I hear you! Different is good...I totally agree.And this will be the last off topic comment I make on this thread...but for different what I really want is some of the more commercial 80's music. (late 70's too). I WANT THE CARS IN 5.1!!! For me..that would be a revelation....heck...even toss in some DEVO for fun.
Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello....how about some Heart!! John Cougar...Mellencamp...on and on. I could go on forever.
Try running any Cars HDtracks album through SpecWeb... sounds extremely discrete; probably the best examples of how good these conversions can sound! I just did Oingo Boingo "Dead Man's Party" last night... also great!