Rip the DTS-stream and play it using foobar (you need the "channel mixer" and DTS plugins) and you'll have a fresh new sound in stereo
What the hells a foobar
Rip the DTS-stream and play it using foobar (you need the "channel mixer" and DTS plugins) and you'll have a fresh new sound in stereo
Foobar is a music player program which is damn complicated.
Foobar is all I ever use now and it's probably easier and better than any other program I've used before. You probably think it's complicated because it's open source or something.Foobar is a music player program which is damn complicated.
Today for the first time I played the DVD mix of Still Life.
When I started the firts track, I notice that something was not right on the display of my receiver, on the part that shows the type of sound is being decode, DD or DTS for ex, and the speakers that are being decode. Also the sound was "missing" something. The sound is very very gooo with a lots of detail but is missing a thing. The Bass is to week.
Then I checked again in my receiver closely and I saw that, no matter if it was on the DTS or DD track, there was no LFE channel (ie. bass channel).
To confirm this, I introduce one movie with a 5.1 sound track and there it was, the LFE was showed. I inserted the Still Life dvd on my computer and checked the dvd on Powerdvd program, and there it was, once again the confirmation that both DD and DTS tracks lacks of the bass track.
So this mix is only 5.0 track and not a 5.1 as is described on the Still Life booklet.
What a shame once again...
Although the sound is excellent and is in a superior quality, I feel that I've been cheated!!! Just like the Ghost Reveries dvd.
P.S. - No one has seen this problem before??
Well, it sounds different and fresh but in my opinion it also lacks a bit of density so it's a matter of taste. And listening to it with headphones some of the parts where the vocals shift from left to right channel for example sound suboptimal.
so..if I understand it right... you get a better sound on a two speaker system when you rip the 5.1 DTS and play it as (or mix it to) stereo than when you take the normal stereo mix?
If that is the case..why hadn't they put a proper stereo mix on it?
Another question... I haven't tried it (above) yet, but I played the 5.1 mix with a two speaker system and it already sounded better than the normal stereo mix.
Does playing the 5.1 mix as stereo (as described above) sound even better than just playing the original 5.1 mix?
All questions relate to a two speaker setup.
what? the pure 5.1 mix or the 5.1 mix mixed to stereo?
Hmmm.... I preordered on Amazon, and usually they get it to you on the release date. According to them it hasn't yet shipped, and when I go to the Still Life Special Edition page, it says it's expected to be in stock in 1 to 2 weeks. WTF?!