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 For the PQ Tier Thread, please click here.


after picking up my jaw from the floor following Underworld, i thought there should be a thread dedicated to audio quality on our bd discs. underworld is perhaps the best sounding bd i've heard out of my whole collection, i even popped in potc: dmc to make sure i wasn't wrong and to me the 16bit lpcm sounded better than the 24bit lpcm on dmc.


List so far. I'll try to maintain this as much as i can tho it will prob idle through weekends. when posting suggestion please give full title and audio option (best available and one listened to if diff). i'll add poster's name at the end so we'd know who to flame.


*Listing is in alphabetical order. If you made a post and i did not put your choice in the tier, please PM me with the choice and make sure you provide a tier number. Also please list the track you are rating, and also distinguish DTS-MA core and lossless.

REFERENCE QUALITY
  • APOCALYPTO (LPCM)
  • BAND OF BROTHERS (DTS-HD:MA)
  • BLACK HAWK DOWN (LPCM)
  • CLOVERFIELD (TrueHD)
  • DAVE MATTHEWS & TIM REYNOLDS: LIVE AT RADIO CITY (24bit TrueHD)
  • THE DARK KNIGHT (TrueHD)
  • DIE HARD 4.0 (DTS-HD:MA)
  • HELLBOY II: GOLDEN ARMY (DTS-HD:MA)
  • THE INCREDIBLE HULK (DTS-HD:MA)
  • KUNG FU PANDA (TrueHD)
  • MASTER & COMMANDER (DTS-HD:MA)
  • THE MATRIX (TrueHD)
  • MATRIX RELOADED (TrueHD)
  • MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (TrueHD)
  • MR. & MRS. SMITH (DTS-HD:MA)
  • THE POLICE: CERTIFIABLE - LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES (TrueHD)
  • RATATOUILLE (LPCM)
  • TRANSFORMERS (TrueHD)
  • U-571 (DTS-HD:MA)
  • WHERE THE LIGHT IS: JOHN MAYER LIVE IN CONCERT (TrueHD)


Tier 0:
  • 28 Weeks Later (DTS-MA:HD)
  • 3:10 to Yuma (LPCM)
  • Air Force One (LPCM)
  • Alien Vs Predator (DTS-HD MA)
  • Alien Vs Predator: Requiem (DTS-HD:MA)
  • August Rush (TrueHD)
  • Batman Begins (TrueHD)
  • Behind Enemy Lines (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Bridge to Terabithia (LPCM)
  • Cars (LPCM)
  • Cast Away (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Celine Dion: A New Day... Live in Las Vegas (TrueHD 5.1 96/24)
  • Chicago with Earth, Wind & Fire: Live at the Greek Theatre (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Chris Botti Live with Orchestra and Special Guests (LPCM 24bit 13.8Mbps)
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (LPCM)
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (DTS-HD:MA)
  • David Gilmour: Remember That Night (TrueHD)
  • The Day After Tomorrow (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Death Race (DTS-HD:MA)
  • The Descent (LPCM)
  • The Eye (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Face/Off (Japanese Import) (LPCM)
  • The Fall (TrueHD)
  • Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer (DTS-HD:MA)
  • The Fifth Element (Remastered) (16bit LPCM)
  • Final Fantasy: Spirits Within (LPCM)
  • Ghost in the Shell: Innocence (LPCM)
  • The Golden Compass (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Hairspray (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (LPCM)
  • Hellboy (LPCM)
  • Hidalgo (LPCM)
  • House of 1000 Corpses (DTS-HD:MA)
  • House of Flying Daggers (LPCM)
  • Hulk (DTS-HD:MA)
  • I, Robot (DTS-HD:MA)
  • I Am Legend (TrueHD)
  • Immortal Beloved (TrueHD)
  • Independence Day (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (TrueHD)
  • Iron Man (TrueHD)
  • Kill Bill Volume 1 (LPCM)
  • Kill Bill Volume 2 (LPCM)
  • Kingdom of Heaven: The Director's Cut (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Legends of Jazz Showcase with Ramsey Lewis (TrueHD)
  • Letters from Iwo Jima (TrueHD)
  • Man on Fire (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Maximum Risk (TrueHD)
  • Men in Black (TrueHD)
  • The Messengers (LPCM)
  • Monster House (LPCM)
  • The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (DTS-HD:MA)
  • NiN Live: Beside You in Time (TrueHD)
  • National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets (24bit TrueHD)
  • No Country For Old Men (LPCM)
  • The Orphanage (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Pan's Labyrinth (DTS-HD:MA)
  • The Pathfinder (DTS-HD:MA)
  • The Patriot (LPCM)
  • Pearl Harbor (LPCM)
  • The Perfect Storm (TrueHD)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (24bit LPCM)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (24bit LPCM)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (24bit LPCM)
  • Planet Terror (TrueHD)
  • The Polar Express (TrueHD)
  • Red Cliff (Part 1) (LPCM)
  • Reign of Fire (LPCM)
  • Resident Evil: Extinction (TrueHD)
  • Ronin (UK Import) (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Roy Orbison: Black & White Night (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Saawariya (TrueHD)
  • Saw III (LPCM)
  • Saw IV (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Signs (LPCM)
  • Sin City (Canada) (DTS-HD:MA)
  • The Sopranos: Season Six, Part 1 (LPCM)
  • The Sopranos: Season Six, Part 2 (LPCM)
  • Sparrow (LPCM)
  • Spiderman 2 (TrueHD)
  • Spiderman 3 (TrueHD)
  • Star Wars: Clone Wars (TrueHD)
  • Stomp the Yard (TrueHD)
  • The Strangers (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Sunshine (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Superman Returns (LPCM)
  • Top Gun (DTS-HD:MA)
  • The Transporter 2 (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Tropic Thunder (TrueHD)
  • Untraceable (TrueHD)
  • Wanted (DTS-HD:MA)
  • War (7.1 LPCM)


Tier 1:
  • 10,000 BC (TrueHD)
  • 30 Days of Night (TrueHD)
  • 300 (16bit LPCM, TrueHD)
  • AC/DC: Live at Donington (LPCM 24bit)
  • Across the Universe (TrueHD)
  • Afro Samurai: Director's Cut (TrueHD)
  • The Air I Breathe (DTS-HD:MA)
  • The Bank Job (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Becoming Jane (LPCM)
  • Blade Runner: The Final Cut (TrueHD)
  • Blood Diamond (LPCM)
  • The Brave One (TrueHD)
  • Casino Royale (16bit LPCM)
  • Chicken Little (LPCM)
  • The Counterfeiters (TrueHD)
  • Crank (6.1 LPCM)
  • Crimson Tide (LPCM)
  • Curse of the Golden Flower (16bit LPCM)
  • Day Watch (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Deja Vu (LPCM)
  • The Departed (16bit LPCM)
  • The Devil Wears Prada (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Die Hard (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Die Hard with a Vengeance (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Doomsday (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Dreamgirls (DD 640)
  • Eagle Eye (TrueHD)
  • Enchanted (TrueHD)
  • Entrapment (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Face/Off (DTS-ES)
  • Fantastic Four (DTS-HD:MA)
  • The Forbidden Kingdom (DTS-HD:MA)
  • From Dusk Til Dawn (DTS-HD:MA)
  • The Guardian (LPCM)
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azakhban
  • Hitman (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Horton Hears a Who (DTS-HD:MA)
  • The Host (LPCM)
  • The Hunt for Red October (TrueHD)
  • In the Valley of Elah (TrueHD)
  • Incubus: Alive at Red Rocks (LPCM)
  • The Island (DD 640)
  • John Legend: Live at the House of Blues (LPCM)
  • Jumper (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Justice League: The New Frontier (TrueHD)
  • King Arthur Director's Cut(LPCM)
  • The Kingdom (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Korn: Live at Montreux (DTS-HD:MA/TrueHD)
  • Korn: Live on the Other Side (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Kung Fu Hustle (LPCM)
  • The Life Before her Eyes (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Mamma Mia! (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Miami Vice (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Mongol (DD640)
  • Mr. Brooks (DTS-HD:MA Core)
  • National Treasure (LPCM)
  • Outbreak (TrueHD)
  • Planet of the Apes (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Predator (DTS-HD:MA)
  • The Prestige (LPCM)
  • The Proposition (TrueHD)
  • Rambo (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Rescue Dawn (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Resident Evil (TrueHD)
  • Resident Evil: Apocalypse (LPCM)
  • The Rock (LPCM)
  • The Ruins (TrueHD)
  • Rush Hour 3 (DTS-HD:MA)
  • The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Shakira: Oral Fixation Tour (LPCM 24bit)
  • Shoot 'Em Up (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Silent Hill (16bit LPCM)
  • Speed (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Spiderman (TrueHD)
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles (TrueHD)
  • Starship Troopers (LPCM)
  • Step Up 2 The Streets (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Superbad (TrueHD)
  • Surf's Up (LPCM)
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (TrueHD)
  • T3: Rise Of The Machines (DD 640)
  • Tears of the Sun (LPCM)
  • The Thing (DTS-HD:MA)
  • TMNT (TrueHD)
  • Tinker Bell (LPCM)
  • Transsiberian (DD640)
  • The Transporter (DTS-HD MA)
  • Troy (Director's Cut) (LPCM)
  • Twister (TrueHD)
  • Underworld (LPCM)
  • Underworld: Evolution (LPCM)
  • V For Vendetta (TrueHD)
  • Vacancy (LPCM)
  • Vantage Point (TrueHD)
  • Wall-E (DTS-HD:MA)
  • We Own the Night (TrueHD)
  • X-Men: The Last Stand (DTS-MA)


Tier 2:
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (LPCM)
  • Appleseed: Ex Machina (DD 640)
  • Baraka (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Be Kind, Rewind (TrueHD)
  • The Bee Movie (TrueHD)
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula (16bit LPCM)
  • Broken Arrow (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Dark City (DC) (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Death Proof (TrueHD)
  • Disturbia (DTS)
  • Dragon Ball Z - Bardock/Trucks (TrueHD)
  • Dragon Ball Z - Broly Double Feature (DTS)
  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Get Smart (DD640)
  • Gone Baby Gone (LPCM)
  • Hancock (TrueHD)
  • Hart's War (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Invincible (LPCM)
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth (DD640)
  • Justice League: The New Frontier (TrueHD)
  • Justin Timberlake: Live at Madison Square Garden (LPCM 24-bit)
  • L.A. Confidential (TrueHD)
  • The Last Samurai (DD 640)
  • M:I-3 (DD 640)
  • The Mist (TrueHD)
  • Night at the Museum (DTS-MA Core)
  • A Passage to India (TrueHD)
  • The Replacement Killers (LPCM)
  • Resident Evil: Degeneration ()
  • The Scorpion King (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (TrueHD)
  • Shine a Light (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Shooter (DD 640)
  • The Signal (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (DD 640)
  • Sleeping Beauty (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Street Kings (DTS-HD:MA)
  • There Will Be Blood (TrueHD)
  • Universal Soldier (DTS-HD:MA)
  • The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (TrueHD)
  • We Were Soldiers (DTS-MA Core)


Tier 3:
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (DD 640)
  • Blazing Saddles (DD 640)
  • A Clockwork Orange (LPCM)
  • Black Snake Moan (DD 640)
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (any lossless track)
  • Eastern Promises (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Eraser (TrueHD)
  • The Godfather (TrueHD)
  • The Invincible Iron Man (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Juno (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Justice League: Season 1 (DD 640)
  • Memento (LPCM)
  • Michael Clayton (DD 640)
  • The Other Boleyn Girl (TrueHD)
  • Purple Rain (16bit TrueHD)
  • Rambo: First Blood (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Rambo: First Blood Part II (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Rambo III (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Rising Sun (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Speed Racer (DD640)
  • Stargate Continuum (DTS-HD:MA)
  • Starship Troopers 3: Marauders (TrueHD)
  • Step Brothers ()
  • Sublime (DD640)
  • T2: Judgment Day (DTS-ES)
  • Unforgiven (DD 640)


Tier 4:
  • The Bucket List (DD640)
  • No Reservations (DD640)
  • Patton (DTS-HD:MA Core)
  • The Shining (LPCM)
  • The Terminator (LPCM)
  • Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete First Season (DD 640)


Tier 5:
  • The Searchers (DD640?)
 
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#52 ·
Kingdom of Heaven is an awesome soundtrack.


A question for those in the know! I have a Sammy 1200. I am using analog cables (5.1) to my preamp (just as I do with SACD from my Denon player). In audio setup there is only one selection on KOH...which is DTS-MA. So, am I getting high def audio?


Marcus
 
#53 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by Desert Pilot /forum/post/11864157


Kingdom of Heaven is an awesome soundtrack.


A question for those in the know! I have a Sammy 1200. I am using analog cables (5.1) to my preamp (just as I do with SACD from my Denon player). In audio setup there is only one selection on KOH...which is DTS-MA. So, am I getting high def audio?


Marcus

you are getting the core DTS track at 1.5Mbps, whether that's considered hi-def depends on who you talk to. there really isn't a definition for hi-def audio like there is for video (720p and up).


AC/DC Live at Donington added to Tier 0
 
#54 ·
Great idea


definitely should be stickied
 
#55 ·
anyone want to add to this please
 
#58 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by jkcheng122 /forum/post/11856412


not a problem on blu-ray as shown by the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. both over 2 hours with very high video bitrate and 24/96 lossless audio.

Both POTC "only" have 24/48 soundtracks, which is the highest resolution the movie studios use (currently). The only 24/96 titles I know of are: Chris Botti, Dave Mathews, and "Natures Journey".
 
#61 ·
I would put Hellboy in tier 0. The overall sound was amazing, and the LFE in particular



Underworld of course sounds fantastic. There is not really one stand out area as far as the sound on this disc as it seems very balanced as far as highs, mids, LFE. Just a great, LOUD, balanced mix.
 
#63 ·
Watched X-Men Last Stand last night. I could only have the volume turned up about three quarters in comparison to most other BDs I watch in this genre. Wow! Definitely Tier 0 and not just because of the volume. The surround sound is superb!


BTW though, I was a bit disappointed with the PQ. I have the SD DVD and this BD was not a large improvement over that.
 
#64 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by Toe /forum/post/11995333


I would put Hellboy in tier 0. The overall sound was amazing, and the LFE in particular



Underworld of course sounds fantastic. There is not really one stand out area as far as the sound on this disc as it seems very balanced as far as highs, mids, LFE. Just a great, LOUD, balanced mix.

will need another vote for either 0 or 1 on this title.
 
#66 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by robertc88 /forum/post/12008653


Watched X-Men Last Stand last night. I could only have the volume turned up about three quarters in comparison to most other BDs I watch in this genre. Wow! Definitely Tier 0 and not just because of the volume. The surround sound is superb!


BTW though, I was a bit disappointed with the PQ. I have the SD DVD and this BD was not a large improvement over that.

Just a reminder to folks that louder doesn't always equate better. (Neither does "lots of bass" mean good soundtrack) I noted that you said "not just because of the volume.", but it seemed a good reminder anyway. :)


My import copy of Curse of the Golden Flower has a much louder Dolby Digital 5.1 than my Blu-ray disc but once the levels are matched the DYNAMICS are much better. As is the seperation, quiet sounds, and mid-bass. (I find the lowest bass to be pretty close. Probably because the wave lengths are longer for low bass compared to high sounds so compression doesn't effect them as much.)
 
#71 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by chirpie /forum/post/12010428


Just a reminder to folks that louder doesn't always equate better. (Neither does "lots of bass" mean good soundtrack) I noted that you said "not just because of the volume.", but it seemed a good reminder anyway. :)


My import copy of Curse of the Golden Flower has a much louder Dolby Digital 5.1 than my Blu-ray disc but once the levels are matched the DYNAMICS are much better. As is the seperation, quiet sounds, and mid-bass. (I find the lowest bass to be pretty close. Probably because the wave lengths are longer for low bass compared to high sounds so compression doesn't effect them as much.)

your import copy of Curse in SD or BD?
 
#74 ·
Close encounters had some very good scenes. The bass at times had me looking at the ceiling wondering if tiles were going to start dropping. I was hearing rattles from all over the house.
This is a great title to use if you're not sure your sub is working.
 
#75 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by Legairre /forum/post/11833638


Mods can we make this a sticky?

+1


BTW


Add Transporter 1 and 2 to tier 0 please. Even though 2 sucks in terms of a movie, it sounds sooooooo good.
 
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