Actually, I'd be interested in having new copies of the '97 mixes in AC3 5.1, as the files I have contain occasional brief dropouts. Good to hear there are plans for doing that.

I have compared the samples of the '85 mix somewhat, but not yet in great detail. The only thing that's very noticeable among them is the difference in mastering levels. The Technidisc audio averages about 3 db lower than the 1993 mix most of the time, but it is the loudest of the lot; the other pressings are even lower than that. I did notice that it runs a bit fast compared to the '93, and that it loses synch with it after only a short time—during an individual scene it would hardly be noticeable, but by the end of a laserdisc side it's more than an entire frame in advance. I have not yet checked to see whether that is true of the other '85 copies.

In theory the higher level of the Technidisc gives it a lower noise floor, but to be honest I really couldn't make out any significant differences in sound quality between them. The waveforms show minor dynamic variations, but any differences seem to be virtually inaudible, at least to me (and my admittedly less-than-perfect audio equipment). If one of the others displayed less discrepancy in playback speed then it would probably be easier to synch to the GOUT, but any version is pretty much guaranteed not to match up without a lot of editing.