Quote: You'd be surprised. It bears mentioning that the DD and DTS versions of the same film often come from different masters, hence it's hard to tell which format is really better.

Like I said above, this is always the case. Dolby Digital sends a tech to the dubbing stage after the film is mixed, and the output of the mixing console is fed directly to the DD encoder, where it is recorded on magneto optical disc. The DTS master is always made after the fact, at their facilities. At least in the past, this was from the 6 track magnetic master, but now the option exists for their master to be made from a hard disc copy of the master from the dubbing stage, or from DA-88 tape.

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