Could it possibly be that the speaker levels are not set correctly? We have the 7-4 with a pair of Beolab 9s and rear speakers and are very happy with it and do find voices to be very clear. We did bump up the level for the Beolab 7-4 just a bit above equal in sound to the fronts. You can do it by ear although we had a friend bring a sound meter over

Once again Martin excellent post. Soundproof, your comment abut the sample rate is the first explanation that makes sense as to why the BS3 may not support Dolby TrueHD Thank You. However, I just looked at my Blu-Ray copy of National Treasure 2. Printed on the label is the following:English Dolby TrueHD(48kHz/24bit). Playing the uncompressed PCM track

beopaul: Does the BS3 support (officially or otherwise) PCM? It's not listed in the spec. Does it support 192KHz/24bit PCM? If not, then we certainly have a problem here. -- Paul I can not find anything in the specifications for the BS3 regarding PCM. However, check out the specifications for the DVD 2 on the Bang and Olufsen page. It does support

So, by your silence you can not explain the BV7s display of PCM? Also, I am not the only person in this thread who understands what the literature says and believes as I do. Nobody has yet provided any explanation or reason that the technical articles cited herein are wrong and/or do not apply to B and O. I deal in facts, not statements with nothing

I can believe what a trusted dealer says, along with what every technical article about Dolby TrueHD and HDMI says( as cited by me and others in this thread), along with what my own ears hear, orI can believe assertions with no cited authority to back them up other than unamed sources? Not much of a choice. To the extent the official specs do not list

My dealer just confirmed to me that BV7 DOES support decoded Dolby TrueHD etc. A post in here earlier suggested visiting a high end dealer of products other than B and O. My dealer sells virtually every other mainstream brand, Apple, Sony, LG, Pioneer, Panasonic, Sony, Polk etc so they are familiar with the subject in general, not just B and O.

Take a look at the specifications for the BS3 right here on Beoworld. When speaking of Dolby etc, they are listed as Decoding Capabilities. I do not think anybody here is saying that BS3/BV7 will decode the High Definition Audio formats. What is being said is that once the decoding has been done by a Blu-Ray the BV7/BS3 can accept the decoded signal

beopaul: Ok, there's lots of confusion here. I feel I have the final answer and will provide references: In short, as long as the player has the appropriate decoder and outputs PCM, the BS3 can handle ANY format! This includes True-HD and DTS-HD Master Audio, with ZERO loss in quality. When a receiver receives PCM, it has no clue what codec was

355f: soundproof: I have to laugh, can you all imagine what a nightmare it's been for regular customers to make sense of the new high-definition formats? Where I live, DVD-players are still outselling BR by a factor of 100:1 - and I'm not surprised. No one is making money on BR. Actually, when HDMI first became available I had a meeting with

Excellent summary Martin. Thank you for putting all of the pieces and options together so clearly. I think the Sony BDP-S350 will also decode Dolby True HD but have read somewhat conflicting reports on whether it also does DTS Master HD. When we bought our BV7 we also bought a BDP-S300 not realizing it did not decode. I was going to call the dealer