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I think the honors go to the DTS 5.1 (matrixed 6.1 in my system) soundtrack on "Master and Commander. Natural dialogue, sweet music, and awesome cannon blasts. A workout for the entire audio chain.
I also like the cinematography and the story itself.
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Amazing sound and transfer. A rare instance of the sound design being as intricate and integral to the story as the cinematogrpahy. The sound immerses you in the life an an 18th century frigate as much as the visuals. Wonderful ambient sound in the opening sequence - you truly feel as if you are on a tall ship at sea..then WHAM! That first cannon shot just about lifted me out of my seat in the theater!I love the film too. It was in my top 5 of last year. Master & Commander almost restored my faith in commercial filmmaking.
The Images we all watch on DVD were originally produced ,
on 35mm film , yes old fashioned 35mm film.The soundtrack is born from studio tape.
old fashion mediums digitally transferred to our little silver disc. But still, it's all good.
I find generally the voices being the weak point! On 99,9% of all DVD´s mostly being inintelligible.
On LD they were much more natural.
I have yet to see DVD to match above average LD.
P.S. My DVD hardware is much better than my LD one.
Well I sold or gave away, my LD soft and hardware, as the picture quality on the plasma, was...intelligible!
But I still remember with nostalgia the round warm LD sound....
Yesterday while I was at work my wife had some nephews and nieces over to watch a movie (Starsky and hutch if you're curious). To start, I do not have a center channel. She called and asked why they couldn't hear anybody talking. The bass was there, the effects, it was all there... but the dialogue was unintelligible. "Did you turn on the amp for the main speakers?" 'Nuf said.
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That's because until the addition of digital tracks in the nineties LD sound was analog. After digital was added I still preferred the analog tracks, a choice taken away once the Dolby Digital or DTS codecs were substituted for the right analog track.
But the question his why is the digital center/ dialog so bad! It must has something to do with the way that it is done.
I have generally not found this to be true. I assume that your center channel is at the identicl level to the four (or six) others and that it is identical or similarly voiced from the same manufacturer. I wasn't sure what you meant by "bad".I always prefer the DTS codec when it is offered as an option and find the dialog and music "sweeter".
Inintelligible, I think the mix work best at the movie houses. Of course my Surround set up is perfectly done. And I prefer to hear with a phantom channel, and by a wide margin!
The same with me for the DTS issue. And even better with full rate.
Have you switched in a center channel to see if the dialog improves?
!00x times...With different louspeakers. For more on this, read the latest TAS. ( About the use of a center for music )
I did read the article. I myself prefer straight stereo for music listening, unless of course the music is recorded in multi-channel
sound. I have all these matrix codecs on my pre/pro but as good as they are plain vanilla stereo stills sounds the most natural to me.
Well, actually I hear one demo for MC that was quite satisfying, but it was a seldom even. The main problem ssems to me this center channel, mostly badly mixed, and having some other problems, that make it like taken out of the context.
For certain type of music it seems to work, I have quite a few SACD 4 channel, and that can be effective.
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