Audio in the Movies

Films/DVD Asylum

Movies from comedy to drama to your favorite Hollyweird Star.

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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Topic - Audio in the Movies - clarkjohnsen 06:52:03 08/24/01 (2)

Re: Audio in the Movies - Rob Doorack 11:58:50 08/24/01 (0)

we recently got a new theater - late 08:04:28 08/24/01 (0)

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