Are lossless Codec's worth upgrading my processor

Ghstudio,

The DC-2 was not the premier piece of it's day. It was pricey and better than many, but not the top of the Lexicon line up. I think the remainder ofthe inputs concur with my thinking.

RW,

If you don't feel the new codecs are much better, please drop by and visit me in Florida and I will show you why I feel this way, I'm sure you'll agree with me after any demo I put together for this event.

kennyt...I think the DC-2 was the only lexicon processor in it's time....with a few different models (upgradable). While it may not have been the premier processor at the time, it was lexicon's premier processor with their unique logic 7 logic.

The question is how does it stack up against even the integra 9.9 or cary 11a today.

GH,

I never liked the DC-2, in fact I haven't like Lexicon until recently, and then only for HT, they are a bit too 'digital' for lack of better description. Amazingly, the Integra is one pre/pro I have not had in my rig, I have heard many great things about it, and for the price, it's hard to beat. The Cary is a solid unit, and also pretty inexpensive.

This is exactly the dilemna I am in. Are the new Codec's worth upgrading for? Someone above mentioned that the dialog is better with the new Codec's. I thought it was due to my center channel that dialog always seemed to get lost or not be strong enough to hear. One of my biggest peaves when watching a movie is adjusting the audio up and down from dialog to action sequence and back 25 times with Dolby Digital.

THe standard DVD's audio is compressed, whether it is DD or DTS. Not that I haven't heard great sound from them, especially concert DVD's and well recorded movies. The new formats sound is supposed to uncompressed. If you check the audio bit rate with a Bluray player, a standard DVD plays at like 640kb. While a bluray plays audio at over 3mb. It offers the possiblility of much greater dynamic swings. I think you will have much greater clarity with any speaker, but it will really shine with speakers that can handle the wider dynamics without struggle. With a smaller speaker it might not be as dramatic of a difference.