Gyasi M
I just went crazy and upgraded my setup big time. I'm now in the need to put the system to the test. I'm looking for two types of movie.
1 movie with great audio/surround sound/soundtrack etc. The kind of movie that keeps you looking behind because you think someone/thing is actually there. Something quality that will piss off my neighbors and anyone else withing 50 meters.
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Another movie that is visually jaw dropping. Something that will confuse the brain with its clarity and sense of reality,
If you have one movie in mind that contains both, then even better.
Thanks!
Answer
Definitively Top Gun is a must and will test your sound system like no other movie, but go for the special edition DTS ES 6.1, It has an spectacular original intro music with deep bass (Top Gun Anthem) followed by a loud and fast rock music (Danger Zone) and those F14's flying by. This one will help you to determine a safe distortion free volume level for your system.
Star Wars special edition DVD with Dolby Digital EX 6.1 (mandatory for all HT fans) will take you out of your seat right from the begining of the movie just with the THX intro (remember THX is a Lucasfilm technology and here they show the full potential of Dolby Digital EX and THX surround EX). The DVD presentation and menus are spectacular too and I think they are the best ever (It changes randomly between 3 different menu backgrounds each time you insert the discs).
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy take the best advantage of Dolby Digital EX 6.1 technology with a lot deep bass, surround and surround back effects along with spectacular visual effects. Play the movie Return of the king - When smeagol kills his partner at the beginig of the movie there's a increasing very deep bass heart beat. This will help you control your room resonances (If they are present then you will have to locate the source and correct them or you will have to decrease the volume level of your subwofer)
Lion King special edition (with DTS 5.1 DEHT disney enhanced home theater mix - I don't know what this people did here but the sound is flawless)
On the ñus stampede scene feel the vibration under your feets at the same time little stones shake near simba (if not then you may want to increase the volume level of your subwofer)
Check ambience recreation with echoes into the canyon.
Check dynamic range management. (soft sounds and loud sounds within the scene) Not everything about Home Theater is loudness. Soft sounds like those on this dramatic scene are very important and they get lost if there's to much ambient noise so check this.
Jet Li's Hero (DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1) will teach you to appreciate subtle effects and ambience reproduction.
Once you analize those movies and scenes then I will recomend to play movies like Jerry Maguire, Devil's Advocate, American Beauty or Romeo+Juliet, you will be amazed on how this movies manage scenes in ways your normal tv speakers cannot. Either subtle, soft or loud sound scenes, ambience and surround effects, music and bass management.
Remember to check the right connections of your system or you are going to experience nothing. Use digital coaxial or toslink cable when connecting the DVD to the A/V receiver and be sure to select the digital input (usually this is default) select the apropiate DSP mode from the Disc menu and on the receiver (Dolby Digital/EX - DTS/ES). If you have a One box surround system with DVD player incorporated then you should be covered on the connection side.
Definitively Top Gun is a must and will test your sound system like no other movie, but go for the special edition DTS ES 6.1, It has an spectacular original intro music with deep bass (Top Gun Anthem) followed by a loud and fast rock music (Danger Zone) and those F14's flying by. This one will help you to determine a safe distortion free volume level for your system.
Star Wars special edition DVD with Dolby Digital EX 6.1 (mandatory for all HT fans) will take you out of your seat right from the begining of the movie just with the THX intro (remember THX is a Lucasfilm technology and here they show the full potential of Dolby Digital EX and THX surround EX). The DVD presentation and menus are spectacular too and I think they are the best ever (It changes randomly between 3 different menu backgrounds each time you insert the discs).
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy take the best advantage of Dolby Digital EX 6.1 technology with a lot deep bass, surround and surround back effects along with spectacular visual effects. Play the movie Return of the king - When smeagol kills his partner at the beginig of the movie there's a increasing very deep bass heart beat. This will help you control your room resonances (If they are present then you will have to locate the source and correct them or you will have to decrease the volume level of your subwofer)
Lion King special edition (with DTS 5.1 DEHT disney enhanced home theater mix - I don't know what this people did here but the sound is flawless)
On the ñus stampede scene feel the vibration under your feets at the same time little stones shake near simba (if not then you may want to increase the volume level of your subwofer)
Check ambience recreation with echoes into the canyon.
Check dynamic range management. (soft sounds and loud sounds within the scene) Not everything about Home Theater is loudness. Soft sounds like those on this dramatic scene are very important and they get lost if there's to much ambient noise so check this.
Jet Li's Hero (DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1) will teach you to appreciate subtle effects and ambience reproduction.
Once you analize those movies and scenes then I will recomend to play movies like Jerry Maguire, Devil's Advocate, American Beauty or Romeo+Juliet, you will be amazed on how this movies manage scenes in ways your normal tv speakers cannot. Either subtle, soft or loud sound scenes, ambience and surround effects, music and bass management.
Remember to check the right connections of your system or you are going to experience nothing. Use digital coaxial or toslink cable when connecting the DVD to the A/V receiver and be sure to select the digital input (usually this is default) select the apropiate DSP mode from the Disc menu and on the receiver (Dolby Digital/EX - DTS/ES). If you have a One box surround system with DVD player incorporated then you should be covered on the connection side.
Home theater system, side and rear speakers distance?
BIO KILLER
What do you recommend the distance between the side and rear speakers to be from one another? Minimum and maximum distance. (Not the seating area) Thanks in advance.
Answer
It depends on the size of your room seating options and the size of the speakers but just generally speaking the rear speakers should be at least five feet apart directly behind the ideal seating position and no closer that five feet from any side speaker which shound be 90 degrees to the right and left of the ideal seating position if the rear speakers are 6 feet apart they should be no more than 6 feet from the side speakers and an equal distance to the listener in the ideal seating position....this is not always possable nor does it always sound the best depending on where windows are wall hanging etc...but this would be the ideal starting frame of referance....
It depends on the size of your room seating options and the size of the speakers but just generally speaking the rear speakers should be at least five feet apart directly behind the ideal seating position and no closer that five feet from any side speaker which shound be 90 degrees to the right and left of the ideal seating position if the rear speakers are 6 feet apart they should be no more than 6 feet from the side speakers and an equal distance to the listener in the ideal seating position....this is not always possable nor does it always sound the best depending on where windows are wall hanging etc...but this would be the ideal starting frame of referance....
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