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Audio in the Movies

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clarkjohnsen

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I have always maintained that, since 1953, movies have exhibited the latest developments in audio technology -- until circa A.D. (After Digital).
Nevertheless, if an exhibitor cares, he will install an HPS-4000 system and tune it to the room, making even the most horrid digital at least interesting. All the best L.A. area theatres have it, and around Boston too because that's where it comes from! The HPS-4000 claims to be clean all through the spectrum up to 109db! Indeed it is magnificent. The electronics are proprietary, the speakers are Klipsch.
BTW Walter Murch, editor *and* sound editor of Apocalypse Now and AN Redux, is on record stating that the original mag tracks produced better sound than the digital reductions he was stuck with for re-release.
Also FWIW I believe SDDS to be the best of the lot.
clark
(This was originally written as an addendum to CarlEber's note way below, but stands in its own right I think.)

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Re: Audio in the Movies - Rob Doorack 11:58:50 08/24/01 (0)
I recently encountered the HPS-4000 theater speaker system for the first time at the General Cinemas googleplex in Framingham, MA. I agree with Clark, it's very impressive. General Cinema even gives out a pamphlet on the sound system.
My all time favorite theater sound system though was the Cerwin - Vega "Sensurround" folded horns from the early 1970s. Somewhere I've got a spec sheet on those, I think they used 2 18" woofers in each cabinet driven by 750 watt or 1 kikowatt power amps. With the mouth extenders in place they were supposed to be able to reach to something like 5 Hz at 110 to 120 dB.
- HPS-4000 "High Performance Stereo" theater sound systems
we recently got a new theater - late 08:04:28 08/24/01 (0)
Hi,
the sound is decent, the floor is sloped which tells me the designer wasn't brain-dead. It sounds nice, it's the only one i go to now, i'll have to ask them next time what system they are using.

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