Dolby True HD vs. DTS HD

Longhornguy, "I have A-B tested War of the Worlds and yes, it is more 'dynamic' on lossless format, not necessarily louder though."

Is War of the Worlds out in Blu Ray ???

It's coming out June 1, actually.
http://www.cinemablend.com/dvdnews/War-Of-The-Worlds-Invades-Blu-Ray-June-1st-23365.html

So you can't have tried the audio on lossless then - maybe you were switching between DTS and DD, hearing dynamic range compression in DD or even just differently mixed volumes.

BTW, I have A-B tested War of the Worlds and yes, it is more 'dynamic' on lossless format, not necessarily louder though.

Since "War of the Worlds" won't be available on Blu-ray for two more months, what *are* you talking about?

BTW, you're right that the Marantz should be able to decode multi-channel PCM, though it's limited to 5.1 unless it's had a firmware upgrade.