In Reply to: Are movies too loud?... posted by millen on February 8, 2005 at 12:19:47:
I believe that there has been a movement over the last five years or so by theater owners to lower the levels due to viewer complaints. The trailers in particular were getting out of hand and a woman I was dating at the time frequently covered her ears.As for the codecs themselves, I would think that surround sound does not require louder levels, more the opposite since they are directional and clearer. In theaters, SONY's SSDS (the eight channel version in particular) is the best, followed by DTS EX and then Dolby Digital EX
Examples of really loud films are "Backdraft" and "Master and Commander". The quietest film I can recall is "The Bridges of Madison County" and it has one of the best soundtracks ever.
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