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808st8 · 12th August 2003

I'm aware that AC3 is a Dolby Digtal 5.1 form of compression, so what exactly happens to the audio as far as how it sounds from the studio to the home theater? I know that MLP (Meridian Lossless Packaging) has no loss of quality, since it compresses the audiuo then completely reopens it, but the gear for doing MLP encoding is pretty expensive at this time. By getting DVD Studio Pro with Apack, one can make surround sound music in a pinch if you know what your're doing. I can hear a difference between my SACD's and DVD-A's for sure, I'm just curious how much compression is going on with AC3. Minor, major?

Thanks guys,

808st8
Austin, TX

12th August 2003	#1
808st8 Gear interested Joined: Feb 2003 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 21 Thread Starter	AC3, MLP, what really happens to the audio with AC3 as far as quality? I'm aware that AC3 is a Dolby Digtal 5.1 form of compression, so what exactly happens to the audio as far as how it sounds from the studio to the home theater? I know that MLP (Meridian Lossless Packaging) has no loss of quality, since it compresses the audiuo then completely reopens it, but the gear for doing MLP encoding is pretty expensive at this time. By getting DVD Studio Pro with Apack, one can make surround sound music in a pinch if you know what your're doing. I can hear a difference between my SACD's and DVD-A's for sure, I'm just curious how much compression is going on with AC3. Minor, major? Thanks guys, 808st8 Austin, TX