I realize that this thread hasn't been active for 4 months but I have a question about the mono Australian mix for Mad Max. So there is no lossless copy of the mono track floating around, I get that, but how bad is the lossy audio? secondly, would it be better to rip the audio from this: http://www.amazon.com/Version-Features-Original-Australian-Dialogue/dp/B000057CWS

It states that it's a PAL transfer VHS tape (has the PAL speed up and is the UK widescreen edition) but contains the original Australian audio. So my question is: would a proper transfer of the audio (in lossless PCM) from the VHS tape be better than the lossy version on DVD & BD? I realize that with tapes, audio doesn't always stay in perfect sync when aligning with a digital video source but my question still stands...

Hope I'm not wasting anyone's time by asking this question...

Peace, Jerry