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Are lossless Codec's worth upgrading my processor

I have a lexicon DC-2 processor which has a number of the older codecs and lexicon's 7:1 surround capability....works great with HDTV. However, now I'm going to get a bluray player and of course today's technology has lossless codec's and HDMI 1.3.

I can connect a bluray player thru digital to my Lexicon DC-2 and still decode the non lossless codecs...well at least some of them.

The question is....how big is the difference in sound between the new lossless codecs and DTS, Dolby, etc. Is it night and day....or just a little better...or just marketing hype?

(Lexicon DC-2, NHT Power 5, NHT/James 5:1 speakers)
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johnjbarlow
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I am in the camp that believes that the new audio codecs available via Blu Ray disc are a quantum leap forward in sound quality.

These new codecs have renewed my enthusiasm for home theater.

Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio are stunning. They approach the realism of vinyl and I am totally stoked.
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johnjbarlow
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Sorry Rlwainwright. I respectfully disagree with you. The new lossless codecs are head and shoulders above all the legacy codecs previously used to decode DVD.

I am certainly not overstating anything. I wouldn't have wasted my time with Blu Ray if the new True HD and DTS HD Master Audio codecs hadn't just blown DTS and DD out of the water.

Nothing personal at all, but I think you are dead wrong.
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