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In Reply to: Pete....Could you fully describe the differences.... posted by blake on December 23, 2001 at 11:43:39:
yep, : the opening sequence with the chopper circling directly over your head really sets the mood -- it's one of the best sound moments in film--in a film loaded with best sound moments (clearly one of my top ten), and Col. Killgore's assualt on the surfing beach "...someday this war's gonna end." ...ok, there is a time and place for subwoofers and satellites
and I admit, that when I watched "Perfect Storm", with five full-range bastards each driven by their own mother-of-a-Madrigal amp, and the 18" Velo popping the roofing nails from my neighbor's houses--that storm was REAL! The windows caved-in and the basement flooded! It wasn't even close with just a regular HT multi-channel amp--more like a summer cloudburst that would quickly pass.
but all too often the effects channels detract rather than enhance
I've been hanging on to my Netflix rental of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and watching it over and over in ordinary stereo (Dep is brilliant!).
with the speakers (Audio Physic Virgos) well away from the front wall and driven properly by decent amplification (not HT amps)...
(wait 'til he sees these savage bats! )
...
(did I think that or say it out loud?)
i'm not much of a fan of the "13-year-old-boy" Hollywood blockbuster, with all the meaninless, spectacular violence and illogical action: your typical Dolby Digital fodder.
that being said:
"Apocalpyse Now Redux" has the best sound man in the business. take a very carful listen to the ambience next time you watch it: check out the scene at the bridge, at night. There's a calcaphony of noise all jumbled together which builds the tension and sets the mood of chaos, confusion, insanity....fear. And then pay very close attention to the sounds and they fade and focus on the gook at the wire screaming "Hey GI!" as the soldier "Roach" zeros in..."He's very close". Chilling.
Perhaps the best sound work in American Film, and you don't need Dolby Digital to know that. What you need is a carefully set-up audiophile grade stereo pair--something that embodies all the qualities we look for in a pruist analog high-end system.
great films with great sound men, gotta love it: turn the lights off
"turn out the light
"turn out the light
"turn out the light J. Morrison
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- Re: Pete....Could you fully describe the differences.... - petew 06:54:10 12/24/01 (1)
- Thanks-I can only watch in 2 channel.... - blake 12:35:56 12/24/01 (0)
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