DTS audio music (5.1 channel) is better or CD Audio (Stereo Audio) music?

Hi Guys,
I have recently downloaded the songs in DTS format and listened them on hometheatre system. And I am shocked that from that day, I am not at all liking mp3 or stereo audio music.. The music which comes from the surround speaker is so much in details and crisp, that you can not here it only on stereo system!

I really want your opinions on this..as I am the only one who has this opinion or there are some guys who agreed with me in this forum.

I really think that there is no compairison in stero music and DTS music as DTS is far ahead than the stereo for its unbeatable clarity..what you guys think?

How did you play the .dts files in a dvd player

Any Multi channel audio will sound better than stereo, I think. You get much better soudn stage with the channels intermeshing with each other.

You also have the case that DTS woudl be using hihger sampling rates than MP3. Thus better quality.

A small sound quality 101 :

1. MP3 has lossy compression, and thus render music whihc is great but also looses some quality to save space.
2. CD uses 44.1 KHz sampling which is great for stereo.
3. SACD, used something like 60 times more sampling thus the captures truer sound. And can do this in upto 5.1 channels.
4. DTS, DVD-Audio etc use the same multichannel technology but lower sampling rates.
5. The new boys in the crowd are DTS-Master Audio (MA) and Dolby True HD. Both offer the same uncompressed original cinema tracks without loss or alteration.

Overall, if you have a thing for sound , look at these multichannel encoded tracks for nirvana !

Personally I love SACD and have collected them where possible. These are not "rippable" and need SACD compatible player (e.g. PS3 or a hihger end DVD player). Same applies to DVD-Audio.

regards

The files which I had downloaded had .wave extension. So I burn these files on Nero as audio cd. I had read somewhere for .dts files you need rename it to .wave and burn them as audio cd.

So it can help I guess.

Enjoy

I have not heard SACD, I have to give a lsiten to them..but whatever DTS music rocks..

I think the sound stage given by multichannel will be good.But it will be good if ur speakers and amp is entry level.But good stereo itself give good sound stage.Also some type of music like jazz or live sounds better in stereo.It is a debatable subject

I have a couple of tracks in multi-channel format, and I have to say they sound great.

vkiran has provided a good explanation. Its very simple, these formats have so much more data to play than the 3 decade old red book format offering 44100 samples of 32768 varying intensities.

Having said that, there is no dearth of old fashioned stereo-heads who would swear by stereo on purely religious grounds. Yes, its one of those never-ending debates.

It will not be good with costly multichannel systems?

Disagree. To match the soundstage presented by a 100k multichannel system, you will need to spend 500k on a 2-channel system, and still I doubt it will be a match.

Agree.

would like to know howmuch of music is available recorded in multi-channel format?

if you listen to say for eg a lot of music from the 90s, then was it originally recorded (when the artist/band cut the album) in multiple channels or in stereo? if it was recorded in stereo, is there is a technology to to convert the recording into multi channel ? (like how black-n-white movies are now convertable into colour)

if the answer to above question is yes then it really makes the case for DTS audio very strong now... untill then, its stereo.

also in my personal opinion, music sound is not so technical as movies sound since the objective of music sound is not to create effects (like head-on collision, glass crashing, etc). besides all these movie sounds are only support systems to visuals and create a real life experience when they come from different directions. but the directions again are dependent on and have to harmonize with whats in the visual.

however in case of music, the sound... and not just some sound... a sound in a melody / rhythm is the main thing. it is the musical rhythm that appeals to us first, not the quality of sound or the no of channels from which the sound is coming. if u don't like a song, u will not like it even in DTS format. and if u love a song, then u will tap ur feet to the tune coming out from a basic mono radio as well. however hi-fi sound of ur fav song will greatly heighten ur listening pleasure and give u a feeling that the song is being played live in front of u..... or the song is actually talking to you.... which are extremely important in enjoying the song; but u will get that feeling only if u like the song!

so in the above perspective, as far as pure music is concerned, wonder whether in DTS audio will a song be able to really talk to you like how it does thru hi-end stereo systems right now... or will DTS audio just throw sounds at you from different directions... and if the sounds are not musically harmonious, wonder if they all together, each from different channel, be jointly able to create that thing we enjoy - music!

haven't heard DTS audio, nor have heard SACD. but am a musician and can understand that well..

so the point is still debatable and others who have heard DTS audio can share there experiences.....

Good post there and a valid point being made, the availability of multitrack media!

Soon all media would be available for download in HD format (could be DVD-A, SACD or whatever). All digital. No messy discs involved. Play through a network or store locally on a SAN.

Anyway, thats a different story. I believe availability of multitrack media doesn't take anything away from the fact that they do sound fabulous.