The New Master List of BASS in Movies with Frequency Charts - Page 103

Yeah, it's listed under the Four and half star segment in the first post in this thread.

As for Cloverfield, I'd never even heard of it until I started looking for good sub material.

I saw it when I had my old Velodyne sealed sub, but I just had to check it out again with my new SVS PC12-NSD and man was I glad I did.

The credits just got done rolling on War Of The Worlds and I was even more impressed with the LFE material in this movie. It not only had more *quantity*, but the *quality* was on a higher level too (with a lot more different kinds of explosions, crashes, etc. and with very *precise* bass). On a few different occasions I had to turn my Pioneer receiver down after experiencing a few shutdowns!! (I'm thankful the receiver can protect itself in these events, but it's a bummer when you have power-up again in the middle of an awesome scene.)

My wife will be home in an hour so it's time to lower the volume and return to *normal* listening levels.

Chapter 26, Caesar sends in the gorillas heavy footed Foley rumbles, then sudden slam into the side of tour bus, metal buckling/creaking then lifting it over to onto its side use a barrier shield.

The scrapping sound of it rumbled the room not with an unpleasantness, thou still loud in portions of LCRS. Low end pressured the room along with LFE.1 sub on its own. Puck sub bass transducers handle the rest in the cinema seat buckets down to lowest it can handle vibrated the seats with a few rattles now and then until the scene calmed down.

Effects wise its pretty cleaver.

Plenty of good moments to choice from the film. I guess with canisters containing the drug which is poisonous to humans and will spread globally as shown into the end credits after a few seconds then fades out into the end credits roll. Would the apes take over the planet due to virus now, rather than nuclear war. Would their be second film that ties into this, one followed by third fourth and final?

Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!

Player used for individual waterfalls Sony BDP-S550 using each of its RCA phone outputs.







Surprisingly the stereo surrounds carried some low end support.

Its nice piece for non-sync playing before the film show starts.

Drive - Scene 7 - it starts with "the shooting" at the Pawn Shop..
(was about to "sleep" because of this boring movie, at the local cinema last year - then suddenly - at about 50 minutes - this shooting woke me up, but wasn't much to it anyway...)

This is one of the first movies I put in to demo since replacing a small, passive sub, with an Epik Legend. I know the Legend isn't a monster, but it is in an 10x12 room. Anyway, I jumped out of my seat when I heard/felt the gunshots, even though I knew what was coming.

I'm no LFE expert, but this movie seems to deliver.

My Blu-Ray demo is Pirates Of The Caribbean Worlds End. It's the last movie of the series that offers a PCM audio option which is significantly better then the standard DD version (I've compared the two). It not only has really good bass through out, but very good surround envelopment and a decent story line too.


Ian

The car chase after the shooting in Drive seemed to have some spots that would be worth checking.

You can probably do much better for a go to demo disk in my opinion.

My most recent "demo disc" is The Art of Flight. It has phenomenal PQ and AQ.

I agree. Fantastic soundtrack and outstanding pq.

Yes, it's a great demo disc, although I wish it were a little shorter, as some if it started feeling repetitious after about 30 or 40 minutes. That said, I might watch it again tomorrow!

I've watched it now five times (three of those viewings were to show off the virtues of Blu-ray and my sound/audio system to friends and relatives) and I would agree with you that it is too long. 45 minutes would have sufficed, IMHO (they could have eliminated some of the long, repetitious scenes in Jackson, Wyoming and some of the "down-time" scenes in other locations).

Having said that, I've got this disc pretty well memorized and so I'm being a bit selective when I demo it for friends/relatives. That way I don't lose those with a really short attention span.

Awesome disc all around. I was most impressed with this one from a video perspective, but the audio is still great especially for this type of material.

Glad you liked Cloverfield. Personally I like it even more than WOTW for LFE, but both are 5 star.

Maybe so, but it works for me.


Ian

Yes, the PQ was definitely the real standout of The Art of Flight, but the AQ really fit the snowboard runs perfectly and it's nice having so much good, driving bass.

Regarding WOTW, I just thought it had more *variety* of sounds in the bass department. One of the most impressive was when the machine first came up from beneath the street (with Tom Cruise and others standing and watching). Man, was that crazy bass or what!

Just finished watching flight of the pheonix since getting my new sub. Damn this movies has great bass. Why cant all movies have mixes like this. It wasnt even a blockbuster.

Now i have to get cloverfield and wotw.

Robin hood has some good bass too btw

No doubt! That Pod Emergence scene is a classic. WOTW was the first DVD I popped in after installing my BKs years ago when the DVD first hit and I was just floored! Anytime I watch that movie now, I always go back after its over and watch that scene one or two more times.

What is WOTW?

War of the Worlds

Hi tvuong, WOTW = War of the Worlds

I really liked the "being lulled into comfort" feeling and atmosphere. Actually, without any spoilers, the exact scene that begins all the chaos is superbly crafted IMO. Quiet, tense, then the first effect is outstandingly effective,...due precisely to the dynamic contrast.

Enjoyable, quite the ride.

I have not watched Drive yet but this sounds like how the movie The Knowing did with their plane crash scene. It was very dynamic!

I agree! I thoroughly enjoyed the film...it was well-paced, with exceptional character development and acting, along with some intense action scenes. A "well-rounded" movie.

Drive was one of the best movies of 2011... sorry Flageborg, your opinion is simply wrong

Yes, and that scene is hot on more than just the sub channel. The last time I demoed it for someone my power conditioner showed 80% draw which i believe is of 15amps!!!!

Nevermind that the subs and projector are on a separate circuit, 12amps put through the mains is quite astonishing.....

Drive was one of the worst movies of 2011...sorry SaviorMachine, your opinion is simply wrong.


Ian

You're already the worst movie of 2012, homeslice

Ian

I'm just foolin'.