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Congratulations on the new job, Mug! You brought up another important point. One of the reasons DTS is perceived as sounding better is because of separate mixes and/or masterings that are done for the two. If you look around the net at the right places, you can find proponents of both sides claiming theirs is the better codec. There is definitely a perception out there that DTS is superior for music but I'm not convinced that this has any solid basis in fact.
I tend to lean towards AC3 for two practical reasons. Firstly, the DVD spec supports it as a basic audio track whereas the DTS is an add-on that cannot exist on a DVD without another audio track. Secondly, the more efficient bandwidth use of AC3 means there's more room for better quality video. If I were doing an audio-only disc, I'd probably go for DVD-A with uncompressed audio. Let's face it, the price of blank discs is about the same so there's no advantage in doing just a surround CD.
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