carlosthejackal wrote:
i thought i get better audio with a ac-3 unit
i won't get an ac-3 unit as you say it won't add any improved audio
thanks for clarifying this
Yeah, AC3 as awesome but is actually lower quality per channel than the standard digital stereo. It only makes sense when you have the extra speakers. Downmixing would also make the mix wacky, leaving speakers out would leave you mostly with just music and front sound FX and virtually no dialogue in most movies.
The only systems with higher quality stereo than LD (which is identical to stereo CD) are Super Audio CD, DVDA, HQ downloads, etc.
Good stereo is really good though, so don't feel bad.