Audio, they say you cannot tell the difference

Well I have finally decided that I can and I like it with all the details whenever I can get it.  Last year I stepped up and layed down a chunk of change for a high grade home theater/audio system.  Had it all wired into the living room, you know the basics, big plasma tv 1080P, HDMI 1.3 connections, Paradigm speakers and the top of the line Pioneer Elite receiver to round it out.  At the time I decided to go Blue Ray and got a PS3 as my Blue Ray player.  Figured I could enjoy some games and whatnot along the way.

Wow.... I love the PS3, streaming audio and video over my wireless network from the computer up in the den down to the home entertainment system.  Love the games and it is a CD/DVD/Blue Ray player to boot.  One of the best DVD upscalers on the market.

Well as I have watched movies I notice that when I play DVD's they audio is automatically recognized and the reciever plays it in the native format off of the DVD (DTS, Dolby Digital.. etc...).  Now obviously I expected a visual quality difference between a DVD and a Blue Ray disc and I do quite easily notice that.  But audio I was suprised.  All the Blue Rays come through the Reciever as PCM.  I had to go look it up.  That is the pure digital format, the one that all others are derived from and all others (Dolby's, MP3, WMA etc...) are compressed versions of the PCM format.

Even Natalie remarked the other day when we were watching 3:10 to Yuma how easier it is to hear the high quality and directional sound when we watch Blue Ray discs.  For her to say that is big... she does not care about this stuff like I do.

If she notices?  Anyone would.

They say you cannot tell, but in our household.  Well we beg to differ.

Later