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Posted: 11/24/2022 10:43:24 PM EDT
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Matrix
Dark Knight Saving Private Ryan Avatar |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 10:46:31 PM EDT
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IMO, if yours also includes a serious sub, "Saving Private Ryan" will sure let ya know it's working okay.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 11:00:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Saving Private Ryan the beach scene. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 11:02:40 PM EDT
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Pink Floyd - The Wall
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Posted: 11/24/2022 11:12:29 PM EDT
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Master and Commander
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Posted: 11/25/2022 12:15:00 AM EDT
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One of the Batman movies....I think it was a Christian Bale one.
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Posted: 11/25/2022 1:36:46 AM EDT
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Oblivion
Starship troopers Aliens Predator T3 
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Posted: 11/25/2022 2:38:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Besides the sub workout, there's a lot of other nuanced sound in that scene that tests the entire system, such as the shower of glass. A superb system will make it sound like it's raining down all around with pin sharp sound. That's also why I suggested the train crash scene from Super 8. It's a full range work out for your system, and the nuance of when the train slams on its brakes, only the best of calibration will pull out that sound correctly. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: If you have a setup that can do THX Reference at your listening positioning and subs that can go down to single digit Hz at high SPLs, Tom Cruise War Of The Worlds. The scene where the alien pod first emerges from the ground shakes my house  Besides the sub workout, there's a lot of other nuanced sound in that scene that tests the entire system, such as the shower of glass. A superb system will make it sound like it's raining down all around with pin sharp sound. That's also why I suggested the train crash scene from Super 8. It's a full range work out for your system, and the nuance of when the train slams on its brakes, only the best of calibration will pull out that sound correctly. Yep. |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 2:44:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Heat. Specifically, the big shootout in the city. No question. You can hear the gunshots echoing off the buildings "Rather than dubbing in the gunshots during the bank robbery shoot-out, Michael Mann had microphones carefully placed around the set so that the audio could be captured live. This added to the impact of the scene, because it sounded like no other gunfight shown on-screen." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113277/trivia?item=tr2697448 |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 3:02:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: One of the Batman movies....I think it was a Christian Bale one. Ugh. I personally can't stand Christopher Nolan movies, when it comes to the audio. That moron overuses clipping in the sound effects like JJ Abrams overused lens flare in Super 8, and the Star Trek remake with Christopher Pike.  It sounds like absolute crap at THX Reference levels on a capable setup. That clipping you hear isn't your audio chain hitting its limits. It's audio clipping recorded in the soundtrack. There are TONS of movies with dynamic clean sound effects that are louder, but I'm positive Nolan must be half deaf because he seems to LIKE pushing the audio mixer/sound designer to push the gains to the point of producing audio clipping in the recording chain. Interstellar has tons of audible clipping too. I can understand some sound designers/directors pushing clipping as an occasional audio effect for certain things, eg. In Tron: Legacy, when they used audio clipping as an effect for the sound of the thrusters on the flying craft when Sam first enters the grid, and some clipping with the jet battle at the end, but the rest of the soundtrack is loud and dynamic, but clean, unlike the soundtracks in Nolan movies where anytime things get loud, you can hear the harsh sound of clipping. Nolan must think clipping sounds 'gritty' or something equally stupid (because he's deaf), much like some directors who got so carried away with shaky cam, that a closeup of 2 people in quiet conversation in a boardroom, and it looked like they had Michael J Fox as the cameraman, with shit shaking all over the place. |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 4:07:19 AM EDT
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The moon exploding at the beginning of Star Trek Undiscovered Country is impressive, used it to tune my system back in the day.
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Posted: 11/25/2022 4:15:22 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/25/2022 4:19:20 AM EDT
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Strange Days
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Posted: 11/25/2022 4:20:51 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Heat. Specifically, the big shootout in the city. |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 8:02:09 AM EDT
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Private Ryan
Top Gun - (both) Tron Legacy The current 4K edition of Star Wars (77), they remastered the sound .... again, and it is pretty good. movies that sound great, but due to the 'tards at Disney, you have to bring the volume up extra high to get to "normal" levels. The Black Hole Rogue One While the actual stories mostly suck, the sound and visual is awesome on Disney Wars. But, again, low levels, you have to crank them up to enjoy. |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 8:06:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Master and Commander. Kharn There it is. The cannon battle can trigger pant shitting w the right system. |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 10:44:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yup, that scene sold my last house for me. As soon as they heard the arrows falling all around they were hooked. The arrows are a huge part of it, especially if you have at least a 5.1 system. But the more the better as that in particular is one of the best known examples of spatial sound. But that scene in particular also has everything else - orchestral music, dialogue, slow motion, combat, rear/front transitions, you name it. |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 10:53:47 AM EDT
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For me, interstellar, Oblivion, Aliens or mad max, fury road
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Posted: 11/25/2022 11:03:07 AM EDT
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This turned all the way up:
 New Order - Blue Monday If your system does not blow by the end, it may be an alright system. This is what I use to test any new sound system. |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 11:06:43 AM EDT
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Imax movie "Hubble" about the space shuttle mission to repair the Hubble telescope. The launch scene is fantastic. I've killed one sub with that scene.
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Posted: 11/25/2022 11:09:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Saving Private Ryan the beach scene. The Fifth Element (all of it), battle scene from Fury, I have a couple others too that escape. |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 4:31:23 PM EDT
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Did OP get home with the BluRay yet?
Kharn |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 4:38:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Baby Shark Do do doodoo do do doo doodoo |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 4:45:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Did OP get home with the BluRay yet? Kharn Man, I’m not brave enough to set foot into a store between Thanksgiving and New Year’s.  I will get a copy very soon, though. Way too many endorsements for this one to not do that. |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 4:48:15 PM EDT
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Opening scenes:
Heat Saving Private Ryan Dark Knight |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 5:27:03 PM EDT
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Master and Commander
Cannon fire ripping the decks |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 5:28:14 PM EDT
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@Kharn
O.K. I watched some of the scenes on youtube and I may have to venture out into the real world so I can watch this tonight.
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Posted: 11/25/2022 5:29:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Master and Commander Cannon fire ripping the decks Yep, that’s the scene I just watched.
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Posted: 11/25/2022 5:38:18 PM EDT
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Nobody said Star Wars are yet?
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Posted: 11/25/2022 5:41:29 PM EDT
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The sound design in Backdraft blew me away. The audio made the fire a character in the film.
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Posted: 11/25/2022 5:49:00 PM EDT
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Inception
Blade Runner 2049 Interstellar Fury The Matrix trilogy Forrest Gump Apollo 13 |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 5:49:46 PM EDT
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I thought Act of Valor had amazing sound.
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Posted: 11/25/2022 5:51:01 PM EDT
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 Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok "From CHESS" This one will knock pictures off the wall. |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 5:52:52 PM EDT
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Surprisingly,
Con-Air |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 5:55:43 PM EDT
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Dukes of Hazzard
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Posted: 11/25/2022 5:58:53 PM EDT
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No Thin Red Line in the first few posts? Disappoint.
J.J. Abrams Star Trek Act of Valor The convoy scene from dia de soldado or the opening scene with border patrol? Master and Commander/Saving Private Ryan obviously. |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 6:34:15 PM EDT
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Gladiator, Private Ryan, Tron, Avatar, and several more I can't remember now were favorites in the audio video business for demo purposes.
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Posted: 11/25/2022 6:37:13 PM EDT
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Days of Thunder isy personal favorite for this task, Apocalypse Now also works well.
If you are working on tuning bass, Tron Legacy. |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 6:48:37 PM EDT
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Shoot out downtown from the movie HEAT
Blackhawk Down Last of the Mohicans Days of Thunder |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 7:04:33 PM EDT
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Days of thunder. Pretty much going to give you a great test.
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Posted: 11/25/2022 7:15:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Blackhawk Down. This right here was my initial thought. There's some great audio in that movie. |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 7:17:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @Kharn O.K. I watched some of the scenes on youtube and I may have to venture out into the real world so I can watch this tonight.  Attached FileKharn |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 8:08:29 PM EDT
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Alright, I’m about to watch it!
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Posted: 11/25/2022 8:11:06 PM EDT
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over at avsforum, the tank tap scene from finding Nemo was the gold standard for testing your sub.
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Posted: 11/25/2022 9:26:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: over at avsforum, the tank tap scene from finding Nemo was the gold standard for testing your sub. There have been numerous 'standards' on avsforums for testing subs (the cannons in Master and Commander are definitely on the list). There's also a difference between ported vs sealed setups. Some ported subs can put out a lot of SPLs above 25-30Hz, but they all roll off hard below certain frequncies, depending on port tuning and cabinet volume. One of the hardest scenes for any infrasonic system to reproduce, is the airplane crash in War Of The Worlds. For whatever reason, Randy Thom included high SPL effects in the 1-3Hz range (something which very few setups on the planet can reproduce at Reference levels. Even the studio he mixed it at couldn't do it). My setup doesn't even have a prayer of doing anything that low (mine does 9Hz at decent SPLs with extension to 7Hz, but that's about it. Maybe one of these days, if I ever build a completely sound/vibration isolated HT with a Thigpen Rotary). |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 10:39:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I thought Act of Valor had amazing sound. Agreed. The boat extraction scene sounds great. |
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Posted: 11/25/2022 11:58:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Alright, I’m about to watch it! https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ea/a7/94/eaa79451ca98cbe582f78873eea9c823.gif Andddd? Can you hear anything beyond EEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeee? Kharn |
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Posted: 11/26/2022 12:26:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Andddd? Can you hear anything beyond EEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeee? Kharn Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Alright, I’m about to watch it! https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ea/a7/94/eaa79451ca98cbe582f78873eea9c823.gif Andddd? Can you hear anything beyond EEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeee? Kharn  As the movie started below deck, I could hear the creaking of the ship all around. Above deck, I could hear waves of the sea, creaking sounds, wind, voices along with general movement all around, too. This is exactly what I was looking for - to be immersed into the scene as if I were there. Is there really a better setting to bring all of this to the viewer? Everest was good but howling wind is howling wind. The Revenant is good for the outdoor scenes with battles, rain, and of course the scene with the bear but not as consistent and detailed as M&C is. My only critique is the battle scenes with some of the explosions overemphasized in the rear channels, at least more than I thought it should be. Even the closing credit music is layered surround sound, which I really enjoyed, too. Thanks, Kharn! Your recommendation, as well as your accompanying chorus of supporters, were spot on.  |
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Posted: 11/26/2022 12:58:09 AM EDT
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Some movies I’m sad to not see listed (or maybe posted but I just missed them) -
13 Hours Any Mission Impossible movie 300 The Revenant ( this one fooled my cat with a bird chirp in the left rear channel, lol) One of the Sicario movies Other Michael Mann movies other than Heat & LOTM Denzel Washington needs at least one of his movies listed, dammit. No horror movies, lol I’m not really a super heroes movie fan (other than The Watchmen & Winter Soldier) I didn’t really miss any of those. I do understand why the Dark Knight ones were mentioned, though. Anyone have Led Zeppelin Celebration Day? How does it sound? |
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Posted: 11/26/2022 1:01:06 AM EDT
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This always has done it since the 90's... If it rings your head and shakes your bones. Your surround and sub are perfect.....
 THX Sound Effect Or a little GnR Paradise City. Has highs and the bass. |
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