I have a PS3 doing the DTS-HD & TrueHD decoding and I'm surprised to read that he doesn't think there's much difference. I tell all my friends that I wonder if the bigger upgrade in Blu-Ray isn't the improved audio over the video. At least I did before I got my DLP calibrated and the visual difference gapped. A lot more impressive soundstage in most movies.
I get that his point is with "well recorded" compressed tracks you might not be able to tell the difference, but that doesn't really mean anything. After all, it almost always comes down to practical application right? If most of the traditional surround sound tracks sound like garbage because they were poorly encoded it's the same effect right?
On the other hand, even with my Dave & Tim Reynolds at Radio City blu-ray I can still blind test the different tracks. And I'm guessing some care was done with the different encodings given it's an audio disc.
And I have pretty humble gear. I would think it's more obvious on top notch stuff.
