The New Master List of BASS in Movies with Frequency Charts - Page 240

Thank you, and here is a reduced gain version, but doesn't seem to affect how hot Skyfall actually is?

I agree 100% with your impressions! BTW, my sub's extension is also limited to 16 Hz.

djoberg,
I see you are a fellow SVS owner - good on you!
I have a pretty large volume (an open floor plan) to fill so I am managing to get by with 3 used SVS cylinders (2x16-46's, and a single 20-39+). I have them "almost-tamed" with a Velodyne SMS-1 equalizer.

My SVS sub was the best addition to my Home Theater since purchasing the KURO Elite 3 years ago. I absolutely love it and believe it's worth twice the price I paid for it. Awesome bass extension with remarkably low distortion. It's quite musical too (for a ported sub) with tight and accurate bass. Of course I realize I'm preaching to the choir!

If and when I upgrade to a PJ with about a 130" screen and 2-3 tiers of seating, I will buy another PC12-NSD or upgrade to dual PC13 Ultras. My room measures 2800 cu. ft., so it's not too large.

I think if you look at the right you'll see that you're still experiencing clipping somewhere in the chain. You reduced the overall volume, but the signal levels are still hitting a brick wall somewhere, as evidenced by the straight line that a large portion of that graph's signal level hits.

What will happen, then, is your Speclab will incorrectly show large swaths of ALL RED & YELLOW, instead of the transients of RED (high level) to green/blue (low level) because it's seeing everything as higher level than it should be. I think this is also why your graphs are showing high-level content down to 6 or 7hz, when the film has what appears to be a 13hz HPF.

The movie itself has some MAJOR MAJOR scenes, and the one you're graphing is one of them, but I think your graph seems fuller than the actual source because of this clipping issue. In fact, this movie clipped JSS' sound card during that scene when he was recording levels.

Just watched The Man With the Iron Fists. Some cool bass sweeps, but that darn rock / rap music in some background of scenes just ruin it, musically and for the story telling as well. Only can this be done in Hollywood. Fun bass, crappy movie. Ouch. The movie is highly produced with a Hollywood budget, but for sure, it will not be winning any awards even with the star power that was brought in for the movie. Double ouch lol

Am I the only one who feel this way?

^^^you have to remember what the movie is meant to be--an homage to the old, campy kung fu flicks. Given that, I think it worked. I wasn't expecting a great movie. With regard to the music, the RZA wrote or directed the movie. That's his thing-combining hip hop and kung fu since the nineties. Nothing unexpected to me. Except for the bass, which wad a pleasant surprise indeed.

Yup, just like a good US flick. The white guy from another country comes in and saves the day. In this case, there is a black guy too. Next movie please. Thank goodness I have Iron Man 2 loaded and ready.

And would be just as "musical" if sealed.

I had dual 16-46s for a bit My friend who has em now liked em too!

SVS is what opened my eyes to true bass. I had 3 16-46cs+ subs and was pretty awesome. Of course then I discovered DIY and it was all over.

I think a lot of us have gone down that path.

My first "true" subwoofer was a pair of 16-46 pc+'s, to a PB12/2+, to a PB12/2Ultra, then on to DIY.

Just to confirm the trend. And in my HT#2, I will also be going DIY

I watched this one last night -- I thought it was a good movie! The scene you're talking about -- I didn't get much bass at all. I was watching the movie on Netflix though -- did you watch it on blu ray? Does Netflix fllter LFE or something?

Comparison between Skyfall and Black Hawk Down
Re-recorded/re-graphed - at same level - present day

How do you experience the different soundtracks when it comes to helicopter and ULF level?

I also thought is was a decent movie to chill with. There was a good amount of bass in that scene - I definitely felt it. I also watched it through my netflix service - I think it was thru my Panasonic (ARC). I kept rewinding and playing that scene. I don't have any measuring equipment graph.

Yes I watched it on Blu-ray from Netflix. I don't stream movies in my theater. I only use the hard disc. From what I know, the steaming from Netflix is only in Dolby Digital I think. The bass was very potent and strong during that last scene in my room.

@Flageborg, Skyfall is clipping most of the time so the graph is showing you much hotter than it actually is? isn't the right side of the image showing clipping? I like the idea to compare though.

Hey everyone!
New to this thread...did anybody watch The Man with the Iron Fists on Blu-ray yet? Amazing bass! Check it out if you get the chance!

Nope nobody watched it yet.

Ya, it was fun watching fat boy R. Crowe!

What method are you using to capture into SpecLab? Your charts always look clipped. Are you capturing the raw audio direct from the DVD/Bluray or the output from your AVR?

I have always assumed that he has a microphone hooked up to a PC sound card and the SpectraLab software is recording what the mic hears through his speakers.

I downloaded the software (it's free) and I am using my cheap webcam mic and it works. But, I am sure that my mic is not very accurate.
It also does not show any info above 2000 Hz., which I am sure is also my cheap mic.
But, I do see the bass frequencies quite well, similar to his screen shots.

My computer has a virtual audio Input called "What You Hear", it lets you capture whatever is playing on your computer directly. This way I get SpecLab chart that is exactly what is on the actual BluRay or DVD.
The charts that Flageborg posts look like they are clipped or have some type of Dynamic Range processing applied.

It's called Stereo Mix.

Just play the movie on the pc, launch speclab & start the graph plotting.

yep crappy movie but some fun lfe

That program Stereo Mix is awesome. I downloaded it and now I can graph full range waterfalls, no subwoofer required nice!
here is Bass i love you

Holy 7hz batman!


and heres my webcam mic and svs 16hz tune. for comparison


Quite respectable for such a cheap component.

@obxdiver if your still having trouble with speclab try downloading these settings.
http://www.avsforum.com/attachments/18051
replace ur old settings.ini with this one (default location C:\Spectrum)

Thanks
I will give these INI settings a try over the weekend

I am watching the Green Lantern and I have to say not much in the deep bass department, however a very good soundtrack with bass done right! Pretty impressed with this one.

Watched Sinister lastnight. Nice bass throughout the movie. At one point the wife was startled thinking someone had hit the back of the couch. It also had some nice discrete surround effects (which also creeped her out)