I know, I know, what rock have I been hiding under.
Since I have had my theater up and running. I've never tried WOTW. So the other day I put it in and went straight to the pod emergence scene expecting to be blown away. As I was listening to it, I kept thinking, WTH!? This doesn't sound good at all. Yeah there was some bass, but what really bothered me were the sound effects and such. It was soo quiet. It was like the sounds were coming from the back of a 20' long speaker box, with the speaker at the far end. Super quiet, and very distant. I kept wondering if there was something wrong with the movie because it was so lack luster. I got online, searching for an answer, and found out about the DTS version. So I went in for round two. I went to the same scene and changed the soundtrack to the DTS version. HOLY CRAP!! Now this is what everyone is always talking about. The sound effects, speech, etc were so much more pronounced. Not just by db's, but clarity, more forward, and didn't sound like it was coming from 20' deep box with the speaker at the far end. Then there was the bass. Good lord!! When the machine's foot comes out of the ground and onto the road, was incredible. Then right after that, the machine's foot smashes down on the car was an even more "good lord" moment. From outside my theater, I thought the door was going to come off the hinges. So yeah, the DTS track is by far 100 times better than the DD track. Now I know why my Jurassic park DD dvd sounds so lack luster in the bass department also. But from what I've found out, trying to find the "corrected" DTS version of JP is hard to find. Anyway, just thought I would share my thoughts on this as it was a fun time for me.

