Here is the list compiled by DrPainMD so you don't have to dig for it:
House crumbling DVD list (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=8394351&&#post8394351)

I need more toys for my new PB12-ISD. Aside from what SVS recommends what do you guys like, especially horror movies if there are any with good bass.
So far I have Finding Nemo, LOTR Trilogy, SW Ep 1 & 2, Shaun of the Dead, and I thought Sky Captain would bring our ceiling down on us:D I need to snag copies of U-571, The Haunting, Daredevil, and I, Robot. Any other recommendations?
Feel free to chastise me for not using the search function. I did, I just wanted to see if any titles came up I haven't heard mentioned before.
As far as Sky Captain goes, all I can say is this movie will put a smile on the face of anyone with a decent sub.

There are tones of them out there but give "The Cronicles or Ridick" a shot its actualy not too shabby and the bass is intense through out.

Horror Movies:
The Ring

Darkness Falls (2003)
Starring: Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield
Director: Jonathan Liebesman

That's good news, I have a copy of The Ring still in the cellophane on my bookshelf.

Master and Commander DTS
Saving Private Ryan DTS
Star Wars Trilogy
Spider-man 2 SB DTS
Jurassic Park DTS
The Haunting DTS
the Lion King
Titan A.E. DTS
LOTR EEs DTS

All of these have great bass with Master and Commander being my favorite.

Bought Alien vs Predator (did I just admit to that? ) and the last 20 minutes have some pretty good bone crushing bass scenes.

I got Titan AE at target for $5 and the ice field scene (ch 16) is the best... my wife thought we were having an earthquake and she was clear on the other side of the house.

Watched The Grudge last night and there is a good couple crumbling points.
During the opening credits at the end when the hand hits the blood puddle. :eek: :eek: :eek:
Another near the end when the mans hanging body is hitting the wall.:eek: :eek: :eek:


peace

Resident Evil..Blade I and Blade II.. LOTS of killer bass.

Originally posted by Woodrow
Resident Evil..

Especially the new one - Apocalypse (my new favorite for bass/action)

T3
Minority report
Fifth element
MI-2
Planet of the apes
Gladiator
Saving private Ryan
MIB
Behind enemy lines
Black hawk down
Pearl Harbour

Just to name a few more....

Originally posted by SIMJEDI

Another near the end when the mans hanging body is hitting the wall.:eek: :eek: :eek:


peace
This scene is really scary . Those who want to test your sub , this is one of the best I have ever tried :D

Originally posted by Jason Yeo
This scene is really scary . Those who want to test your sub , this is one of the best I have ever tried :D

I saw it wednesday night & that movie scared me.

Scared me 2:)

AvP-ch1 of the extended cut, has to lowest tone in the whole movie. ch19 isn't too bad either.

I, Robot-your experiencing an accident

End of Days-many scenes

Day after tomorrow-ch 12,14, 16

Sky Captain-ch 3, 6, 13

Open Range-Head shot of the last gun battle, this one is great at reference

Patriot
Fight Club
The Core
Top Gun
Hulk
Soldier
Rundown
Freddie vs Jason

Open Range-Head shot of the last gun battle, this one is great at reference

The big shotgun blast is fantastic too.

I watched x-men 1.5 tonight; bone jarring ;-)

Check out Jurassic Park 3 (DTS option) and the "Dueling Dinosaurs"
chapter.

Godzilla. The one with Matthew Broderick. Room shaking. As a bonus, the opening menu has huge bass on a 20 second loop. I'm pretty sure some of it is sub-20hz too, but I never measured. Lots of air coming out of the sub port. This is great for someone with a projector who wants to experiment a bit without firing up the projector.

Also, the menu comes up very quickly. No previews. FBI warning, some corporate logo and then the menu. Less than 30 seconds. I know the menu by heart, cycling it endlessly while trying to get the shakers just right, and now again when setting up my new sub.

Let me diverge for a sec....

Would you guys agree that what is bone jarring for one is ho-hum for another?
I thought about all the different parameters that could be at work here:
-placement, calibration, in-room FR, sub(s), taste

I say this because I didn't find "I, Robot" or "DAT" or many other listed titles to be teeth rattling. Top Gun, Fifth Element (I have the Ult. ed)..... really?! Admittedly, my Servo15 doesn't go much below 18hz and I normally watch at about -14db from reference. I live an a 2br apartment and the Servo is eq'ed fairly flat with a BFD.

here's my short list:

Haunting DTS
Master and Commander DTS
Titan AE

There are many other titles with good bass as other have listed, but those three are always the ones I grab if I'm in the mood. Perhaps if I could do 20hz at 110db (I don't think my servo can do that, maybe 3 of them), I could add more to the list. I'm watching The Grudge and Sky Cpt tonight!

Sky Captain is the flavour du jour of bass tracks....There are some very potent, intense bass scenes.

The "Chargin' Pipe" scene in Blue Crush is another serious sustained subwoofer workout. I often use this to verify I won't easily overdrive the subwoofers after calibration (among others).

I found the depth charge scene in U-571 was great. Day after tomorrow was unreal ( the big wave scene that crushes NY city) I had a chance to hear Ed Mullins SVS PB12 Ultra/2 and while my subwoofer system is no slouch the lower limits on that thing was unreal. Hence my need for a LT circuit.:D

Originally posted by LDog2
Bought Alien vs Predator (did I just admit to that? ) and the last 20 minutes have some pretty good bone crushing bass scenes.

I AGREE!!

We just finished watching that on my new VTF-3, even the wife was like "OH MY GOD!" towards the end of the movie with that huge explosion...

Since My sub is new, I think its almost broken in now after this movie...I will probably Pop in another one of these good BASS DVD movies and that should do the trick. It would be the 4th movie watched on the new sub and a few songs played on it....

Thx,
Claude

Sky Captain and U-571 are both fun. The Grudge has a couple bass moments.
So far, I have to give The Haunting the nod as best sub candy.

Don't forget the "Matrix" trilogy. Also, Shrek2, especially towards the end with the giant gingerbread man.

Originally posted by david118383
Master and Commander DTS
Saving Private Ryan DTS
Star Wars Trilogy
Spider-man 2 SB DTS
Jurassic Park DTS
The Haunting DTS
the Lion King
Titan A.E. DTS
LOTR EEs DTS

All of these have great bass with Master and Commander being my favorite.
M & C has some great non-bass effects, too.

I really liked the tracks on Titan AE (especially the ice field) and of course the LOTR DTS tracks.

I really thought Spidey 2 was way overdone in the bass (and elsewhere). It's loud, but not realistic, IMO.

Saving Private Ryan should make you feel like there's a tank coming through the wall. Play it loud.

For bass that will make your sub curl up and whimper like a little tweeter girl, the train sequence at the beginning of 'Unbreakable' is the worst. If your sub can play this anywhere near reference, you are a man, my son!
:eek:

The Haunting as a movie is terrible. But for sheer bass output that thing is untouchable. If you can find the DTS version that is. The DTS version is a full bit rate DTS audio track. They also mixed the movie for full frequency response for all 6 channels and of course good bass response in the sub. If you have 6 full range channels the chapter where she sits in the bed and the knocking happens will give tear you a new one at reference levels.......never heard anything like it in my life

Saw the Haunting DD version a week ago and ordered the DTS version two days later. Killer soundtrack.

titan A.E.
top gun SE real loud
but blade 2 DTS has to be the king of soundtracks
simply amazing

Another vote for Sky Captain. The bass really pounds in the robots walking through the city scene.

Originally posted by Bing
Let me diverge for a sec....

Would you guys agree that what is bone jarring for one is ho-hum for another?
I thought about all the different parameters that could be at work here:
-placement, calibration, in-room FR, sub(s), taste

I say this because I didn't find "I, Robot" or "DAT" or many other listed titles to be teeth rattling.

Agreed and Agreed. I think room modes or an overly hot subwoofer come into play a lot.

I use the opening scene in LOST IN SPACE when fine tuning my sub.
The rocket blasts and the explosions that follow are great.


Ian
==============
'LOUDER IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER'

The rocket blasts caused your sub to explode !?!

the grudge has some great bass, as some have already mentioned. sky captain is pretty good too.

To DMF: Very funny. And what is it about those colors dude?

If you can find the DTS version that is. The DTS version is a full bit rate DTS audio track.
Half bit rate DTS, it is not Full bit rate.

Originally posted by Bing


I say this because I didn't find "I, Robot" or "DAT" or many other listed titles to be teeth rattling. Top Gun, Fifth Element (I have the Ult. ed)..... really?! Admittedly, my Servo15 doesn't go much below 18hz and I normally watch at about -14db from reference. I live an a 2br apartment and the Servo is eq'ed fairly flat with a BFD.



That may be the issue most recording engineers and live engineers like a hump in the lo freq not so flat. This is a prime example of EQ by RTA. try letting up on the EQ a bit not so flat.

HULK!!!!!

DaredDevil.

That movie has some awesome bass!

I am Surprised noone has mentioned Underworld that movie has very good bass too!!

I just watched Cellular, great bass!!

Mongoose107 you got that right.Blade2 was my reference for aggressive surround with killer bass but Underworld is my new champ.Also try The Exorcist the version you never saw.LOTR:Return of the King almost started a fight over the holidayz.I shut it off to keep the peace.Muy Grande Bass!!!

Originally posted by Bluesea
Another vote for Sky Captain. The bass really pounds in the robots walking through the city scene.

Thirded! Sky Captain gave my new SVS a workout yesterday.

TRULY teeth rattling?

The Core - bridge collapse
Flight of the Phoenix - pre-crash storm and crash itself

What do you think are the best scenes in Blade2? I love the Blade series. I just picked up a SVS 16-46pc Its the older one, but I think it has a little left in it. :)

Originally posted by 4runner4
TRULY teeth rattling?

The Core - bridge collapse
Jeez I saw that the other day in HD and that scene was truly a wall crumbling experience.

Flight of the Phoenix (2004) sand storm and crash

Vibrated the grills off my in-ceiling rears at -5

Originally posted by rogerssa
What do you think are the best scenes in Blade2? I love the Blade series. I just picked up a SVS 16-46pc Its the older one, but I think it has a little left in it. :)
The way I remember it, there was killer bass throughout the movie. Obviously, there were better moments than others but the whole movie seemed like a bass ride, from memory. Maybe I'll throw it in tonight and check it out again.:)

I'm certain Torque was mentioned somewhere on this thread. I watched the movie when it originally came out on DVD, then about a week ago I left my satellite receiver on and was working in my garage which is next to my den. The chase scene was playing and I hear these large banging sounds and I thought some one had hit the rear of my townhouse.

Ian

If you really want to give your sub a work out get Ladder 49 and check out the first scene when they go into a burning building. There's a back draft and it starts to explode. No pun intended, it is really a BLAST!

Ian

MY favorite is "Debbie Does the Pimp" Great bass from all the actions scenes!!!!!!!

Guys,

If you have not seen the Incredibles yet, Its a Must See/Listen too. I am not sure how low the frequency is in this movie but I thought I was gonna get ejected out of my reclyner a few times...It has some POWERFUL Bass in it. This movie has lots of bass in it, not just one or two scenes. The movie was really good too in my opinion. My VTF-3MKII handled it flawlessly and did it VERY well. The wife really liked this movie too and also said afterward " Now that was a good movie with some goooood bass"


Thx,
Claude

Great movie PB10 rumbled the house. I love the new THX intro before the movie. Great bass,great movie.............

Matrix Revolutions....

1998 US remake of Godzilla

Agree on 1998 godzilla, but you probably will ned a few qualudes to make it thru it!!Terrible movie.

brickie

U-571
The Haunting

Originally posted by ScottaDowns
Great movie PB10 rumbled the house. I love the new THX intro before the movie. Great bass,great movie.............

i think you're referring to the incredibles?

if you were, i had to turn DOWN the volume on my sub cuz it was erm... distrubing the peace... ahahha

and that new thx logo, man that thing is AWESOME!!! snuck some thumping bass in there... someone find out how low that bass goes!!!

Altho I like BladeII, think it has reference video and great audio, I would not include it int eh top BASS dvds by any stretch of the imagination.

I can't help but to wonder if room modes personal taste,& type of sub or subs being used isn't playing a big part on how some are perceiving loud or low bass here. I see so many post that one person will say that movie X has the lowest, loudest, teeth rattling bass they ever heard & they thought that there walls were going to be blown down. But than after that they say they cant believe there 12" Velo CHT could do that & live through it. Than another person comes in to say that movie 2X has twice the bass of movie X & it's the best they have ever heard.
Any way to get to my point, & just to clear things up I'm not trying to pick on anyone or change the direction of the thread. But I have most of the movies menchioned in this thread that I do agree have some very good bass in them. But I also I several different movies that I have seen menchioned that have very good bass to them but not extent that some will describe. Or another point the this movie kills the bass in that movie argument. There have been several times I will see someone say OMG you have to hear ch 23 in movie 2X where the earth gets split in two by a super ray nuke bomb, I thought it was really happening I've never heard bass like that. But than I'll go check it out & I'm like that was it, where is the insane bass they were talking about, I felt something but I had to rewind to make sure it wasn't just me farting or something. But than I throw in a movie they were comparing it to & think holly crap what were they thinking that has some bass. And I don't think my sub is no slouch either, nor am I trying to say that anyone else's is. But rather I think it is funny how wide the perception of good, low, loud, or how ever you care to describe it bass is.

I agree. This is a very subjective subject. That is why when I go on this thread, the point I try make is that if I find something that has a lot of impact, I recommend that you check it out. Unfortunately I rarely get a response.

Ian:(

Agreed. People always mention Godzilla, which made me scratch my head when I watched it with my SVS PB12-ISD.

Originally posted by mlankton
Agreed. People always mention Godzilla, which made me scratch my head when I watched it with my SVS PB12-ISD.

Actually, I think the easiest (and some of the best) bass in the whole movie is right there at the menu. It's a repeating loop of 25 hz thumps. Then you don't have to suffer through the movie itself. :-)

Glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks this way.

My wife and I watched Flight of the Phoenix last night. During several scenes, my wife was physically scared enough to grab my arm and duck behind me for protection. The bass in that movie is very realistic -- and DEEP! The whole soundtrack is very well recorded. There are some really cool percussive sound effects as well as some sustained deep bass.

When the movie was over, my wife told me I should use it as a great bass "demo" flick -- and she's not usually into "loud." I think I'll go buy a copy to keep in my collection.

Craig

Hellboy :-)

The Incredibles (http://www.***************.com/htsthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=UBB84&Number=707339&page=0&fpart=3&post#708123)! (graphs)

Originally posted by craig john
My wife and I watched Flight of the Phoenix last night. During several scenes, my wife was physically scared enough to grab my arm and duck behind me for protection. The bass in that movie is very realistic -- and DEEP! The whole soundtrack is very well recorded. There are some really cool percussive sound effects as well as some sustained deep bass.

When the movie was over, my wife told me I should use it as a great bass "demo" flick -- and she's not usually into "loud." I think I'll go buy a copy to keep in my collection.

Craig

Agreed - In DTS or DD?

I watched Phoenix a couple weeks back in DTS + THX Ultra2 and I've got to say that it is one of the most immersive mixes I have come across. I seen all the latest blockbusters but this was a real standout. I revisted U-571 this week and it wasn't even close in terms of being 3-dimensional. I find most sountracks are played AT you from front and sides. Phoenix surrounded me to the point I couldn't tell where the fronts leaves off and the side picks up. Amazing.

Oh yeah, bass rocked during the crash scene.

Originally posted by Tdekany
Agreed - In DTS or DD?

DTS 5.1

I agree with Bing about the immersiveness of the DTS soundtrack. Pans from front to back and back to front were seamless. Also, there wer no "isolated" or disconnected sounds from the back channels -- gratuitous surround effects, I call them.

In addition to the bass, the immersiveness was part of the reason my wife and I felt so caught up in the action. Great movie. Great visuals. Great Sound. Highly recommended.

Craig

Finding Nemo
Chapter 25- Darla tapping the tank. Make sure you're belted in.

Jurassic Park III- Plane crash and dinosaur fight. Starting with "Unhappy Landings" chapter.

Just watched "The Incredibles" the other night, awesome.

Originally posted by craig john
DTS 5.1

I agree with Bing about the immersiveness of the DTS soundtrack. Pans from front to back and back to front were seamless. Also, there wer no "isolated" or disconnected sounds from the back channels -- gratuitous surround effects, I call them.

In addition to the bass, the immersiveness was part of the reason my wife and I felt so caught up in the action. Great movie. Great visuals. Great Sound. Highly recommended.

Craig

My rental copy didn't have the dts option, but even in DD it shook the whole building. With a Pioneer 912 receiver at -25 I had to lower the volume. (Hsu STF2)

I just rented the Incredibles. Over at HTF I read that 2 members have blown their subs watching it! Perfect way to spend some time before Formula 1 starts later tonight. :)

I-Robot
Incredibles
U-571
Finding Nemo (Darla taping on the screen)
Jurassic Park (T-Rex scene still a crowd pleaser) ;)

I have to agree with the Incredibles. I watched it last night at a low volume. It seemed devastating. I can not wait until I watch at "real" levels. Fiding Nemo, Darla and the whale are very strong. I think T3 has some strong bass. Maybe not Low but it is loud. Kill Bill has a few nice spots as well. The animation part knocked my blinds out of the ceiling.

Watched Incredibles last night also - definitely shaking things up. Didn't really detect a tight thumping scene on the same level as Darla tapping the glass in Finding Nemo, but lots of variety of subsonic stuff from all of the cool vehicles, doors, combat, etc.

The rocket launch in The Incredibles made my neighbors shake with my SVS PB12 - Ultra/2.

Originally posted by iceman143
The rocket launch in The Incredibles made my neighbors shake with my SVS PB12 - Ultra/2.

Great recording for sure but I wasn't as impressed as I thought I'd be.

Flight of the Phoenix even in DD sounded alot better to me.

TD,

I first thought the Incredibles would be loaded with bass and it does have some but the rocket launch really got my attention. Try it and see if you agree. I don't have the chapter # right now but it's just before the big robot fight in the city near the end.
I'll try Flight of the Pheonix this weekend.

The only movie that turned on the light sensor in my remote was the Incredibles. 3 times my remote lit up on its own just from the bass.

Scott

Originally posted by iceman143
TD,

I first thought the Incredibles would be loaded with bass and it does have some but the rocket launch really got my attention. Try it and see if you agree. I don't have the chapter # right now but it's just before the big robot fight in the city near the end.
I'll try Flight of the Pheonix this weekend.

Thanks! I'll rerent it soon and FYI, I did like the bass but in my room it wasn't as powerful as FOTP.

A list of all the movies I personally own.
Fantastic 4
Mr. And Mrs. Smith
War Of The Worlds
Batman Begins
Toy Story 10th anniversary edition(made my clock fall off the wall)
Boogeyman
Team America World Police
Fight Club (where the Plan is falling apart on the side.)
Phantom Of the Opera(the new one)
Shrek 2
Blue Crush
Ladder 49
Hell Boy
Flight Of the Phoenix
The Incredibles
SpiderMan 2
T3
T2
Master And Commander
Aliens Vs Prediter
Star Wars (all of them)
Matrix (all of them)
Man On Fire
Blade 1 & 2
Step Into Liquid (one That isnt mentioned much)
The Hulk
Bring It On
Van Helsing
UnderWorld
Speed
Pearl Harbor
Resident Evil ApocaLypse
Agent Cody Banks 2(opening intro and flashlight rocket launcher scene)
Final Destination 2
Freaky Friday
Black Hawk Down
Titan A.E.
Prediter
Cast Away
Final Fantasy
Bourne Identity (Opening thunder scene)
Die Hard
Saving Private Ryan
RoboCop ( not the deepest... but the hardest hitting bass on one scene)
Terminator( I like this one better then T2)
Minority Report
Hollywood Homicide
Aladdin(cave scene)
Lost in Space
Oh forgot to mention How I LOVE my Avalanche 18

Elektra! :eek:

The Iron Giant.

Just rented Flight of the Phoenix last night after seeing everyone talk about it. I just have to say Damn that is some good stuff when they start going down where the plane goes into a roll. I got a pretty good full body massage out of it wile sitting on the couch. Everything loose or not tied down in the room made it's self noticeable as well. There has to be some decent sub sonic stuff thought the movie as well. There was a few places in it where I could feel a decent amount of bass but not hear much at all.

Originally posted by craig john
My wife and I watched Flight of the Phoenix last night. During several scenes, my wife was physically scared enough to grab my arm and duck behind me for protection. The bass in that movie is very realistic -- and DEEP!

Yeah, my wife was making whimpering sounds during the plane descent/crash, and the sandstorm scenes. The bass was deep, loud and LONG. I felt like I was going to fall out of my seat. Have to add this to my demo scene collection.

Anyone do any measurements of the subsonic stuff on Phoenix? Would be curious to see how far below 20Hz the crash scene goes.

I'd like to know as well.

I haven't seen the DTS version of it, but even the DD one has to be one of the "best bass" movies I have ever played on my system.

I wish I could listen to it at reference level, but even at -20 the building I live in is "shaking" (STF2)
Awesome sound for sure.

Jurrasic park
The Incredibles has a good track
Under Seige (when the 15" guns are fired)
The Day After Tomorrow (I love this politically motivated movie) Tidal wave scene.

Watched the newly released DVD Elektra in DTS. You want deep bass? All through the movie the sound effects were riddled with kettle drums and low frequency sound effects. The visual effects were good too and I'm not just talking about Jennifer Garner.

Ian :D

My recent favorite has been Alien Vs Predator. When my pants legs shake I know I've got some bass. It's got some of the cleanest, deepest bass I've heard in any movie.

Others I like:

SW: TPM - the pod race
Terminator 3
Master and Commander
Independence Day

In regards to Underworld: yep, it's got serious bass throughout the movie. It's got so much bass content that it actually becomes distracting and really sort of humerous. And it's not really DEEP bass, it's just this big, giant blob of bass that gets spit out slowly across the entire film.
And I'm a fan of the movie - I just think the bass content was WAY overdone

I have not seen the new DTS version yet....I wanted to know if anyone has seen this and if it has good Bass for an older movie?

I will probably pick up a copy in a week or two but was just curiuos...


Thx,
Claude

Originally posted by BMaugans
My recent favorite has been Alien Vs Predator. When my pants legs shake I know I've got some bass. It's got some of the cleanest, deepest bass I've heard in any movie.

Others I like:

SW: TPM - the pod race
Terminator 3
Master and Commander
Independence Day

In regards to Underworld: I'm a fan of the movie -

Another vampire huh? :D

Nah, Kate Beckinsale's just hot.

Originally posted by BMaugans
Nah, Kate Beckinsale's just hot.

Oh my gawd, yes. This movie - Superbit / DTS - is a real delight. Some spectacular scenes. Not brilliant moviemaking, but very enjoyable.

While certainly not a 'sub-sonic' test DVD... Open Range (DTS) has some great sonic depth. (Has it already been mentioned??) Thunderstorm in begining and gunfight near the end have great impact. Even with my meager sub (8").

cheers

The Toolbox Murders, the new one directed by Tobe Hooper. Great, or at least, frequent LFE.

Unfortunatly I watched this Toolbox Murders. Sucked as a movie but has some of the lowest steady bass notes I have ever heard. One scene your not really hearing anything but I could feel the couch shaking. Should be great for a nice sub workout, it was for my 20-39 pci.

Chuck

Actually Toolbox Murders is a nice slasher flick if you are inclined toward horror movies. The best thing Tobe has done in quite a while.

My wife and I just finished watching "The Incredibles"

WOW!!!

The sound effects in that movie are "incredible!" There were 4 or 5 times I looked at my wife and said "That was some "incredible" bass!" The whole soundtrack was "incredible" with great Left/Right and Front/Back pans. Immersion was as good or better than "Flight of the Phoenix"

It just keeps getting better and better.

Craig

Fight of the Phoenix
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v24/weezR/Waterfalls/FlightofthePhoenix_ch6_15-24.jpg

Hellboy Director's cut
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v24/weezR/Waterfalls/Hellboy_ch7_30-30.jpg

The Incredibles
1st robot fight in the jungle (~38min in I believe)
Dash in the blast tunnel during liftoff

Black Hawk Down
Chapter 4 after the pilot says "$%&@!# Irene!"

LOTR: FOTR
Ring Drop

LOTR: ROTK
Oliphant Collision
Frodos Heartbeat

Master & Commander
Chapter 4.

Finding Nemo
My favorite bass in this movie is very short, it's towards the beginning when Marlin & Dory first meet Bruce. When he turns around and chomps... I love that one. I'd love to see a FR chart for that scene, I'm curious how low it really goes. It starts and stops so quick I can't really tell.

Originally posted by kweezr
Fight of the Phoenix


Cool. What's the frequency distribution like in the sandstorm scenes?

Has anybody else rented Elektra? Or are you afraid your wife might not like you watching Jennifer Garner in those sexy outfits. The sound track also kicks!

Ian:D

First off, ditto to all of the movies above. If you just want to show of the rumble potential, try the intro to Toy Story II (still one of my favs to demo the HT... for all ages).

One thing I like about Blade II is it has all types of bass in it: dance music, rap music, fighting/punching, explosions, gun shots, mood bass, etc. It really is a lot of fun to listen to and I like the movie a lot.

I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned these bad boys:

-Toy Story 2
The 1st chapter and also a definitive sub-killer scene, when the concrete tube falls off the truck. Lots of subs will cave in with this one.

-The Brotherhood of the wolves
Has some serious bass, at least when there's a fight scene.

-Ronin
The blast at traffic lights and a few moments later on the road...

Yorcci, where have you seen a DTS version of TS2? As far I know, there is only a DD version available.

Yorcci... did you miss my post just above yours? No matter... it is worth mentioning again.

The 'echo' scene (~Ch. 3) in House of Flying Daggers was pretty sweet. Did anyone else watch it?

Originally posted by Ilkka
Yorcci, where have you seen a DTS version of TS2? As far I know, there is only a DD version available.

After some searching, I must confess that I just imagined the whole thing :confused:

Anyway, I stand behind my words about the DD-soundtrack.

Originally posted by Tweakophyte
Yorcci... did you miss my post just above yours?

Yes, I did. Wasn't that obvious :o Maybe it's time for me to grow some eyes and after that I should also learn how to read... Anyway, got two out of three, right? ;)

Originally posted by Tweakophyte
No matter... it is worth mentioning again.
You got that one right!

It's not a DVD, but try 'Supervolcano' on the Discovery HD channel!

Man on Fire is LOADED with killer sub wrenching material from beginning to end. SV PB12-PLUS/2

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JN0W.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Nobody has mentioned Vertical Limit and I thought it had some great bass during both explosions and the resultant avalanches.

Other than this one, I agree with the rest, especially Flight of the Phoenix and Sky Captain. The best single subwoofer item for me is the giant robot footsteps in Sky Captain. That moment with good subwoofer and surround just seems to make those robots so real and big and just outside your house.

just bought PV the Incredibles, Flight of the Phoenix, and Residence Evil 2: Apocalypse for $28+tax @ BB :D

CenterForAnts and others that have seen Flight of the Phoenix you might have missed a really good quick audio part that I have now on my demo disk. At the VERY end of the movie, after the credits have ended, one of the companies has there little ditty (like the THX logo) and it is of a plane sound panning from left to right, then quietly away in the surrounds from back right to back left. At about mid center/right (in bettwen the speakers) the bass that is created was quite awesome. Very powerful, and yet very quick (my personal favorite type of bass). Check it out sometime.

Also on Stars last night was HULK. That movie had crazy bass. Prettly much all throughout the scenes when he was in HULK form my house was shaking. One thing that had me concerned on a nonaudio note however, the movie seemed very VERY dark during the fight against the dogs, and again when he's fighting his father at the end. Almost too dark. Now I have my set Avia calibrated, but its been about 9months since I last calibrated. I bumped up the brightness and that let me see much more detail, but gave a washed out appearance. Anyone else have problems with this? Note: It was not completely dark in my living room, but it was close...

justin

You generally don't want to mess with Brightness once set. You might need to adjust Gamma, though. What type of TV? rear projection? Bulbs tend to dim over time, but it sounds as if your're still within the first year?

OTOH, maybe the director was going for the Doom effect.

Bout a year and a half and after the first 3-4hours of watching reduced the contrast and brightness with Avia so it should not be dying yet. I am getting ready to go through the whole electronic, manual focus ordeal, so everything will be recalibrated if I don't die or screw up to badly. :) anyone go and play that final few seconds of Flight of the Phoenix yet?

If you want some objective measurements:

Look here -

http://www.svsubwoofers.com/faq.htm#moviedemos

Titan AE. This one can't get mentioned enough. You HAVE to buy this one. I cue up chapter 16 and ride my couch around the living room (Velodyne VRP 1200).

No one mentioned "We Were Soilders"? One long pop-pop-pa-kra-ACK-ACK-BA-BA BRUMP BOOM!

not in the genre you suggest, but my kids were watching monsters, inc the other day and my wife and i thought an F-16 had buzzed the house. it was scary, for sure. a couple of scenes are epic in terms of sound spectrum: an explosion of a contaimnated sock and a scene where helicopters, etc are descending on the city.

I would recommend TopGun as a great 6.1 DTS movie. Go right to the last dogfight scene with the russian jets. Great surround sound and bass..

i don't know if anyone mentioned this here or not, but Spiderman 2 had some pretty good low end, it's one of my favorites...

here are some of my other favorites, as far as low end goes:
2 Fast 2 Furious
Black Hawk Down
The Butterfly Effect
Final Destination
Freddy vs. Jason
The Incredibles
iRobot
Kill Bill: Volume 1
Man on Fire
Matrix
Terminator 3

i know some of them were already mentioned already, i just wanted to add my favorites...

i haven't seen Flight of the Phoenix yet, but i'm going to have to get it, after all of the great things everyone here had to say about it...

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I have not seen the new DTS version yet....I wanted to know if anyone has seen this and if it has good Bass for an older movie?

I will probably pick up a copy in a week or two but was just curiuos...


Thx,
Claude

I love how the abbreviated form of "thanks" is THX. :D

Back to your question, I've watched the new rereleased Top Gun a couple of times now. Granted, I'm a Harold Faltermeyer fan (even if I mispell his last name) so the opening track was especially good, I really enjoyed both DD and DTS soundtracks.

Flybys... probably could trick a couple of neighbors into thinking they reopened the El Toro Marine Base.

Back to your question, I've watched the new rereleased Top Gun a couple of times now. Granted, I'm a Harold Faltermeyer fan (even if I mispell his last name) so the opening track was especially good, I really enjoyed both DD and DTS soundtracks..

Isn't the opening of Top Gun a Joe Satriani song that then goes into Kenny Loggins? I'm going on memory only here.

I'll check IMDB... ok, here it is:

Original Music by
Harold Faltermeyer
Michael Jay (song "Hot Summer Nights")
Giorgio Moroder (songs)

(cool, I did spell it correctly)

Now, Joe Satriani might've played the guitar on the theme song... I don't know what he looks like, but someone could check the MTV video on the disk.

Ok, quick google of "Joe Satriani Harold Faltermeyer" brings up an Angelfire site that says:
Joe Satriani-Top Gun Theme (Cover of Harold Faltermeyer/Steve Stevens)

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hey is this movie any good? Im considering buying it.

I'll let you know after I watch it this weekend.

Ian

i'm surprised no one else mentioned Freddy vs. Jason, i thought there was some very good low end in that movie...

hey is this movie any good? Im considering buying it.

It's decent, I'm glad I didn't buy it but it's at least worth a rent IMHO.
It is a good flick for a constant bass ride. I was pretty suprised at all the decent bass this movie has in it.

Pirates of the Caribbean is a great movie
great bass

No one mentioned "We Were Soilders"? One long pop-pop-pa-kra-ACK-ACK-BA-BA BRUMP BOOM!


yeah that movie is pretty intense on BASS and Surround effect :cool:


CatWoman sucked but had some good bass too

Another vote for The Chronicles Of Riddick. GOBS of bass rendering effects in this one!

re-packaged "Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black" is pretty good too.

One that nobody mentioned specifically was the Matrix in the first scene when the cops confront Trinity and she jumps up and does the front kick freeze it goes well below 20 hz , also in True Lies in the begining when arnold answers the guard's question here 's my invitation and the c4 blows up when he activates it , that one scared the crap out of my wife. :D :D

Do the Sat feeds of HD movies have audio equivalent to that of DVD? Is there any band limiting in the broadcast. My experience is that video is superior in cases where the source is not just a widescreen a dvd movie. Just wondered if there is a limitation on audio from sources like showtime HD, HBO hd, Starz HD.

I've just watched IMAX: Nascar.... holy $h#t :eek:

this documentary will test your sub!

they also channel alot of voices and sounds to the surround.

the only downside... 4:3 :(

Do the Sat feeds of HD movies have audio equivalent to that of DVD? Is there any band limiting in the broadcast. My experience is that video is superior in cases where the source is not just a widescreen a dvd movie. Just wondered if there is a limitation on audio from sources like showtime HD, HBO hd, Starz HD.
I think the short answer to that question is yes, the audio on satellite feeds utilizing Dolby Digital is the same as that on the DVD. The possible exception to that is the DTS version of a DVD. I'm not certain, but I think if there is a separate DTS version of a movie it is generaally not used on the broadcast version.

league of extraordinary gentlemen was pretty deep. I can't pinpoint which scenes, but I remember having to turn it down.

league of extraordinary gentlemen was pretty deep.

Hehe. That's funny.

I know exactly what you meant and you are correct, but when you look at that sentence by itself out of contect of this thread, it is rather funny.

Phantom of the Opera (new Joel Schumacher version) has serious bass throughout.

Great soundtrack, beautiful film.

Believe it or not - Lilo and Stitch, towards the end when they are trying to rescue Lilo from Gantu. :o

The new Barney DVD has amazing bass, when they skip around the table playing duck, duck goose my chandelier almost fell off the cieling!!! :D

Flight of the Phoenix storm/crash scene has a great deal of low bass, lots of fun. The helicopter freeze crash scene in Day After Tomorrow and Black Hawk Down F*n Irene scene is still king of low loud bass according to the waterfall charts.

I noticed someone a few posts back someone asked if the DD 5.1 feed over sat/cable was the same as the DD 5.1 sound track on DVD’s, answer is obvious to me, NO!, not even close. I’ve seen many movies on Satellite and OTA HDTV with DD5.1 and my DVD copies blow them away on the sound track.

Nobody has mentioned this yet - but maybe no one has kids that are into Harry Potter. But Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets has a great surround-sound demo scene, the Quidditch match with the "rogue bludger." There's great bass throughout as the bludger bangs into stuff, and the scene ends with the bludger pounding the ground. Even on my old dinky sub I could tell that the sound is huge. I have a BIC H-100 coming tomorrow, so I hope to watch this scene over again and see what it really should sound like. I'm not sure how low it goes, but the sound of the bludger pounding the ground multiple times is awesome. I'm sure it would make the faint of heart duck out of the way to hear it with good bass.

Another one I'm looking forward to watching over is the Echo Game scene in House of Flying Daggers. I have the R3 Edko 2-disk version with the full bit-rate DTS track on this one. The gunshots in Collateral should prove to be even more realistic with some good bass behind (err, below) them. Kung Fu Hustle (R3, DTS) has a lot of great bass (not to mention surround sound) that I'm looking forward to hearing again for the first time.


I put a few other bass-heavy movies in my Netflix queue coming up soon (Titan A.E. etc.) to help break in the new sub.

Flight of the Phoenix storm/crash scene has a great deal of low bass, lots of fun. The helicopter freeze crash scene in Day After Tomorrow and Black Hawk Down F*n Irene scene is still king of low loud bass according to the waterfall charts.

I noticed someone a few posts back someone asked if the DD 5.1 feed over sat/cable was the same as the DD 5.1 sound track on DVD’s, answer is obvious to me, NO!, not even close. I’ve seen many movies on Satellite and OTA HDTV with DD5.1 and my DVD copies blow them away on the sound track.


I have Dish network and I have found that the DD sountracks on premium channels like HBO and Starz is very good. I haven't noticed a huge difference from the same movies I have viewed on DVD. This would be a good topic to discuss on the cable and satellite forum. I just might start a thread.

Ian

The Tom Clancy/Jack Ryan movies are not bad
Jurassic Park(s) as everyone else mentioned
LoTR
Original SW Trilogy
Indiana Jones (remember the scene where he is trying to steal the plane?)
Master and Commander
Gladiator
Any Michael Bay over the top action movie (The Rock, Armageddon, Bad Boys, Pearl Harbor, etc.)
Hellboy
The Relic (not sure if it comes in DTS)
Glory/Other cival war movies with cannons (DD only I think)
The Patriot (NOT the Steven Seagal one!)

I saw a few post mentionning Titan AE... good bass in DD or DTS??? I watched it in DTS a while ago and the whole soundtrack sucked IMO.

I saw a few post mentionning Titan AE... good bass in DD or DTS??? I watched it in DTS a while ago and the whole soundtrack sucked IMO.

the combination of your speakers, receiver & sub are sucky then...or your pirated dvd/vcd :cool:

the combination of your speakers, receiver & sub are sucky then...or your pirated dvd/vcd :cool:

Do copied DVDs lose LFE? (Not that I'd ever make backup copies of DVDs, just asking out of curiosity).

I don't believe copied DVDs lose any sound. Audio takes up very little room relative to video and when people copy DVDs, even if it's shrunk to fit in a 4.7 DVD-R, audio is usually not compressed at all. I haven't heard anyone trying to save space by compressing audio, and I really can't think of why one would do that for a DVD.

the combination of your speakers, receiver & sub are sucky then...or your pirated dvd/vcd :cool:

Original DVD :p :D

it's the only movie I have with a messed up soundtrack :confused: it just doesn't sound good IMO.


Do copied DVDs lose LFE? (Not that I'd ever make backup copies of DVDs, just asking out of curiosity).


Nope... when you copy you compress the video only...

>>>>>>>> VAN HELSING <<<<<<<

werewolves growling...
thunder/lightening.....
vampires slashing, crossbows firing,
buildings falling..

from beginning till the end , this movie had some intense bass.
i say its a must have.

2nd one is "SAVING PRIVATE RYAN" . , war movie < tats enuff description.

IIRC (my Titan A.E. hasn't seen much use for a while now) the main bass scenes are in the early earth explosion scene and in the crystal fields sequence at the end.

speaking of earth exploding... I'm looking forward to seeing/hearing what they do with Hitchhiker's Guide when that eventually comes out on DVD. :)

Chapter 16 of Titan A.E. is the one you want, on the dts sound track. A lot, and I mean a lot, of furniture moving bass.
Look for The Hitchhikers Guide on September 13.

I watched Titan AE in DD this time... IMO it sounds alot better then DTS.

I watched Titan AE in DD this time... IMO it sounds alot better then DTS.

BLASPHEMY!!! :p

he turned me into a newt!


i got bettah.

Pirates of the Caribbean is a great movie
great bass

THANK YOU!

I thought this had some killer bass.

Constantine had some outstanding bass when I watched it last night. Really made my buttkicker work.

I'm surprised no one has said The Lion King, the Disney Enhanced Dolby Digital 5.1 is pretty amazing especially on the stampede scene.

I am not sure if it was this thread or another, but someone recommended The Bourne Identity and Supremacy. After watching both this weekend, I would have to disagree completely. Good movies, but no 'house crumbling bass', not even close.

Toy Story 2: Al (Toy Barn owner) sleeping surrounded by CheeTos burping scene. Short but satisfying bass scene. Your wife will hate you for playing that over and over like mine did.

league of extraordinary gentlemen was pretty deep. I can't pinpoint which scenes, but I remember having to turn it down.



I remember having to turn that one off... haha :D

I am not sure if it was this thread or another, but someone recommended The Bourne Identity and Supremacy. After watching both this weekend, I would have to disagree completely. Good movies, but no 'house crumbling bass', not even close.


There's a lot of stuff on here that's more "hey, my subwoofer just went boom" level bass than "house-crumbling bass"...

I watched Highlander in DTS this weekend and it had some deep bass scenes.

1. the first 5 min of boogeyman has some nice bass
2. as stated before, matrix trilogy...one of my favorite scenes in matrix revolutions, when neo is talking to the machine .... "SPEAK!"
3. watched hostage, but i can recall anything that stuck out at me.

I forgot if I mentioned this or not, but Kung Fu Hustle has a ton of great bass, especially towards the end. I have the R3 DTS version, and recently watched this again -- the first time I had a dinky sub, this time a new Acoustech H100 -- man what a difference, especially on this movie. I just need to get an SPL meter now and get it calibrated to the right settings. And hopefully not piss off the neighbors, of course.


I also picked up Gladiator with DTS (used), Sky Captain, and Final Fantasy used - checked out some scenes in each. I normally rent, but I had been looking for the DTS version of Gladiator (I think it's out of print), and got buy 2 get 1 free.

Here's a list of audio demo DVDs, with specific chapters listed as well:
http://www.polkaudio.com/home/toolbox/dvd_reviews.php

I'm surprised no one has said The Lion King, the Disney Enhanced Dolby Digital 5.1 is pretty amazing especially on the stampede scene.


I'll second that. I just put it in for my 7yo, and the Enhanced soundtrack is very lively across all the speakers, along with plenty of deep bass.

I checked out some more scenes, after having re-positioned and calibrated my setup over the weekend.

Here are some more great scenes with truly house-rumbling bass (perhaps already mentioned) - I was feeling these as well as hearing them:

The Matrix - "Chopper explosion" Scene 31 (1:51:11)

The Incredibles - Building comes down, Scene 6 (0:22:59), Throwing Pod, Scene 15 (0:58:15)

Fight Club - City buildings crumbling, Chapter 36

I'll be adding these to my list of huge bass moments, with Harry Potter 2 (end of Rogue Bludger Quidditch match) and Darla tapping the tank and the sub sliding in Finding Nemo.

Daylight-ch8, the tunnel explosion. The most intense stuff is in the 40-50Hz range but it's 9min long!
Also check out chapters 21, 26 and 40

like a broken record: the desert crash scene from flight of the phoenix has got to be near or at the top

Blast. around the 36th minute, when the crane hits the chopper and the chopper crashed in the water. nice.

I recently was watching a DVD and saw a preview of Stealth in DD, which is in the movies right now. When it comes out on DVD it is going to break the sound barrier!

Ian :D

OK, I searched this thread and didn't find this one.

Disney's "Fantasia 2000."

There are some Orchestral bass drum hits and low strings that really work out the sub in a musical way. You better not have a "one note thumper" sub to do these scenes their full justice.

Best bass was in about the last three minutes of Pines of Rome, the finale to Firebird Suite, and Pomp and Circumstance.

And now back to your regularly sheduled thread of car crashes and explosions. :D

Some nice LFE rumblings in the opening credits of Reign of Fire

like a broken record: the desert crash scene from flight of the phoenix has got to be near or at the top

Finally saw this last night. Amazing bass.

Watched The Lion King last night. Be sure to select Disneys Enhanced Home Theater Remix. The 'Boom' at the end of the opening song BOOMS.

Chalk up another one for Flight of the Phoenix. Never heard of the movie until this thread. Not a huge Dennis Quaid fan (he'll take any job thrown at him), but that really was an intense loud crash scene. Really puts your system to the test.

Ok, watched The Mummy Returns last night. :eek:

This movie was a CSA! (continual sub assault)! :eek: :D

Chalk up another one for Flight of the Phoenix. Never heard of the movie until this thread. Not a huge Dennis Quaid fan (he'll take any job thrown at him), but that really was an intense loud crash scene. Really puts your system to the test.


I love the part when the plane goes upside down. My Buttkickers makes It feel like your turning as well. Awesome!!! "Buttkickers Rule!!"

I dont know about "house crumbling" but "Mulholland Drive" has some pretty serious low bass.

There are a few times when its not heard so much as pretty violently felt.

hey anyone watched sin city yet? any house crumbling scenes? Toy Story 10th Anniv is also comin out soon, but I can't wait for TS2 10th Anniv comin out in Dec, has DTS yeaaahhh!!!!

Sin City has some great bass. Nothing stupendous that I can remember. Even the dialog has a ton of bass in it.

Sin City has some great bass. Nothing stupendous that I can remember. Even the dialog has a ton of bass in it.

Must have a lot of actors who are baritones! :D

Sin City has some great bass. Nothing stupendous that I can remember. Even the dialog has a ton of bass in it.

I don't quite follow. You said (great bass, nothing stupendous, & than ton of bass) which one is it man. Is you bass-a-magigger going haywire or what ;)

One of the character's voices has a lot of bass. Nothing stupendous means nothing that made me poop my pants from sudden shock.

And yes, my bassthingamajig is busted :)

Sin City: good thumps during fight scenes. nothing too attention grabbing. worth a rental if ultraviolent faux comic style isnt your cup of coffee. Definitely Buy it, if you liked Kill Bill.

highlights include:
Jessica Alba dancing
Frodo doing an impression of Gollum and Blade.
Devon Aoki

I just watched "The Hulk, Special Edition" and Holy Cow! LFE, LFE & *more* LFE! Every time Hulk takes a breath or a step there's a rumble - and there are more explosions and impacts than dialog! My teenage son kept coming in the room and saying "Dad, I think you have the sub turned up too much". Yeah, riiiiigggghhhhtttt... ;)

I dont know if anyone mentioned Constantine yet, but it blew me away. I cant remember the exact scene, but something scared the crap out of me with the bass...and I only have a Paradigm PS1000 and one aura bass shaker hooked up underneath my seating area. But I thought the reason the bass scared me so much was that it happened "all of the sudden" like and I wasnt expecting it. So I rewound it back, and told my wife I just wanted to see what it would be like if I knew it was going to happen...and it still scared the crap out of me. And only after the 6th or 7th rewind was I prepared for it mostly...

Sin City: good thumps during fight scenes. nothing too attention grabbing. worth a rental if ultraviolent faux comic style isnt your cup of coffee. Definitely Buy it, if you liked Kill Bill.

highlights include:
Jessica Alba dancing
Frodo doing an impression of Gollum and Blade.
Devon Aoki

Eh I hated Kill bill but loved Sin City.

I need more toys for my new PB12-ISD. Aside from what SVS recommends what do you guys like, especially horror movies if there are any with good bass.
So far I have... I need to snag copies of U-571,
As far as Sky Captain goes, all I can say is this movie will put a smile on the face of anyone with a decent sub.

I think its sad that because of this forum people will be supporting bad movies like U571. :)

I didn't think u571 was a bad movie. I bought it after I rented it and well before I had an SVS sub.

I think its sad that because of this forum people will be supporting bad movies like U571. :)


speaking of bad movies, since you guys all seem so keen on the haunting for its house crumbling bass, i decided to pop it in...

i want two hours of my life back!!! :mad:

although i may have to watch it again once my svs comes... :eek:

speaking of bad movies, since you guys all seem so keen on the haunting for its house crumbling bass, i decided to pop it in...

i want two hours of my life back!!! :mad:

although i may have to watch it again once my svs comes... :eek:

I dont like the movie that much either, but once you have heard the volume and depth of bass in the DTS version (chapter 10 & 17 and others) with a decent sub, you will not regret buying this movie.
I have not heard any dvd more house crumbling than this yet, and i watch, and own quite a few movies.
Ed Mullens summed it up the Haunting DTS DVD in a review of an SVS sub when he said:

) The Haunting (DTS) (main volume set at -20 dB):

We saved the best for last. We have over 100 DVDs in our collection, including all the popular LFE bass busters – but the DTS version of The Haunting is STILL the absolute, undisputed, KING of ultra low end, super pumped up LFE. Whoever mastered the DTS version of this DVD must have been on drugs because it is INSANE with bass. This DVD will blow your mind at near reference levels with this SVS sub. The combination of low, LOW bass and the sheer SPL this DVD generates will scare you - literally SCARE YOU. We kept waiting for the sub to start showing signs of distress – IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. It just kept effortlessly belting out wave after wave of PURE VISCERAL MIND BLOWING NEAR SUBSONIC BASS. Stuff rattled off my shelves - upstairs, and picture frames through the entire house were off kilter. We recorded bass peaks of approximately 111 dB (!!) at the listening position. KILLER - TOTALLY KILLER.

I couldnt agree more.
Sorry mods, i cant post url's yet
Raezzy

Raezzy,

What subby have you got? I saw Downfall last night. Incredibly powerful and absorbing movie about the last few days of Nazi Germany's downfall. Great sound effects (DTS 6.1 EX) where distant explosions were very realistic. I had just ordered a 20-39 PC Plus so I can't wait to trial some of the movies which were recommended here.

anyone know when war of the worlds is coming out on dvd? that should have some nice bass!

Gday lyndonlim

Downfall sounds interesting - will have to check that one out. Thanks...

I've only got a crappy Aaron Sub, but did borrow an M&K MX5000 from a friend of mine for quite a long while, which is where i got the opportunity to test lots of dvd's including The Haunting DTS which absolutely blew me away.

I think all of the movies listed here, will be good on your SVS.

Let me know how the 20-39 PC Plus is, if you can tear yourself away from it long enough to reply :D
I am also thinking seriously about an SVS

Boogeyman is awesome - full of very powerful bass.

Just watched "The Ring Two" tonight on my setup. Lots of sudden, startling LFE and if you have bass shakers or a powerful sub you will jump a few times.

4x18 IB with Crest CA-18 amp

Favorites:

Pirates of the Carribean
I, Robot
Spiderman 2


Not a fan of horror/slasher flicks... :(

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Saving Private Ryan.

Omaha beach scene and the Tiger tank scene.

I dont like the movie that much either, but once you have heard the volume and depth of bass in the DTS version (chapter 10 & 17 and others) with a decent sub, you will not regret buying this movie.
I have not heard any dvd more house crumbling than this yet, and i watch, and own quite a few movies.
Ed Mullens summed it up the Haunting DTS DVD in a review of an SVS sub when he said:

) The Haunting (DTS) (main volume set at -20 dB):

We saved the best for last. We have over 100 DVDs in our collection, including all the popular LFE bass busters – but the DTS version of The Haunting is STILL the absolute, undisputed, KING of ultra low end, super pumped up LFE. Whoever mastered the DTS version of this DVD must have been on drugs because it is INSANE with bass. This DVD will blow your mind at near reference levels with this SVS sub. The combination of low, LOW bass and the sheer SPL this DVD generates will scare you - literally SCARE YOU. We kept waiting for the sub to start showing signs of distress – IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. It just kept effortlessly belting out wave after wave of PURE VISCERAL MIND BLOWING NEAR SUBSONIC BASS. Stuff rattled off my shelves - upstairs, and picture frames through the entire house were off kilter. We recorded bass peaks of approximately 111 dB (!!) at the listening position. KILLER - TOTALLY KILLER.

I couldnt agree more.
Sorry mods, i cant post url's yet
Raezzy

This makes me sad because I didn't even like the original black and white Haunting I was told was a great film. Now I will be watching this one because how can I pass on such a description? At least I always like Lily Tyler.

It's by no means a great movie, but how can you not like Owen Wilson's character?

anyone know when war of the worlds is coming out on dvd? that should have some nice bass!

Netflix says Nov.

Netflix says Nov.
I've been seeing 11/22/05 for release. Looks like it will also have a DTS track. Can't wait! :)

I dont know if anyone mentioned Constantine yet, but it blew me away. I cant remember the exact scene, but something scared the crap out of me with the bass...and I only have a Paradigm PS1000 and one aura bass shaker hooked up underneath my seating area. But I thought the reason the bass scared me so much was that it happened "all of the sudden" like and I wasnt expecting it. So I rewound it back, and told my wife I just wanted to see what it would be like if I knew it was going to happen...and it still scared the crap out of me. And only after the 6th or 7th rewind was I prepared for it mostly...

Probably the scene near the beginning where the guy finds the spear of destiny and walks out and gets hit by the car. Man, that came out of nowhere.. silence, then BAM!

The Jacket is another great movie for sound - it goes from quiet to loud to quiet again all the time, really takes you by surprise the first time :D

Batman Begins!


Ian :D

I've been seeing 11/22/05 for release. Looks like it will also have a DTS track. Can't wait! :)


back from the dead!!!

War of the Worlds!!! it definitely has some HOUSE CRUMBLING .... :eek:

Mr & Mrs Smith is no slacker either. Pitt and Jolie has very good chemistry on screen, but the best parts are the multiple gun fights. With a blatant homage to John Woo. They actually filmed just outside my old neighborhood at an old Ikea lot next to the 60 freeway in the City of Industry.

Mr & Mrs Smith is no slacker either. Pitt and Jolie has very good chemistry on screen, but the best parts are the multiple gun fights. With a blatant homage to John Woo. They actually filmed just outside my old neighborhood at an old Ikea lot next to the 60 freeway in the City of Industry.


I agree. Mr. & Mrs. Smith has some great bass, and a ton of great surround channel usage.

OK, A few of these have already been mentioned, but there are a few that have not. Most these movies are recent releases, and on that will be coming out soon.

Already mentioned, but I wholeheartedly second:
Constantine
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Kill Bill (1 & 2)
Man On Fire
Bourne (Identity and Supremacy)
Monster's Inc.

Movies you should check out:
Equilibrium (Christian Bale, Taye Diggs, Emily Watson)
Spy Game (Robert Redford, Brad Pitt)
The Transporter (Jason Statham)
Ice Age
The Italian Job (Edward Norton, Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland)
The Harry Potter Films
The One (Jet Li)
Romeo Must Die (Jet Li and Aaliyah)

And here's one that when it comes out, you should just go buy:
Serenity

I agree with the majority of the others that have been cited in this thread as well.

So yank'em and crank'em.

-The Nick

Also... Fantastic 4 had some low resonances going...

still... forget about killing your sub, War of the Worlds killed my house.
(ok, that's a hyperbole. I 'merely' found a huge hairline fracture running across one of my walls after watching it)

If it didn't crack your walls... it wasn't house crumbling.

I think also worth mentioning is Phantom Of The Opera. The scene when the chandelier falls has some very good deep bass content. I could feel it sitting on my couch.

Ian

I think also worth mentioning is Phantom Of The Opera. The scene when the chandelier falls has some very good deep bass content. I could feel it sitting on my couch.

Ian

With my sub directly behind my couch, it shakes with most big bass.

I tried watching that movie, but my wife and I both fell asleep, and didn't feel like giving it another try.

I tried watching that movie, but my wife and I both fell asleep, and didn't feel like giving it another try.

Thats probably because you don't come from New York! :D Seeing it on stage is a whole different experience. When you've spent the time on Broadway like I have you will be able to appreciate it more. But then again I use to be an actor so I can't be totaly objective when it comes to this subject. :D

Ian

The Incredibles, The Iron Giant, Titan A.E., ... also the THX intro to Pixar movies... the one with the cow stampede and the robot.

Deep effects for a second or 2:
Monster's Inc - The explosion of the child's sock by CDA agents, after the 23-19
Finding Nemo - The explosion (followed by the water bubble) after Bruce was chasing Marlon+Dory
My kids always like me to A<->B these scenes, a few times during the movie, so they can relive the experience (i.e. feel the room shake).

Deep effects for a second or 2:
Monster's Inc - The explosion of the child's sock by CDA agents, after the 23-19
Finding Nemo - The explosion (followed by the water bubble) after Bruce was chasing Marlon+Dory
My kids always like me to A<->B these scenes, a few times during the movie, so they can relive the experience (i.e. feel the room shake).


Speaking of kids...
I have a 7 yo, and one time she had a friend over. Her friend doesn't have surround sound at her house. But I put in Finding Nemo, one my daughter likes because it has "big sound". I skipped to where Marlin and Dory meet the shark, and turned it up. When the shark bit down, the girl was shocked and scared stiff, sitting up like she was literally scared stiff. Teeheehee.

I love this thread, I got my pen and paper out writting down all the movies I dont own, I think Im heading to Best Buy on lunch to entertain my ears after work.

I didnt see anyone mention one of my favorites...

Gone in 60 Seconds, I think its sceen 26 at 1:28ish. But when Nick Cage gets into the Shelby (Elenor) and starts it, I feel like Im sitting in the back seat. To bad there isnt a DTS version of that bad boy out there.

I think also worth mentioning is Phantom Of The Opera. The scene when the chandelier falls has some very good deep bass content. I could feel it sitting on my couch.

Ian


Love the music in Phantom of The Opera. And the picture clarity is incredible.

I think Polar Express has some really good bass.

i know this is a ways off, but i can't wait till King Kong comes out!!!

The Island. Lots of action and lots of good bass!

Ian

The Exorcism of Emily Rose.

This movie has tons of bass...it uses bass to scare you.

The Emily Rose DVD is not to be released until tomorrow. Are you speaking from a theater experience? ;)

The Emily Rose DVD is not to be released until tomorrow. Are you speaking from a theater experience? ;)


Maybe he lives down under. :D


Ian

Somebody mentioned Hellboy; I second that motion. Lots of monsters making lots of noise, but my reference bass track is about 2-3 chapters into the movie when Rasputin opens the portal to space where the demons are floating. There's a shot that tracks a portable light floating by the demons, and the whole 10 second segment is accompanied by a seriously deep, pure bass tone that impresses everyone who watches the movie with us... sometimes I put it on just to hear the ceiling crack. :) My sub only produces down to about 25 Hz, I'd like to hear that scene with dual PB12s, or something similar... oh yes.

The Emily Rose DVD is not to be released until tomorrow. Are you speaking from a theater experience? ;)
No, I got the DVD early.

The bass kicks ass. :eek:

just watched Serenity. Had to turn down my system 3x! Lovely bass when the various ships move around.

Especially cool: heavy bass hit within the first 10 seconds. :)

Somewhat cool: All the actors attempt to speak a couple of phrases of Chinese (Mandarin)

Somewhat uncool: their accents sucked so bad it sounded like gibberish

Another great one I just found was in Shrek 2... the footsteps of the giant ginger bread man. WOW! With my VTF3-MKII it was like he was walking through my room!

I'm having a blast re-watching all of my movies since upgrading to a REAL sub. The subsonic stuff that I have been missing is unbelievable!

Long thread and its been mentioned, but War of the Worlds (any scene where the aliens are out and about destroying) was the sickest subwoofer demo I've ever seen/felt.

We watched The Santa Clause with Tim Allen last night. Not a lot of bass but the scene when they first arrive at the North Pole and the sled is decending into Christmas Town has some SERIOUS RUMBLE! :p

Watched "Man On Fire" Nice bass throughout the whole movie.....

just watched Serenity. Had to turn down my system 3x! Lovely bass when the various ships move around.

Especially cool: heavy bass hit within the first 10 seconds. :)




One of the hottest movies bass wise I've heard. The first scene blew me off the couch and made me run to turn the gain down. I thought one of the picture frames was going to fall off the wall behind the sub.

Ian

I'm too lazy to read all 8 pages, did we discuss WOTW yet. OMG :eek:

I'm too lazy to read all 8 pages, did we discuss WOTW yet. OMG :eek:


:D

War of the Worlds had some really deep bass. My Fiancee and I were watching it Christmas morning at 2am. I had to turn the volume down several times as I was worried about my neighbours :)

I agree with Scott about "Man on Fire". To borrow a phrase from Art Sonneborn, it's a real "ear cleaner" due to the high levels of sustained bass throughout. :D

Tim

Also... Fantastic 4 had some low resonances going...

still... forget about killing your sub, War of the Worlds killed my house.
(ok, that's a hyperbole. I 'merely' found a huge hairline fracture running across one of my walls after watching it)

If it didn't crack your walls... it wasn't house crumbling.

Forget about all the other movies mentioned in this subject. War of the Worlds has the deepest, most intense and sustained bass of any DVD ever made.

I did a search of this thread and did not find mention of "Blue Man Group - Audio". It is awesome. Do not miss it. Do not hesitate to purchase it. Several different types of earth moving bass, both sustained and one time hits, on every single track.

I got "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" for Christmas, and I agree about excellent bass in this movie. The one scene that gets my attention, however, isn't one that has a lot of prolonged bass. It's the one where they are in the basement and what I guess is some sort of percussion grenade goes off upstairs. Not prolonged, but VERY intense and unexpected, reminds me of the sock scene in "Monsters Inc." This scene scares the crap out of my dogs every time! :p

I agree M&M Smith is chocked full of bass surprises.

The one that got me was when she throws a meat cleaver at him and it lands with a THWOCK in the door jamb right next to his head. The impact it made digging into the wood pressurized my whole room for a second.


Tim

Forget about all the other movies mentioned in this subject. War of the Worlds has the deepest, most intense and sustained bass of any DVD ever made.
I'm with you, Gbaby!

War of the World (DTS) is THE best DVD to demo subs. I have The Haunting, but WOTW is by far the absolute best.

The introduction of the TRIPODS scene --- Oh...MY...GOD!! That alone makes you crawl for cover!!

Forget about all the other movies mentioned in this subject. War of the Worlds has the deepest, most intense and sustained bass of any DVD ever made.

My current favorites are War Of The Worlds and Fantastic Four. Both have amazing bass. I think I loved the bass in F4 even more than WOTW if that's possible. Both are MUST SEE movies for bass heads. I'll be watching both several times I'm sure.

Also, unlike many others I actually loved both movies, regardless of the bass.

I don't vote here much because quite honestly, virtually every big movie has big bass. I rent almost everything that comes out so it's nothing to write home about anymore. I think different setups produce different experiences so it must be the reason why when one man says is deep, another shrugs it off.

However, Mr. & Mrs. Smith did impress me big time not only with bass but overall sound quality. Dialogue was clear and the mix was immersive. The big bass hits when Jolie spins the minivan around to shoot the baddies and as the BMWs were flipping around, I felt the bass ripple my futon. I replayed it several times cuz it was so cool.

My deepest/most visercal picks: Master and Commander, Flight of the Phoenix, The Haunting (all DTS)

Fox is my studio of choice for best sound quality.

I can't seem to find the Haunting DTS anywhere for sale. I'm thinking of just renting the DD version to have a little taste. Maybe I'll put more effort into getting the DTS version(ebay, FS/T forum, etc) when I get my new system setup.

Also, is there a seperate release of WoTW with DTS, or is there just one DTS/DD release?

The Cave has awesome bass! Not a great movie but it's worth it.

I can't seem to find the Haunting DTS anywhere for sale. I'm thinking of just renting the DD version to have a little taste. Maybe I'll put more effort into getting the DTS version(ebay, FS/T forum, etc) when I get my new system setup.

Also, is there a seperate release of WoTW with DTS, or is there just one DTS/DD release?

It's there - just go to "setup" or "language "selection to pick the DTS soundtrack.

There are some waterfall charts in the link in my sig.