<html><body>Thanks for the informative answer. And yes, the DTS encoded CD... is not a DVD. As an hardcore audiophile, i don't think i will get into the 5.1 thing since i already have a hard time with just 2 channels! lol But it's good to know that PK is improving on his DTS mixing techniques. Any album/track recommendation for DTS ? aevus. <blockquote webmail="1" style="border-left: 2px solid blue; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: (fax) DTS CDs From: Trevor Cordes <trevor@tecnopolis.ca> Date: Tue, February 26, 2008 6:43 pm To: Fax List <faxlist@2350.org> On 27 Feb, <a href="http://email.secureserver.net/pcompose.php#Compose" onclick="Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=geoffmorgan%40comcast.net'); return false;">geoffmorgan@comcast.net</a> wrote: > Hey Graham, > > The answer is two fold: the disc itself is a DVD which any volume of > data can be stored on - you know that - just trying to start at the Wrong (not to be rude). The FAX DTS discs are standard red book CD audio That can be read and played by any CD player. It has nothing to do with DVD. DTS is encoded 5.1 in a standard 2-channel CD stream. If you play it without a decoder, which you can do, it comes across as noise, like white noise. That's why you can rip the DTS CD on a computer using standard CD ripping tools and rip to standard stereo WAV format, and it takes about 700MB, same as a CD. In fact, this is what I do (rip to WAV) then I use "bit accurate" playback mode on the computer to send out a digital (coax) signal to my DTS-capable receiver. The receiver then decodes it and plays it as 5.1. The computer thinks it's playing white noise from a standard WAV file and has no clue about the 5.1. That said, I've heard there are some software DTS decoders you can put on (buy for) your computer that will let you play the DTS to the 5.1 audio out jacks on your sound card. I'd say DTS adds a bit to the enjoyment of the music. Not tons, but a bit. I always listen to the DTS releases in DTS when I am home. I think PK keeps improving on his DTS mixing techniques. There's been lots of talk about this already. Use the google search of the faxlist archives: <a href="http://www.google.ca/search?q=site%3Amonkeymail.org+dts+faxlist&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a" target="_blank">http://www.google.ca/search?q=site%3Amonkeymail.org+dts+faxlist&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a</a> Add the keyword computer in there if you want specific instructions on how to play it with your computer. Good luck! _______________________________________________ faxlist mailing list <a href="http://email.secureserver.net/pcompose.php#Compose" onclick="Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=faxlist%402350.org'); return false;">faxlist@2350.org</a> <a href="http://2350.org/mailman/listinfo/faxlist" target="_blank">http://2350.org/mailman/listinfo/faxlist</a> </blockquote></body></html>