I have only heard one DTS 96/24 title, and it was Queens, A Night at the Opera disc.
And it sounded awful. I'm not a big fan of Queen myself, but i do know a good disc when i hear it, and this sadly, is utter OTT trash.
Imagine every surround cliche in the book, you know, vocals steered to exactly where you imagine them to appear in the surround mix etc, and it's all here. The chorus in Bohemian Rhapsody made me laugh for the entire duration
On top of this, the quality is exceptionally dry and lacking in warmth, with a very brittle texture which makes high volume a chore. Are we getting the picture yet??
If this is an indication of quality, then it's no wonder there aren't many releases using the format, or is it just marketing blurb?? It was no better than a standard DTS 5.1 CD.
For me, dts cd's, dvd audio and especially SACD are all better than this waste of space!
Westy
BTW, Jase, the italian release of Tomb Raider has a DTS ES 6.1 track, i think the reviewers got a bit over excited with the logo's - it certainly doesn't light up the logo on my friends Sony VA555ES amp, just engages the ES Discrete mode.