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post #7201 of 8726
3/13/13 at 12:01pm
I watched "Underworld: Awakening" this past weekend. Not a particularly good film, but:
- it featured numerous scenes with Kate Beckinsale in tight, black latex... biggrin.gif ...; and
- it had a phenomenal audio track which, in addition to being well-balanced, dynamic and immersive, had copious amounts of deep and strong LFE. It was one of the few movies where there seemed to be satisfying bass every time I expected some. Impressive. cool.gif
Edited by eljaycanuck - 3/14/13 at 4:49am
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post #7202 of 8726
3/13/13 at 5:06pm
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Originally Posted by eljaycanuck View Post

I watched "Underworld: Awakening" this past weekend. Not a particularly good film, but:
- it featured numerous of scenes with Kate Beckinsale in tight, black latex... biggrin.gif ...; and
- it had a phenomenal audio track which, in addition to being well-balanced, dynamic and immersive, had copious amounts of deep and strong LFE. It was one of the few movies where there seemed to be satisfying bass every time I expected some. Impressive. cool.gif

Ditto on all accounts.
Nice equipment list for a non-dedicated room by the way. (I followed your signature link.)
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post #7203 of 8726
3/13/13 at 5:10pm
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Nice equipment list for a non-dedicated room by the way. (I followed your signature link.)
Thanks! smile.gif

I followed your link, too, and, man, that is one impressive HT room you've got! I'm not worthy!!! eek.gif

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Oh, and unless I'm mistaken, "Up the Irons!" cool.gif
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post #7204 of 8726
3/13/13 at 7:51pm
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numerous of scenes with Kate Beckinsale in tight, black latex... biggrin.gif ..

She is a real knockout. She looks awesome in Underworld, and she also looks smokin hot in the new Recall. biggrin.gif
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post #7205 of 8726
3/14/13 at 2:26pm
Has anyone done any demo or tests on Prometheus? The ending crash sequence was the most gut wrenching LFE experience I have ever had.
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post #7206 of 8726
3/15/13 at 7:24am
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Has anyone done any demo or tests on Prometheus? The ending crash sequence was the most gut wrenching LFE experience I have ever had.

Prometheus - ending crash sequence - Chapter 33

Prometheus_ch31_32_33.jpg
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post #7207 of 8726
3/15/13 at 9:44am
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Has anyone done any demo or tests on Prometheus? The ending crash sequence was the most gut wrenching LFE experience I have ever had.

That's a huge demo scene for me, Sarge. The intro has some nice LFE moments as well.
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post #7208 of 8726
3/15/13 at 9:53am
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That's a huge demo scene for me, Sarge. The intro has some nice LFE moments as well.

Brolic,

I guess I am just curious why Prometheus is not on the master list anywhere. I'm glad to see Die Hard 4 is up there smile.gif
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post #7209 of 8726
3/15/13 at 10:18am
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Originally Posted by eljaycanuck View Post

I watched "Underworld: Awakening" this past weekend. Not a particularly good film, but:
- it featured numerous scenes with Kate Beckinsale in tight, black latex... biggrin.gif ...; and
- it had a phenomenal audio track which, in addition to being well-balanced, dynamic and immersive, had copious amounts of deep and strong LFE. It was one of the few movies where there seemed to be satisfying bass every time I expected some. Impressive. cool.gif

Kate looks even better if you see it in 3D.
Underworld: Awakening is 5 star rated for bass on page one of this thread.

How did you like the scene where the Super Lycan first appeared onscreen?
My entire room shook!
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post #7210 of 8726
3/15/13 at 2:23pm
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Prometheus - ending crash sequence - Chapter 33

Prometheus_ch31_32_33.jpg

Flageborg, that's a big improvement with your clipping issues. smile.gif Thank you for that; we all appreciate your graphs and just want them to be the best they could.

To that end, I have one final point: in the graph above you can see that it's very, very nearly (or actually) clipped at the 30hz and 34hz frequencies, and at multiple frequencies from 40-53hz.

With that in mind, I suggest it might be worthwhile to play the loudest soundtrack out there - Immortals BluRay- and adjust your chain's settings to make sure it never clips the Speclab graphs in any passages, then use that as the baseline config for future graphing.
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post #7211 of 8726
3/15/13 at 2:29pm
What does the clipping look like?
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post #7212 of 8726
3/16/13 at 2:49am
I just came accross a scene I thought was impressive. I used to think it was the darth vader choke scene but in SW A New Hope the deepest bass is when Han flies into the remnants of Planet Alderon. I guess it's engine noise but it keeps going lower, and lower, and lower. Feels like you are being compressed. Had never seen this scene with 2 subwoofers before. Would definitely put it up there as a demo moment.
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post #7213 of 8726
3/16/13 at 2:50am
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1. Flageborg, that's a big improvement with your clipping issues. smile.gif Thank you for that; we all appreciate your graphs and just want them to be the best they could.

2. To that end, I have one final point: in the graph above you can see that it's very, very nearly (or actually) clipped at the 30hz and 34hz frequencies, and at multiple frequencies from 40-53hz.

3. With that in mind, I suggest it might be worthwhile to play the loudest soundtrack out there - Immortals BluRay- and adjust your chain's settings to make sure it never clips the Speclab graphs in any passages, then use that as the baseline config for future graphing.

1. Thank you - we are all learning something new - every day wink.gif

2. Yes, it is a tiny bit clipped...or maybe not...

3. No, we all know that does not make sense. Movies are recorded with different levels. Immortals can never be a reference with it's "over-the-edge" clipping soundtrack.


This graph is recorded at same levels...
WOTW Chapter 5
Super8 Chapter 3

WOTW_ch5_Super8_ch3.jpg
Edited by Flageborg - 3/16/13 at 4:24am
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post #7214 of 8726
3/16/13 at 5:17am
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Originally Posted by Elrowyn View Post

I just came accross a scene I thought was impressive. I used to think it was the darth vader choke scene but in SW A New Hope the deepest bass is when Han flies into the remnants of Planet Alderon. I guess it's engine noise but it keeps going lower, and lower, and lower. Feels like you are being compressed. Had never seen this scene with 2 subwoofers before. Would definitely put it up there as a demo moment.
I noticed that also when I doubled up on my subwoofers. Then noticed it even more when I started running with four subs. It is the engine noise from the Millenium Falcon slowing down from coming out of hyper drive. You are right, it feels like it swells up in the room going lower and lower.
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post #7215 of 8726
3/17/13 at 6:30am
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I noticed that also when I doubled up on my subwoofers. Then noticed it even more when I started running with four subs. It is the engine noise from the Millenium Falcon slowing down from coming out of hyper drive. You are right, it feels like it swells up in the room going lower and lower.

Ah the wonders of multiple subs, eh?

I'm on a quest now to find more awesome demo moments. I'm using this thread ofcourse. I have War of the Worlds on the way from amazon because I hear the pod horn is pretty crazy. When I first watched it I thought it was cool and kinda freaky scarey. Can't wait to hear it now that my system is beefed up!
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post #7216 of 8726
3/17/13 at 7:40am
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i guess i'm a little puzzled by Prometheus. i watched it last night and thought the bass and dynamics were nothing special at all. i had to crank it up as well (-10/-12) usually at -15 or so. it was almost like drc was on, but it wasn't. no filtering in this correct? i rented it through redbox would the disc be different with that rental source?

Well you should come to my place the walls are moving when I play this movie! smile.gif
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post #7217 of 8726
3/17/13 at 10:53am
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Originally Posted by Elrowyn View Post

Ah the wonders of multiple subs, eh?

I'm on a quest now to find more awesome demo moments. I'm using this thread ofcourse. I have War of the Worlds on the way from amazon because I hear the pod horn is pretty crazy. When I first watched it I thought it was cool and kinda freaky scarey. Can't wait to hear it now that my system is beefed up!
The most impressive sounds are when the pods come up from the ground. The first foot stomp from the alien pod out of the ground is incredible. Then it crushes the car in front of Tom Cruise. Just those two notes alone are worth the price of the disc. Another good demo scene is when Tom Cruise steals the car and the aliens destroy the bridge behind him as he is driving away. A truck fall off the bridge into a house and several explosions occur. Massive sound and destruction. Some of my personal favorites when it comes to bass movies are : Serenity, Percy Jackson, Cloverfield and 9. The attack of Pearl Harbor is really good also.
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post #7218 of 8726
3/17/13 at 4:37pm
I'll have to watch Serenity again since I finally bought it recently. I plan to watch as many movies in the 4.0 to 5 star ratings in this thread.
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post #7219 of 8726
3/17/13 at 5:35pm
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Originally Posted by capricorn kid View Post

The most impressive sounds are when the pods come up from the ground. The first foot stomp from the alien pod out of the ground is incredible. Then it crushes the car in front of Tom Cruise. Just those two notes alone are worth the price of the disc. Another good demo scene is when Tom Cruise steals the car and the aliens destroy the bridge behind him as he is driving away. A truck fall off the bridge into a house and several explosions occur. Massive sound and destruction. Some of my personal favorites when it comes to bass movies are : Serenity, Percy Jackson, Cloverfield and 9. The attack of Pearl Harbor is really good also.
But 9 is too boring to rewatch
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post #7220 of 8726
3/17/13 at 6:32pm
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But 9 is too boring to rewatch
I actually enjoyed it a lot more the second time around. smile.gif
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post #7221 of 8726
3/18/13 at 8:28am
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I actually enjoyed it a lot more the second time around. smile.gif

I experienced this with Tron Legacy, but then enjoyed the 3D BD much more at home.
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post #7222 of 8726
3/18/13 at 9:04am
In the beginning of War of the Worlds the lightning strikes had my couch and a painting on the wall vibrating. I have some Dynamat left over from a car speaker installation that I can stick to the back of the painting and it should take care of the rattle.
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post #7223 of 8726
3/18/13 at 11:02am

New list of 5 star movies!

 

Where is Prometheus! Also Knowing the plane crash scene is unreal :)

 

In addition to those two, my favorites in no particular order.

 

 

- X-Men: The Last Stand

- Total Recall (2012)

- Expendables 2

- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

- Tron: Legacy

- Inception

- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

- Captain America

- War of the worlds

- X-Men First Class

- Flight of the Phoenix

- The Dark Knight Rises

- The Dark Knight

- Apocalypse Now

- Three Musketeers (2011)

- Planet of the Apes (2007)

- Dredd

- Battleship

 

- Imax Hubble 3D; When the rocket takes off "..extraordinarily robust, ear-crackling, ribcage-rattling sounds, such as when shuttles blast off, sending incredible waves of energy through the listening area that play with a startling amount of clarity"

 

- The Thin Red Line Criterion Collection "...exceptionally potent, boasting a variety of different dynamics that will undoubtedly test the muscles of your audio system. The bass is thunderous, the rear channels very active and very effective (the memory flashbacks sound incredible), and the high-frequencies not overdone."

 

- The Lord of the Rings: (All of them) but The Return of the King crowns it :) "LFE output deserves a score of its own, aggressively supporting every amassing horde, topping tower, rickety weapon of war and exploding wall the various members of the Fellowship encounter."


Edited by wse - 3/18/13 at 11:34am
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post #7224 of 8726
3/18/13 at 2:26pm
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Originally Posted by capricorn kid View Post

The most impressive sounds are when the pods come up from the ground. The first foot stomp from the alien pod out of the ground is incredible. Then it crushes the car in front of Tom Cruise. Just those two notes alone are worth the price of the disc. Another good demo scene is when Tom Cruise steals the car and the aliens destroy the bridge behind him as he is driving away. A truck fall off the bridge into a house and several explosions occur. Massive sound and destruction. Some of my personal favorites when it comes to bass movies are : Serenity, Percy Jackson, Cloverfield and 9. The attack of Pearl Harbor is really good also.

Dude, you got to add Underworld: Awakening 3D to your list of bass movies.

The scene where the Super Lycan first appears onscreen, has prodigious amounts of deep powerful subsonic bass.

Its foot steps and roar never fail to shake the apartment building that I live in.smile.gif
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post #7225 of 8726
3/18/13 at 11:41pm
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Originally Posted by wse View Post

New list of 5 star movies!

Where is Prometheus! Also Knowing the plane crash scene is unreal smile.gif

In addition to those two, my favorites in no particular order.


- X-Men: The Last Stand
- Total Recall (2012)
- Expendables 2
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
- Tron: Legacy
- Inception
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Captain America
- War of the worlds
- X-Men First Class
- Flight of the Phoenix
- The Dark Knight Rises
- The Dark Knight
- Apocalypse Now
- Three Musketeers (2011)
- Planet of the Apes (2007)
- Dredd
- Battleship

- Imax Hubble 3D; When the rocket takes off 
"..extraordinarily robust, ear-crackling, ribcage-rattling sounds, such as when shuttles blast off, sending incredible waves of energy through the listening area that play with a startling amount of clarity"


- The Thin Red Line Criterion Collection "...
exceptionally potent, boasting a variety of different dynamics that will undoubtedly test the muscles of your audio system. The bass is thunderous, the rear channels very active and very effective (the memory flashbacks sound incredible), and the high-frequencies not overdone."


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The Lord of the Rings: (All of them) but The Return of the King crowns it smile.gif "
LFE output deserves a score of its own, aggressively supporting every amassing horde, topping tower, rickety weapon of war and exploding wall the various members of the Fellowship encounter."

Prometheus has been measured in here before. Just look back. It's not very deep, and very few moments of it. Knowing isn't that deep, just loud. battleship has been measured. Crappy sound that includes a 30Hz cutoff.
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post #7226 of 8726
3/19/13 at 6:47am
Some random graphs. My apologies if they have been done before. All are from Bluray sources.

Skyfall:



Sinister:



Priest:



Man on Fire:



Fight Club:



The Grey:



Next:



A comparison between the Master & Commander English DTSHD-MA track:



..and the Spanish Dolby Digital track:



Cloud Atlas:



Edit: fixed image sizes.
Edited by Follz20 - 3/19/13 at 9:48pm
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post #7227 of 8726
3/19/13 at 6:53am
Not a movie but Game Of Thrones season 2 episode 9 when the "wild fire" is set alight as Stannis arrives by ship is sensational. As is episode 10 when the gate at the wall is opened as Deneries walks through. Only short but the crunch sound it makes is mint.
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post #7228 of 8726
3/19/13 at 6:56am
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Not a movie but Game Of Thrones season 2 episode 9 when the "wild fire" is set alight as Stannis arrives by ship is sensational. As is episode 10 when the gate at the wall is opened as Deneries walks through. Only short but the crunch sound it makes is mint.

+1. The wildfire scene sure is one reference scene that blew me away when I first watched it. I probably have watched it 500 times since. I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't make it in this list anywhere though... biggrin.gif
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post #7229 of 8726
3/19/13 at 7:31am
Wow, Cloud atlas looks GREAT in that plot! Can anyone confirm it?
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post #7230 of 8726
3/19/13 at 8:25am
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Wow, Cloud atlas looks GREAT in that plot! Can anyone confirm it?
me 2

just watched 2 hrs.
few scenes got the moment
3-4 stars
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