The one "benefit" enthusiasts always bring up, is if the receiver knows that it is a DTS-HD MA track with 5.1 channels and you've asked for 7.1 dematrixing, it will apply NEO:6 instead of Dolby ProLogic IIx. Know what? I like the sound field created by PL IIx more than NEO:6, and by sending LPCM to my receiver I can choose which algorithm to apply (conversely I can use NEO:6 with Dolby TrueHD, if I so wanted).
You are saying that Neo6 dematrixing can't be applied to a 7.1 PCM signal? (I'm not in front of my system so can't test this right now)
So other than the above question, the only benefit is to see your receiver light up with the HD audio format of choice?
Funny, cuz that's partly what triggered starting this thread in the 1st place!
