA encoding, I even left the dialnorm alone, so it is still the same as his at -31, but I just think that this DTS-HD Encoding Suite does a much better job encoding than the "old school" DD encoders, especially freeware or cheap DD encoders(my opinion).

I like these files very much, these 5.1 files(Purist) are the ONLY audio I listen to, just on the V3 it was fucking loud as hell, and YES I understand you can turn the volume down with the remote or on the receiver LOL, but for the most part when switching between audio options on anything they are usually the same volume level, usually.

I still just can't friggin wait to be DONE with this and move on and retire from all this crap, between this and the V3, I have been messing with these files for well over a year and it is wearing my patience very, very thin.