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Originally Posted by JkCheng122 /forum/post/0


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 PCM sounded better than the 24bit PCM 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.




Audio Tier Thread rules:
  1. Any registered AVS member is welcome to participate.
  2. Please format your votes in the following manner: [Title] ([Codec you listened to] [#/channels]) - [Recommended tier placement]

    Example:
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AVS Forum Member /forum/post/0


    Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World (DTS-HD MA 5.1) - Reference
  3. Please provide an explanation for your vote. A short paragraph will do.
  4. There is no specific criteria for what constitutes placement in any particular tier. Use your best judgment.
  5. A title must receive at least two votes to be included in the list.
  6. For a title to be placed in the Reference tier, 75% of all votes cast for that title must be marked Reference. All other tier placements are by majority vote.
  7. Where an even number of votes cast for a title are in adjoining tiers (e.g., 2 votes in Tier 0 and 2 votes in Tier 1), that title will be placed in the lower of the two tiers (e.g., Tier 1).
  8. By popular demand, movies and concerts have been listed separately.



For a list of titles in need of a second vote, click here .





REFERENCE QUALITY (MOVIES)
  • 9 (DTS-HD MA)
  • A BUG'S LIFE (DTS-HD MA)
  • APOCALYPTO (PCM)
  • BATTLE: LOS ANGELES (DTS-HD MA)
  • BOURNE ULTIMATUM, THE (DTS-HD MA)
  • CASINO ROYALE (PCM/Dolby TrueHD)
  • CLOVERFIELD (Dolby TrueHD)
  • CONAN THE BARBARIAN (2011) (DTS-HD MA)
  • FAST AND THE FURIOUS, THE: TOYKO DRIFT (DTS-HD MA)
  • FIGHT CLUB (DTS-HD MA)
  • FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (DTS-HD MA)
  • GAMER (DTS-HD MA)
  • GRAND CANYON ADVENTURE: RIVER AT RISK (DTS-HD MA)
  • HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY (DTS-HD MA)
  • HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (DTS-HD MA)
  • INCEPTION (DTS-HD MA)
  • INCREDIBLE HULK, THE (DTS-HD MA)
  • INCREDIBLES, THE (DTS-HD MA)
  • IRON MAN 2 (DTS-HD MA)
  • JURASSIC PARK (DTS-HD MA)
  • KING KONG (DTS-HD MA)
  • KUNG FU PANDA (Dolby TrueHD)
  • LAST AIRBENDER, THE (DTS-HD MA)
  • LORD OF THE RINGS, THE: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (EXTENDED) (DTS-HD MA)
  • LORD OF THE RINGS, THE: THE RETURN OF THE KING (DTS-HD MA)
  • LORD OF THE RINGS, THE: THE RETURN OF THE KING (EXTENDED) (DTS-HD MA)
  • LORD OF THE RINGS, THE: THE TWO TOWERS (EXTENDED) (DTS-HD MA)
  • LOST BLADESMAN (HK) (DTS-HD MA)
  • LOST WORLD, THE (DTS-HD MA)
  • MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (DTS-HD MA)
  • MATRIX RELOADED, THE (Dolby TrueHD)
  • MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, THE (Dolby TrueHD)
  • MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL (Dolby TrueHD)
  • MONSTERS, INC. (DTS-HD MA)
  • MR. & MRS. SMITH (DTS-HD MA)
  • RAMBO: EXTENDED CUT (DTS-HD MA)
  • REAL STEEL (DTS-HD MA)
  • SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (DTS-HD MA)
  • STAR TREK (Dolby TrueHD)
  • TERMINATOR SALVATION (DTS-HD MA)
  • THOR (DTS-HD MA)
  • TOY STORY (DTS-HD MA)
  • TOY STORY 2 (DTS-HD MA)
  • TRANSFORMERS (Dolby TrueHD)
  • TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (DTS-HD MA)
  • TRON: LEGACY (DTS-HD MA)
  • U-571 (DTS-HD MA)
  • UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING (DTS-HD MA)
  • WAR HORSE (DTS-HD MA)
  • WAR OF THE WORLDS (DTS-HD MA)
  • WE WERE SOLDIERS (IMPORT) (DTS-HD MA)






REFERENCE QUALITY (CONCERTS)
  • CHRIS BOTTI: LIVE IN BOSTON (Dolby TrueHD)
  • DAVE MATTHEWS & TIM REYNOLDS: LIVE AT RADIO CITY (Dolby TrueHD)
  • FANTASIA 2000 (DTS-HD MA)
  • LEGENDS OF JAZZ: SHOWCASE (Dolby TrueHD)
  • MICHAEL JACKSON: THIS IS IT (DTS-HD MA)
  • NINE INCH NAILS: BESIDE YOU IN TIME (Dolby TrueHD)
  • PORCUPINE TREE: ANESTHETIZE (DTS-HD MA)
  • RETURN TO FOREVER: RETURNS (DTS-HD MA)
  • ROY ORBISON: BLACK AND WHITE NIGHT (DTS-HD MA)
  • TALKING HEADS: STOP MAKING SENSE (DTS-HD MA)


Tier 0 (Movies)
  • 12 Rounds (DTS-HD MA)
  • 2 Fast 2 Furious (DTS-HD MA)
  • 28 Weeks Later (DTS-HD MA)
  • 30 Days of Night (Dolby TrueHD)
  • A Christmas Carol (2009) (DTS-HD MA)
  • Air Force One (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (DTS-HD MA)
  • Armored (DTS-HD MA)
  • A-Team, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Avatar (DTS-HD MA)
  • Babylon A.D. (DTS-HD MA)
  • Band of Brothers (DTS-HD MA)
  • Bangkok Dangerous (DTS-HD MA)
  • Batman Begins (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Battle for Terra (PCM)
  • Beauty and the Beast (DTS-HD MA)
  • Beowulf (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Black Hawk Down (PCM)
  • Bolt (DTS-HD MA)
  • Book of Eli, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Bourne Identity, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Bourne Supremacy, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Braveheart (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Bridge to Terabithia (PCM)
  • Burlesque (DTS-HD MA)
  • Cars (PCM)
  • Cars 2 (DTS-HD MA)
  • Cast Away (DTS-HD MA)
  • Children of Men (DTS-HD MA)
  • Chronicles of Narnia, The: Prince Caspian (DTS-HD MA)
  • Chronicles of Narnia, The: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (PCM)
  • Chronicles of Narnia, The: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (DTS-HD MA)
  • Chronicles of Riddick, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Clash of the Titans (2010) (DTS-HD MA)
  • Cliffhanger (DTS-HD MA)
  • Coraline (DTS-HD MA)
  • Cowboys and Aliens (DTS-HD MA)
  • Crank 2: High Voltage (DTS-HD MA)
  • Crazies, The (PCM)
  • Daredevil (DTS-HD MA)
  • Dark Knight, The (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Day the Earth Stood Still, The (2008) (DTS-HD MA)
  • Daybreakers (DTS-HD MA)
  • Death Race (DTS-HD MA)
  • Despicable Me (DTS-HD MA)
  • District 9 (DTS-HD MA)
  • Domino (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Doomsday (DTS-HD MA)
  • Drag Me to Hell (DTS-HD MA)
  • Drive Angry (DTS-HD MA)
  • Express, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Fast and Furious (DTS-HD MA)
  • Fast and the Furious, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Fast Five (DTS-HD MA)
  • Forbidden Kingdom, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Friday the 13th (2009) (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Generation Kill (DTS-HD MA)
  • Gladiator (DTS-HD MA)
  • Godzilla (1998) (DTS-HD MA)
  • Golden Compass, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Good, the Bad, the Weird; The (Korean) (DTS-HD MA)
  • Green Hornet, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Green Zone (DTS-HD MA)
  • Hanna (DTS-HD MA)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (DTS-HD MA)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (DTS-HD MA)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Hellboy (PCM)
  • Hitman (DTS-HD MA)
  • Hot Fuzz (DTS-HD MA)
  • Hulk (DTS-HD MA)
  • Hurt Locker, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • I Am Legend (Dolby TrueHD)
  • I, Robot (DTS-HD MA)
  • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (DTS-HD MA)
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Inglourious Basterds (DTS-HD MA)
  • Inside Man (DTS-HD MA)
  • Insidious (DTS-HD MA)
  • Iron Man (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Jonah Hex (DTS-HD MA)
  • Kick-Ass (DTS-HD MA)
  • Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (PCM)
  • Kill Bill, Vol. 2 (PCM)
  • Knowing (DTS-HD MA)
  • Kung Fu Panda 2 (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Law Abiding Citizen (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (DTS-HD MA)
  • Let the Right One In (Swedish) (DTS-HD MA)
  • Live Free or Die Hard (DTS-HD MA)
  • MacGruber (DTS-HD MA)
  • Man on Fire (DTS-HD MA)
  • Matrix, The (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Max Payne (DTS-HD MA)
  • Midnight Meat Train, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Minority Report (DTS-HD MA)
  • Monsters Vs. Aliens (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Mummy Returns, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Mummy, The: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (DTS-HD MA)
  • Nine (DTS-HD MA)
  • Ninja Assassin (DTS-HD MA)
  • No Country for Old Men (PCM)
  • Orphanage, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Pacific, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Pandorum (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Pan's Labyrinth (DTS-HD MA)
  • Patriot, The (PCM)
  • Pearl Harbor (PCM)
  • Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (DTS-HD MA)
  • Piranha (2010) (DTS-HD MA)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (PCM)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (PCM)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (PCM)
  • Polar Express, The (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Priest (DTS-HD MA)
  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (DTS-HD MA)
  • Punisher, The: War Zone (DTS-HD MA)
  • Push (DTS-HD MA)
  • Quantum of Solace (DTS-HD MA)
  • Quarantine (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Rambo (DTS-HD MA)
  • Ratatouille (PCM)
  • Reign of Fire (PCM)
  • Resident Evil: Afterlife (DTS-HD MA)
  • Resident Evil: Extinction (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Revolver (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Road to Perdition (DTS-HD MA)
  • Robin Hood (DTS-HD MA)
  • Rundown, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Saw IV (DTS-HD MA)
  • Saw V (DTS-HD MA)
  • Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (DTS-HD MA)
  • Serenity (DTS-HD MA)
  • Sherlock Holmes (DTS-HD MA)
  • Shoot 'Em Up (DTS-HD MA)
  • Shrek Forever After (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Signs (PCM)
  • Silent Hill (PCM)
  • Sin City (DTS-HD MA)
  • Sorcerer's Apprentice, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Star Trek: First Contact (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Star Trek: Generations (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Star Trek: Insurrection (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace (DTS-HD MA)
  • Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones (DTS-HD MA)
  • Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (DTS-HD MA)
  • Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope (DTS-HD MA)
  • Stargate (DTS-HD MA)
  • Strangers, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Sucker Punch (DTS-HD MA)
  • Sunshine (DTS-HD MA)
  • Super 8 (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Superman Returns (Dolby TrueHD/PCM)
  • Taken (DTS-HD MA)
  • Tears of the Sun (PCM)
  • Thin Red Line, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (DTS-HD MA)
  • Toy Story 3 (DTS-HD MA)
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (DTS-HD MA)
  • Transporter 3 (DTS-HD MA)
  • Twister (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Underworld (PCM)
  • Universal Soldier: Regeneration (DTS-HD MA)
  • Unstoppable (DTS-HD MA)
  • Up (DTS-HD MA)
  • Wanted (DTS-HD MA)
  • War (PCM)
  • Watchmen (DTS-HD MA)
  • Where the Wild Things Are (DTS-HD MA)
  • X2: X-Men United (DTS-HD MA)
  • X-Men (DTS-HD MA)
  • X-Men: First Class (DTS-HD MA)
  • X-Men: The Last Stand (DTS-HD MA)






Tier 0 (Concerts)
  • Blue Man Group: How to Be a Megastar (PCM)
  • Celine Dion: Live in Las Vegas (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Chicago with Earth, Wind, & Fire: Live at the Greek Theatre (DTS-HD MA)
  • David Gilmour: Remember that Night (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Diana Krall: Live in Rio (DTS-HD MA)
  • Elton John: Live at Madison Square Garden (PCM)
  • Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 (DTS-HD MA)
  • Hit Man: David Foster & Friends (DTS-HD MA)
  • Police, The: Certifiable (Dolby TrueHD)
  • U2: 360° at the Rose Bowl (DTS-HD MA)
  • Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles (Dolby TrueHD)






Tier 1 (Movies)
  • 21 (Dolby TrueHD)
  • 300 (Dolby TrueHD)
  • 2012 (DTS-HD MA)
  • 10,000 B.C. (Dolby TrueHD)
  • 3:10 to Yuma (PCM)
  • Akira (Dolby TrueHD 192/24)
  • Alice in Wonderland (DTS-HD MA)
  • Aliens (DTS-HD MA)
  • Amadeus (Dolby TrueHD)
  • American Gangster (DTS-HD MA)
  • Angels and Demons (DTS-HD MA)
  • Apollo 13 (DTS-HD MA)
  • Armageddon (DTS-HD MA)
  • Australia (DTS-HD MA)
  • Bank Job, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Baraka (DTS-HD MA)
  • Big Fish (PCM)
  • Blind Side, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Body of Lies (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Brave One, The (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Captain America (DTS-HD MA)
  • Changeling (DTS-HD MA)
  • Chaos (DTS-HD MA)
  • Chocolate (DTS-HD MA)
  • Cliffhanger (DTS-HD MA)
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (DTS-HD MA)
  • Collateral (DTS-HD MA)
  • Contact (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Cutthroat Island (DTS-HD MA)
  • Dark City (DTS-HD MA)
  • Dawn of the Dead (2004) (DTS-HD MA)
  • Devil (DTS-HD MA)
  • Drive (DTS-HD MA)
  • Eagle Eye (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Echelon Conspiracy, The (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Enchanted (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Event Horizon (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Expendables, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Face/Off (DTS ES )
  • Fall, The (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Fearless (DTS-HD MA)
  • Forrest Gump (DTS-HD MA)
  • From Dusk Till Dawn (DTS-HD MA)
  • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (DTS-HD MA)
  • Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (DTS-HD MA)
  • Great Raid, The (PCM)
  • Green Lantern (DTS-HD MA)
  • Guardian, The (PCM)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (PCM)
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (PCM)
  • Heat (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Horton Hears a Who (DTS-HD MA)
  • Hot Tub Time Machine (DTS-HD MA)
  • House of 1000 Corpses (DTS-HD MA)
  • Hugo (DTS-HD MA)
  • I Am Number Four (DTS-HD MA)
  • Ice Age: The Meltdown (DTS-HD MA)
  • Independence Day (DTS-HD MA)
  • Insomnia (DTS-HD MA)
  • International, The (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Island, The (UK import) (Dolby Digital)
  • It Might Get Loud (DTS-HD MA)
  • James and the Giant Peach (DTS-HD MA)
  • Jumper (DTS-HD MA)
  • King Arthur (PCM)
  • Kingdom, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Knight and Day (DTS-HD MA)
  • Kung Fu Hustle (PCM)
  • Land of the Dead (DTS-HD MA)
  • Land of the Lost (DTS-HD MA)
  • Legion (DTS-HD MA)
  • Let Me In (DTS-HD MA)
  • Losers, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Lost (Season 1) (DTS-HD MA)
  • Lost (Season 2) (DTS-HD MA)
  • Machete (DTS-HD MA)
  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Mamma Mia! (DTS-HD MA)
  • Mask of Zorro, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Mechanic, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Men in Black (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Mirrors (DTS-HD MA)
  • Mongol (Dolby Digital)
  • Moon (DTS-HD MA)
  • Mr. Brooks (DTS-HD MA)
  • National Treasure (PCM)
  • National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Notorious (DTS-HD MA)
  • Pathfinder (DTS-HD MA)
  • Planet 51 (DTS-HD MA)
  • Planet Terror (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Princess and the Frog, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Rango (DTS-HD MA)
  • Red (DD640)
  • Repo Men (DTS-HD MA)
  • Rescue Dawn (DTS-HD MA)
  • Resident Evil Apocalypse (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Rio (DTS-HD MA)
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes (DTS-HD MA)
  • Ruins, The (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Salt (DTS-HD MA)
  • Saw VI (DTS-HD MA)
  • Secretariat (DTS-HD MA)
  • Skyline (DTS-HD MA)
  • Slumdog Millionaire (DTS-HD MA)
  • Snakes on a Plane (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Source Code (DTS-HD MA)
  • Speed Racer (Dolby Digital)
  • Spiderwick Chronicles, The (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Spirit, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (DTS-HD MA)
  • Star Wars: Clone Wars (Dolby TrueHD)
  • State of Play (DTS-HD MA)
  • Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (DTS-HD MA)
  • Street Kings (DTS-HD MA)
  • Surrogates (DTS-HD MA)
  • Sweeney Todd (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Tangled (DTS-HD MA)
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (DTS-HD MA [4046 Kbps])
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (UK import) (DTS-HD MA [2125 Kbps])
  • Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (UK import) (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Thing, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Tinker Bell (PCM)
  • Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (DTS-HD MA)
  • TMNT (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Town, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Transsiberian (Dolby Digital)
  • Trick r Treat (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Tropic Thunder (Dolby TrueHD)
  • True Grit (2010) (DTS-HD MA)
  • Twilight (DTS-HD MA)
  • Unborn, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Underworld: Evolution (PCM)
  • Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Unknown (DTS-HD MA)
  • Untraceable (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Valkyrie (DTS-HD MA)
  • Van Helsing (DTS-HD MA)
  • Wall-E (DTS-HD MA)
  • Wolfman, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Wrestler, The (DTS-HD MA)






Tier 1 (Concerts)
  • Korn: Live On the Other Side (DTS-HD MA)
  • Rolling Stones, The: Shine A Light (Dolby TrueHD/DTS-HD MA)
  • Stevie Wonder: Live At Last (DTS-HD MA)






Tier 2 (Movies)
  • 127 Hours (DTS-HD MA)
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (PCM)
  • 2010: The Year We Make Contact (Dolby TrueHD)
  • A Perfect Getaway (DTS-HD MA)
  • Afro Samurai (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Afro Samurai: Resurrection (Dolby Digital)
  • Alien (DTS-HD MA)
  • Alien 3 (DTS-HD MA)
  • Appaloosa (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Be Kind Rewind (DTS-HD MA)
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula (PCM)
  • Brooklyn's Finest (PCM)
  • Crimson Tide (PCM)
  • Days of Thunder (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Demolition Man (DTS-HD MA)
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid (DTS-HD MA)
  • Doubt (DTS-HD MA)
  • Duplicity (DTS-HD MA)
  • Edge of Darkness (DTS-HD MA)
  • Fair Game (2010) (DTS-HD MA)
  • Final Destination (Dolby TrueHD)
  • From Paris with Love (DTS-HD MA)
  • Gattaca (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Get Smart (Dolby Digital)
  • Gnomeo and Juliet (DTS-HD MA)
  • Groundhog Day (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Hancock (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Hangover, The (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Happy Feet (Dolby Digital)
  • Harry Brown (DTS-HD MA)
  • Into the Wild (Dolby TrueHD)
  • John Adams (DTS-HD MA)
  • Justice League: The New Frontier (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Karate Kid, The (2010) (DTS-HD MA)
  • L.A. Confidential (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Last of the Mohicans, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Leon: The Professional (DTS-HD MA)
  • Limitless (DTS-HD MA)
  • Lost (Season 4) (DTS-HD MA)
  • Megamind (DTS-HD MA)
  • Messenger, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Mist, The (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Natural, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Night at the Museum (DTS-HD MA)
  • Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (DTS-HD MA)
  • Out of Time (DTS-HD MA)
  • Paycheck (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Pink Panther, The (2006) (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Predator (DTS-HD MA)
  • Predator 2 (DTS-HD MA)
  • Predators (DTS-HD MA)
  • Primal Fear (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Public Enemies (DTS-HD MA)
  • Race to Witch Mountain (DTS-HD MA)
  • Replacement Killers, The (PCM)
  • Reservoir Dogs (DTS ES )
  • Righteous Kill (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Road, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Rock, The (PCM)
  • Scorpion King 2, The: Rise of a Warrior (DTS-HD MA)
  • Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Shutter Island (DTS-HD MA)
  • Siege, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Sleeping Beauty (DTS-HD MA)
  • Social Network, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Spider-Man 3 (PCM)
  • Square, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Traitor (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Universal Soldier (DTS-HD MA)
  • Up in the Air (DTS-HD MA)
  • V for Vendetta (Dolby TrueHD)
  • W. (DTS-HD MA)
  • We Own the Night (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Whip It (DTS-HD MA)
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine (DTS-HD MA)






Tier 2 (Concerts)
  • Foo Fighters: Live at Wembley Stadium (PCM)






Tier 3
  • Adventureland (DTS-HD MA)
  • An Education (DTS-HD MA)
  • Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (Dolby Digital)
  • Bedtime Stories (DTS-HD MA)
  • Black Dynamite (DTS-HD MA)
  • Firefly (Complete Series) (DTS-HD MA)
  • First Blood (DTS-HD HR)
  • Ghost Writer, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Godfather, The [The Coppola Restoration] (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Graduate, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Gran Torino (Dolby TrueHD)
  • I Love You, Man (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Joneses, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth (Dolby Digital)
  • Last House on the Left (DTS-HD MA)
  • Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (DTS-HD MA)
  • Marley and Me (DTS-HD MA)
  • Moonraker (DTS-HD MA)
  • North by Northwest (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Payback: Director's Cut (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Proposal, The (DTS-HD MA)
  • Rambo III (DTS-HD MA)
  • Rambo: First Blood Part II (DTS-HD MA)
  • Season of the Witch (DTS-HD MA)
  • Shawshank Redemption, The (Dolby TrueHD)
  • She's Out of My League (DTS-HD MA)
  • Step Brothers (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Taking Lives (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Terminator, The (PCM)
  • There Will Be Blood (Dolby TrueHD)
  • To Live and Die in L.A. (Dolby TrueHD)
  • Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself (DTS-HD MA)
  • Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection (PCM)






Tier 4
  • Flawless (DTS-HD MA)
  • Ocean's Eleven (Dolby Digital)
  • Paranormal Activity (DTS-HD MA)
  • Red Heat (DTS-HD MA)







Link to original thread: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=918734

Link to thread reboot by Fanaticalism: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...php?p=15933866
 
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#27 ·
I don't know about the IMAX version of Transformers ROTF but the regular version definitely kicks butt for the audio. I've been listening lately at what I consider an optimum level which had been tough to do apartment dwelling but when I got the opportunity this is DA BOMB!!
 
#28 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by robertc88 /forum/post/17410725


I don't know about the IMAX version of Transformers ROTF but the regular version definitely kicks butt for the audio. I've been listening lately at what I consider an optimum level which had been tough to do apartment dwelling but when I got the opportunity this is DA BOMB!!

I agree. Amazing soundtrack!
 
#29 ·
Bryan,

thanks for starting the new thread.

Twister had been disputed for a long time and it should be moved to Tier 0 based on current votes.


Scuba tallied the votes awhile back.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...&postcount=308



Also if you could put with the "tier thread rules" that no specific rule or guideline exists for each individual to rate a title, it's completely left to each member to come up with for their own good. The reason I say this because it has been a reoccurring question from new lurkers as to how the movies are ranked other then the vote numbers. Thanks.
 
#30 ·
Wallace and Gromit Complete Collection PCM Tier 3


Considering the age of some of these short stories, I wasn't expecting a whole lot. Fidelity just isn't there. Surrounds are used sparingly. Dialogue recorded a little low. I had to turn up the volume higher than usual to hear Wallace and his wisecracks.
 
#31 ·
A Bug's Life......I also voted Reference for this track in the previous thread if that helps.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen......DTS MA 5.1 ......Tier 0


After watching this movie (rented from NetFlix, non IMAX version) to me it falls short of reference for a few reasons. There are a few momnets in the movie where the dialog is inconsistent and seems to increase and decrease throughout the movie. Also, as has been mentioned already, some of the scenes where I was expecting a nice use of LFE, it never came (bridge destruction in the beginning and when the helicopter dropped the car into the building and it fell on its roof for example). Surrounds are used throughout and very effectively and for the most part, LFE is excellent as well.


I can see how others vote this one for reference, but for me, it falls just short.
 
#32 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin12586 /forum/post/17416813

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen......DTS MA 5.1 ......Tier 0


Also, as has been mentioned already, some of the scenes where I was expecting a nice use of LFE, it never came (bridge destruction in the beginning and when the helicopter dropped the car into the building and it fell on its roof for example).

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen IMAX......DTS MA 5.1 ......Tier 1


I wouldn't even give this title Tier 0. Many of the really big explosions or action peaks sound like they are compressed. It is like the mixer started the action scene too hot and when the sound level should peak, some soft limiting was introduced. This makes some of the action scenes anti-climatic. This was also my feeling in the theater. Also some of the timbre of the explosions and special effects sound weird to me (not enough high frequency content). I was hoping that the theater sound system was messed up but I now see it is the sound mix.


(The opening scene is the worst offender, but the pattern exists throughout the movie.)
 
#33 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by WhatHappend /forum/post/17416917


Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen IMAX......DTS MA 5.1 ......Tier 1


I wouldn't even give this title Tier 0. Many of the really big explosions or action peaks sound like they are compressed. It is like the mixer started the action scene too hot and when the sound level should peak, some soft limiting was introduced. This makes some of the action scenes anti-climatic. This was also my feeling in the theater. Also some of the timbre of the explosions and special effects sound weird to me (not enough high frequency content). I was hoping that the theater sound system was messed up but I now see it is the sound mix.


(The opening scene is the worst offender, but the pattern exists throughout the movie.)

Since you are viewing the Walmart BSE, make sure you turn up the volume on your AVR/processor to make up for dial norm being applied to this version. If you did that and still feel that it's Tier 1, well, then I can't help you.
 
#34 ·
Visions of the Sea (Dolby 2.0) - Tier 2


This is different than another blu-ray titled Visions of the Sea Explorations. This is the one with Al Giddings as the cinematographer which was just recently released. The back of the blu-ray case shows this as being Dolby 5.1 but it isn't.


The main feature has narration but at times just the music is playing which is clear. The narration is clear, not distracting and is educational. The music plays throughout and is very pleasant and soothing. It would have been so much better in 5.1 thus the lower tier rating. The special feature is an additional 59 min. of underwater video with just music playing, the same quality as in the main feature. 1080i for main and special feature.

Set It Off (TrueHD 7.1) - Tier 0


It is a litle difficult to hear dialogue in the very beginning of the movie but I think it is more due to the actors speaking quickly rather than the mix as the rest of the dialogue is clear. LFE is at times significant mainly in the helicopter scenes (especially in the last 20 min.) but also at other times with action and music throughout the movie. At times the action and music could have used more LFE. Rumbling bass on a few occasions. Surround use throughout with good directionality for action and ambience. Discrete sounds such as glass breaking, autowinder of a camera. I enjoyed this mix.


Some may wonder why I would rate this in a higher tier than Transformers Revenge of the Fallen. For my taste this mix brings more all around sound quality including discrete sounds and LFE in the effects. The music generally has good LFE but the music doesn't substitute for LFE in the action as I feel it often did in TROF.

Fatal Attraction (TrueHD) - Tier 3


Dialogue is clear throughout. Dialogue driven with sound directed from the front. Surround use was only aprreciated a few times for ambience but nothing more. The very ending of the movie would have been better served by some surround use as it would have made the ending more alarming than it was (not to give it away in case someone here hasn't seen this movie).
 
#35 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by Maestro J /forum/post/17416948


Since you are viewing the Walmart BSE, make sure you turn up the volume on your AVR/processor to make up for dial norm being applied to this version. If you did that and still feel that it's Tier 1, well, then I can't help you.

You must not have read what I wrote. Volume has nothing to do with what I reported. I think most people are happy to hear their surrounds and subwoofer come alive and vote for reference when they do as long as dialog is ok. I expect accurate reproductions from the sound tracks that matches the scene. If you listen to the opening scene and can tell yourself that is how it would sound in the real world, then I can not help you.


Yes, before I even bought the WM edition. I knew about the dialog norm and compensated on playback.
 
#36 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by WhatHappend /forum/post/17417015


You must not have read what I wrote. Volume has nothing to do with what I reported. I think most people are happy to hear their surrounds and subwoofer come alive and vote for reference when they do as long as dialog is ok. I expect accurate reproductions from the sound tracks that matches the scene. If you listen to the opening scene and can tell yourself that is how it would sound in the real world, then I can not help you.


Yes, before I even bought the WM edition. I knew about the dialog norm and compensated on playback.

The last paragraph of your response is all I wanted to know. No need for snootiness here.
 
#38 ·
Contact - Panasonic DMP-BD80 connected to my legacy AVR with analog outs. Panny Display Info reports 2.1ch Dolby TrueHD. Yet to check in my PS3. Did anyone notice this? Btw, I am yet to upgrade my Panny fearing abrupt power cuts which is common in my country.


Otherwise, I am fine with Tier-0 placement. Top marks for never going over the top. Decent Dynamics. Surround and LFE usage only when required. Looks the mix was done at slightly lower volume as I had to increase the volume by 4-5 dB.
 
#39 ·
Transformers: ROTF (Walmart Edition) - DTS MA 5.1 - Tier Reference


Not much more to be said then what already has been said. I had no issues with dialogue, and the only nit-picking I can do is with the LFE mix. As others have noted, it wasn't as hot in scenes where it was expected, and maybe too hot in others. I'd have a hard time knocking this down a tier due to the few scenes where I felt it was a little off. This is a demo worthy title that is on par with the rest of the titles in the Reference tier.


I had a few friends over to watch and they all agreed that had it not been for the spectacular audio on this disc, that they would have never made it through the movie at thier own home.
 
#41 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr_Kn0w /forum/post/17422220


FilmMixer,


Have you heard anything back from your Paramount contact RE: Transformers 2 IMAX BD soundtrack?

Not yet... but I was thinking it through yesterday, and I had realized the simplest solution had eluded me..


They mixed the IMAX version first, and then did a cut down for the theatrical release... they then handed over a complete 5.1 track to IMAX for mastering.


I had assumed that they did the opposite... I was "over engineering" the problem.



As far as I know, and many who have both discs seems to confirm, the only difference is the dialog norm setting on the WM disc.


I'll still let you know when I hear back however.
 
#42 ·
Thanks to all for the kudos and feedback . . . and of course, the continued audio ratings.


Just a note: I will generally update the OP on Saturdays, as that is when I have the most available free time. So don't be discouraged if you don't see your comments acted on ASAP. A time and a place for everything, you know?


So look for the next update on Halloween. I expect to see an uptick in horror movie rankings over the next few days.
 
#44 ·
Trick r Treat - Dolby TrueHD 5.1 - Tier 1


The audio for this movie far surpassed anything I was expecting, with this being a DTV blu-ray after all (or DTB as it may be). The dialogue was clear and never too low in the mix, the surrounds were active, and the bass was appropriate when necessary. Sound effects were really well done setting a very creepy Halloween night atmosphere. The score was a very pleasant surprise as well. It was very clear, and never distracting. There were plenty of typical music and sound effect scares, if you're into that sort of thing. Again, I wasn't expecting much here, but it was one of the better horror movie scores I have heard in years.


Any issues with the disc are minor. At times, the audio was a bit front heavy, and the surrounds were a little lower in the mix than I would've liked (I actually raised my surround level a few DBs half way through the movie which really helped). It isn't demo worthy by any means, but it is extremely capable and worth any horror fans time and money.
 
#45 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by FilmMixer /forum/post/17422721


Not yet... but I was thinking it through yesterday, and I had realized the simplest solution had eluded me..


They mixed the IMAX version first, and then did a cut down for the theatrical release... they then handed over a complete 5.1 track to IMAX for mastering.


I had assumed that they did the opposite... I was "over engineering" the problem.



As far as I know, and many who have both discs seems to confirm, the only difference is the dialog norm setting on the WM disc.


I'll still let you know when I hear back however.

I am excited to hear back from you on this. Now on my setup bitstreaming BDP-05 to my SC-05 receiver I am getting more bass from the regular edition vs. the Imax measured using a sound level meter after dialogue has been matched by the 4db difference.
 
#46 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by bonham2 /forum/post/17425084

Trick r Treat - Dolby TrueHD 5.1 - Tier 1


The audio for this movie far surpassed anything I was expecting, with this being a DTV blu-ray after all (or DTB as it may be).

I don't think it was supposed to be, Warner messed up the theatrical release somehow.

Grace (PCM) - Tier 2

This could go tier 3, its largely dialogue driven which sometimes comes through loud and clear and other times sounds as if it was recorded inside an actual coffee can, one particular line reading sounds so bad it almost sounds like a lazy dub. There's some LFE, surround use is OK, the score sounds solid - which I did enjoy. I think they could have played with the soundfield a whole lot more to make the movie more effective in terms of psychological horror without resulting to "jolts", which the movie avoids in either case.
Quote:
Originally Posted by PRO-630HD /forum/post/17425244


I am excited to hear back from you on this. Now on my setup bitstreaming BDP-05 to my SC-05 receiver I am getting more bass from the regular edition vs. the Imax measured using a sound level meter after dialogue has been matched by the 4db difference.

Really? Do you have any particular examples? It should just be a bit of dialnorm.
 
#47 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by PRO-630HD /forum/post/17425244


I am excited to hear back from you on this. Now on my setup bitstreaming BDP-05 to my SC-05 receiver I am getting more bass from the regular edition vs. the Imax measured using a sound level meter after dialogue has been matched by the 4db difference.

Curious....


There are a couple of posts in the Waterfalls thread where they are showing the LFE to be identical after the +4db boost..

Link to post and captures

Quote:
I made some waterfalls of the big screen version vs the small screen version, and when the 4dB dialnorm attenuation is taken into account, they are identical....


Here is the opening paramount scene for each....and on other scenes, same thing...


JSS

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/attac...7&d=1256330556
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/attac...8&d=1256330556
 
#48 ·
Easy Rider (TrueHD) - Tier 3


Dialogue is clear but often sounding hollow and one-dimensional but then at other times not so much. Most of the music sounds much better than the dialogue, more clear and full but lacking in LFE for me. Born to be Wild and The Pusher sound the best to me. Chopper sounds, gunshots and other effects didn't sound natural. There was a hint of LFE in the beginning of the movie (airplane sounds) with good directionality from surrounds to front. Surrounds were otherwise used for music and on occasion for ambience. Good effort for a 40 year old movie.
 
#49 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by FilmMixer /forum/post/17425277


Curious....


There are a couple of posts in the Waterfalls thread where they are showing the LFE to be identical after the +4db boost..

Thanks, I just looked at that. Not a big difference, but I am getting a +1db boost on any explosion, rumble, gunshot or LFE related issue with the standard edition consistently, I have tested these scenes numerous times on different days, same results. Sound level meter mounted on a tripod. Polk LSi speakers all the way around to include sub. Bitstreaming again Pioneer BDP-05FD to SC-05 all speakers set to small, 80hz crossover.


Now if I set the decoding DTS-HD within the bluray player the results are identical after the 4db boost. My receiver must be doing something then.
 
#50 ·
A Bug's Life (DTS-HD MA 5.1) - Reference


Another vote to place this title in the reference tier. Subtle ambient sounds of the great outdoors make you feel like you are in the environment. You'll hear all the sounds of nature around you, while never missing a line of dialogue. The grasshopper arrival at the ant hole early in the movie is a demo worthy scene for all things HT.
 
#51 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by PRO-630HD /forum/post/17425568


Thanks, I just looked at that. Not a big difference, but I am getting a +1db boost on any explosion, rumble, gunshot or LFE related issue with the standard edition consistently, I have tested these scenes numerous times on different days, same results. Sound level meter mounted on a tripod. Polk LSi speakers all the way around to include sub. Bitstreaming again Pioneer BDP-05FD to SC-05 all speakers set to small, 80hz crossover.


Now if I set the decoding DTS-HD within the bluray player the results are identical after the 4db boost. My receiver must be doing something then.

On your SC-05 what EQ mode are you running; Symmetry, All CH Adj or Front Align?
 
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