Pro ty, co to zajímá, jsem našel tohle:
Dolby TrueHD vs. Uncompressed PCM vs. DTS-HD Master Audio
Bit for bit, Uncompressed PCM, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, assuming all come from the same master and are using the same values (24bit/48hz for example) theoretically should all be the same.
Unfortunately, during Dolby TrueHD encodes, a process called Dialog Normalization is applied: Audio attenuation on the audio encoder is set to -4dB (dialog normalization default) and applied to the whole soundtrack during the TrueHD encoding process. Unfortunately, this renders the soundtrack no longer identical to the studio PCM master. Dolby's use of dialog normalization, results in a lower SPL relative to DTS at an equivalent gain setting. Level mismatches of .1 dB have proven critical in double blind procedures, and the louder of two presentations of the same program material is consistently preferred.
The problem with Dialogue Normalization isn't that it lowers the dynamic range (volume) by 4 (or more) db... the problem is HOW it does it:
It does it by digitally recalculating the audio data to digitally down-scale the waveform. The LPCM extraction from the Dolby TrueHD compressed stream works as it should... bit-for-bit so far.... but before the PCM signal leaves the Dolby decoding chip, the processor digitally recalculates the "level" of the waveform according to what the dialog normalization flag has been set at. This means that *every single data point* is recalculated. The process would be like if you ran all your audio signals through a digital level adjustment prior to d/a conversion.That means that you will NEVER get bit-for-bit accuracy from a TrueHD stream that's been flagged with dialog-normalization.
DTS-HD Master Audio (DTS as a whole actually) does NOT use Dialog Normalization. Dialog normalization NEGATES bit-for-bit accuracy.
And it can't be bypassed because Dolby won't allow any in-spec consumer gear to let the user avoid it! It doesn't matter that it's just a meta-data instruction flag: if Dolby REQUIRED that it's processing instructions be followed by your decoder, then the fact that the original PCM lossless data was represented prior to Dialog Normalization processing is moot.
So unless Dialog Normalization is defeated during the TrueHD encoding, then it's not the same as the studio master.
This is why you want to take Uncompressed PCM over TrueHD unless of course the dialog normalization flag has been defeated (during the encoding process). DTS-HD Master Audio DOES'NT use Dialog Normalization and therefore will be able to achieve bit-for-bit identical to the studio master results while using compression and reducing overall disc space used by the audio soundtrack. Unfortunately, since de-compressing DTS-HD Master Audio is processing intensive, most players do not decode it internally (yet) and most players cannot yet send it via bitstream either (yet) which means, for the most part, that we are left with, for the time being, 2 forms of lossless audio: Dolby TrueHD and Uncompressed PCM audio of which it is quite clear that Uncompressed PCM audio is superior.
Dialog normalization has been applied to most (if not all) current Dolby True HD tracks. This is the reason that for the movie “The Departed” the Dolby True HD soundtrack (on the HD DVD) did not sound as good as the corresponding Lossless Uncompressed PCM soundtrack of the Blu-Ray version. Dialog normalization is standard in Dolby Digital soundtracks and should continue to be so since that is a compressed format… but, when it comes to the Dolby True HD lossless format, it has no place and should not be used.
Sony (the movie Studio) going forward will no longer apply dialogue normalization to any of their lossless TrueHD encodes (Blu-Ray).
This is another reason why the extra 20gig of space on Blu-Ray is critical as they have the space to provide Uncompressed PCM audio... HD-DVD does not.
obsáhlá diskuze zde (momentálně pouze v Google archivu)
http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:tVTUFtoaYpoJ:www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php%3Ft%3D69985+Blu-Ray+both+LPCM+and+Dolby+TrueHD&hl=cs&ct=clnk&cd=9&gl=czZ toho je vidět, že LPCM a Dolby TrueHD se mohou lišit o pouze Dialog Normalization (a nejen TrueHD, ale i obyč. Dolby má DNR), pokud mají stejnou bitovou hloubku. DNR je ale jen informace pro dekódování, vlastní zvuk není pozměněn. Takže pokud bychom měli receiver, který DNR nebude provádět, máme tu stejný zvuk. Na PC se DNR nechá odstranit velmi lehce, stopa se projede přes eac3to. Takže mít BR disk s oběma stopami, není problém porovnat.