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little-endian
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Info: Terminator 2 - in search of the theatrical sound mix...
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3-Aug-2015, 12:48 AM

@TFAN

 

Would be nice if you could share the DTS track which is at least easy to retrieve by demuxing the VOB files after all. However I assume it will be the remix. Neither would I worry too much about "half rate" vs. "full rate" since AC3 at just 320 kBit/s like in the cinema not too long ago can already sound damn good.

 

As far as I have read here and other forums, the only known sources for the older mix seem to be the Live/Artisan US-DVD and some AC3-LaserDisc, probably even sharing the same data as both have 384 kBit/s.

 

Interestingly though, LDDB only lists three AC3 versions on LD and one of them

 

http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/21959/LD68952-2DD/Terminator-2:-Judgment-Day

 

has an rather discouraging comment:

 

"This is a remastered edition of the 1991, 139-minute theatrical release with a remastered Dolby Digital AC-3 soundtrack."

 

For all of us, "Fight Club" isn't expensive enough to have on LD, there is the anamorphic "squeezed" version of T2 as well:

 

http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/00141/PILF-2555/Terminator-2:-Judgment-Day

 

Maybe instead of buying the disc, we should "rent" it and just rip the AC3 data for the sake of comparison. ;)

 

Furthermore, I'll send you a PM.

Edit: Just read through this thread again and actually the AC3-LaserDisc, which I linked to is the same, "Stamper" already mentioned, saying it features the CDS-mix as well.

However, isn't the statement at lddb.com a contradiction then? Why is the CDS source considered to be remastered? 

Does anyone have the LD68952-2DD in possession and can confirm this?