Snagged a Percy Jackson Bluray from walmart.com when they had it for $5. I had forgotten how insane the ULF is in this and how much there is. This is how you go low. Still a lame movie, but a fun workout for the ib.
I'm going to say 4.5 stars for The Orphanage... not only is the LFE absolutely outstanding, so is the rest of the mix. The credits say the sound mixer was Marc Orts... he also has Rec2 listed among his other works. Same sound designer as Rec2 as well, Oriol Tarrago.
Still transcoding the DTS-ES audio for waterfalls, but hope to have some in a day or two. There's a long list of timecodes I wrote down for me to check out in this one. A big part of me wants to give it the whole five stars because it just sounded that good. This was one of the best sounding movies I've ever watched... seriously.
I watch Hubble last night, the bass this movie gives is incredible. I felt like I was 200ft from the space shuttle.
It felt like you were 200 feet from the space shuttle? You must have some subwoofer system.
The bass probably sounds more like you were 3 1/2 miles from the space shuttle!
"Research into the sounds produced by the shuttle, at a distance of about 3.5 miles, revealed that we could expect average SPL’s of roughly 80 db, a potential crest factor of nearly 50 db, and momentary / peek SPL’s of 125 db. The catch to all of this is that the majority of that energy was 60 Hz and below."
Downgrading my vote to four stars this morning. This one definitely has the quality, but lacking in quantity. Got a few waterfalls, but I'm not sure the transcoding process went correctly... some of the timecodes didn't match up fully to where they were supposed to be.
Downgrading my vote to four stars this morning. This one definitely has the quality, but lacking in quantity. Got a few waterfalls, but I'm not sure the transcoding process went correctly... some of the timecodes didn't match up fully to where they were supposed to be.
Yeah, there's really not much reason for it to plumb the lower depths. The mix, overall, as you said, though is great. Great use of 7.1. First one I checked out after added the two rear surrounds. Spooky.
I would say 4...I was demoing for visiting family today using a demo disk...I played the jericho missile from iron man and flight of the Phoenix and that shakes the house. I then put on the highway scene in TF3 and it wasn't nearly as impressive.
I would say 4...I was demoing for visiting family today using a demo disk...I played the jericho missile from iron man and flight of the Phoenix and that shakes the house. I then put on the highway scene in TF3 and it wasn't nearly as impressive.
I would say 4...I was demoing for visiting family today using a demo disk...I played the jericho missile from iron man and flight of the Phoenix and that shakes the house. I then put on the highway scene in TF3 and it wasn't nearly as impressive.
You should have to demo the building scene. TF3 has so much punch and impact that 4 star wouldn't be fair.
Anybody with monster subs check out Tree of Life yet?
Watched this tonight...the movie was pretty bad and kinda boring. The SUbs were rumbling quite a bit. I kept an eye on my BFD during the good parts and it never really got above 4-5 green bars. I think 10 bars = clipping. A pretty good bass filled movie but not along the lines as the others on the list and if anything I would give it two stars. I really don't think it deserves a place on the list tho.
Finally got around to seeing Thor tonight. Reminds me of Unstoppable somewhat... not much extension, but gobs and gobs of LFE. Only it had even more than Unstoppable, which wasn't exactly lacking either.
I'm going to have to vote four and a half stars on this one. Real tempting to vote five, but I'm just shy of that I think.
I want to put Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift out there. I would recommend 3.5-4 stars. The movie is loaded with powerful driving punchy bass, and more than a couple times really gets the room vibrating and shifting with some deeper stuff. I am surprised no one mentions it. It is not a world beater in terms of Ultra low stuff, but overall your subwoofer will get a GREAT workout.
Just like I thought I would, I am liking TF3 more and more (at least the bot scenes)...
There are effects from 1&2 that are tweaked and used a lot in this film, such as the metallic 'clang' from the forest fight when optimus first punches megs. It shows up several times in the film.....
I agree w/ OKWolf, Thor is very good, but like TF3, could use some subsonics....
Just watched Captain America and for comic book movies that have come out this fall I would say this comes in last place in terms of bass. This movie was really does not even belong on the list. Sorry if I disappointed anyone...