penguinofgreatness said:
I would go with the 1997 SE mix (some forum members recently released the theatrical DTS version) rather then the Bluray/DVD mix. The 97 mix is a solid remix, but the 2004 mix sounds rather awful. It's all muffled and dynamically compressed, with a droning bass sound.
I agree with you completely about the post 2004 audio mixes to me, dynamically compressed is exactly how I would put it as well, they lack the richness and dynamic range of the PCM audio. The 1997 SE mix sounds like a great option but I don´t know if it covers all the SE scenes I included in these semi-specialised editions. Do you know anywhere where I might be able to get the 1997 versions of the films, so I can check out what new scenes were included at that point? The image quality isn´t important so it could be a tvrip or vhs no problem.