To Have and Have Not (1944)

As I previously noted, the Warner blu-ray sounds exactly the same as the iTunes download. The Warner DVD is the same, too.

In fact, the blu-ray appears to have been sourced from the same lossy file found on the DVD (same cut-off). Doesn't really matter, of course, because it sounds about the same as any other '40s Warner film: muffled and dead-sounding. Even if it were authentically 'lossless', it'd still be just as over-filtered.

I'd like to hear the MGM LaserDisc.

To Have and Have Not (1944)

The audio on the new Warner blu-ray appears to be from the same master from which the iTunes download (and probably the old DVD, too) was sourced. They both sound pretty much the same, and their spectrals also indicate as much.

So while the film's video did recently receive extensive restoration attention, the audio appears to have been carried over from the previous HD master.