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[Andrew]

No, I don't think you understand... DTS is, by nature, a compressed
format. DTS audio on DVDs is compressed as well, while maybe less so
than on a DTS CD, but compressed nonetheless.

Andrew

On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 23:04 +0200, JM wrote:
> 
> So the DTS tracks on this release are a compressed version the the DTS audio 
> used on DVDs?
> 
> I think a stereo CD and an audio DTS DVD would have been much more 
> preferred. I don't understand why this release is a compressed DTS CD. 
> That's significantly reduced sound quality. Who would have a 5.1 system 
> without the capability of playing a DVD?
> 
> 
> > Additionally, for those who don't know this already, DTS is a compressed
> > format -- so that's how they can fit 5.1 channels into the space of a
> > standard CD. I'm not exactly sure how the compression compares to MP3 or
> > Vorbis, my guess it would be closer to the performance of Vorbis (which,
> > by the way, can hold at least 7.1 channels).
>