Best movie for speaker testing!?
newcastle90
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Just thought i'd throw this out there to see what everyones opinion is! Whats the best movie to test out your new system?
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LOTR & Resident Evil are good choicesLiving Room
Fronts: RTi A7's
Center: Csi A6 VR3 "Fortress Plus"
Front Heights: Rti A1
Surrounds: Rti A3
Sub: HSU VTF-2 MK4 Damn this is a good SUB
Pioneer Pioneer Elite: SC-35-> Emotiva XPA-3
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Blu-Ray Panasonic BD 210
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I like the end of Pulse, crash scene in flight of the Phoenix, and how to train your dragon for bass movies. Transformers 3 is top notch for all things, great surround fx.
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I wouldn't use a movie unless its multi-channel testing you are referring to. In that case, any movie you are familiar with that has good range of sounds. For typical "testing" I used Blade 2 (DTS), the opening vampire killing scene. For demonstration I used Master and Commander (DTS), the first battle scene.
If I were testing to determine whether I was interested in the speaker for purchase, I would collect a handful of songs of different types that I am intimately familiar with and go from there.Do you hear that buzzing noise?
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Saving private Ryan2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
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My favorite is House of Flying Daggers (drum scene) and Master and Commander.
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Definitely some good references listed here.
I pull out Tron Legacy to show off the Empire.
Just picked up Ghost Protocol, that gave the system a good work out.Source: BRP Panasonic UB9000, CDP Emotiva ERC3 - Display: LG OLED EVO 83 C3 - Pre/Pro: Marantz 8802A - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-2 x 2, XPA-6, Speakers, Mains/2ch-Focal Kanta No2's, C-LSiM706, S-702F/X, RS-RTiA9's, WS-RTiA9's, FH-RTiA3's, Subs - Epik Empire x 2
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Inception, super 8(the train scene), mission impossible 4, tron legacy as mentioned,
Dark knight for the low lfe testing, and definitely any of the lord of the rings are all movies that I've used to test out systems. And definitely All in blu-ray if possible!TV - LG 42" LED
Receiver - Pioneer VSX-521
Front speakers - Polk Monitor 40's Series II
Center - Polk Monitor CS1 Series II
Surround - Polk Audio OWM3
Subwoofer - JBL L8400P
"I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."
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I use the Blu-Ray versions of 'Master and Commander' and 'Saving Private Ryan'.
Both are good for testing a new system as well as checking everything out after you've made some changes and/or moved some speakers around and have re-calibrated your receiver. -
Well, you want a movie with a good variety of sounds, plenty of them out there, but more importantly you want to make sure the movie is encoded in 5.1 or 7.1 depending on the number of channels you are trying to test. If you want to test 7.1, make sure you pick a true 7.1 movie.
Go here:
http://www.blu-raystats.com/Stats/TechStats.php
And under "Audio" select the channels you want the movie to have and a filtered list will come up.
I remember Prince of Persia being an awesome surround experience with arrows flying through the room. This movie is 5.1 only though.
Have fun
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Super 8 is another one with a great track for testing your entire system.Fronts: Polk RTi A9's
Center: Polk CSi A6
Surrounds: Polk FXi A6
Sub: Epik Empire
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Anchorman, Dumb & Dumber, Freaky Friday, Step Brothers.
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Attachment not found...Not the games..not the games...not the games..Very good sound track.
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Star Wars version 83.12.00..LOL The THX intro alone should make you cry with how powerful it sounds.
My rig:
Polk LS 90(Left front, Right front)
Polk LS 350 Center
Polk LS/fx surround
Polk PSW 505 Sub
Conrad Johnson PRE
Mark Levinson Mono Blocks X5
Sony Blu Ray
I know it sounds like overkill but it is soo good.
Also have a pair of Acoustat 2=2s
Magnapans
Logan Martins
and on and on but my point is get the NEW Blu ray Star Wars and just replay the THX opening credit about 10 times till you melt. DC -
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UB571 and Master and Comander here also.
Then this little known gem...;
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Lord of war, with nicholas cage has some sweet audio.Yamaha RX-A710
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CS2 Center
Monitor 40 Surrounds
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Iron Man (got to love those jets!)
Terminator Salvation (tons of LF fun!)
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There is no better test of a speakers full capability using movie sound tracks then those composed and conducted by Joe Hisaishi. Of all of his exquisite soundtracks Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime 1997) is my pick for a single OST. There are three themes, Track 11,Lady Eboshi, track 14, The Young Man From The East, Prince Ashitaka's theme, and Track 18, Nobody knows your Heart, The Princess Mononoke Theme. To get the best OST you have to have the Japanese release it is superior to the American release which is missing half of the original tracks. I picked the Japanese movie poster because it shows San, aka Princess Mononoke. That is not badly smeared lip stick on her face but blood San sucked from a gun shot wound suffered by her mother the giant wolf goddess Moro.Radio Station W7ITC
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My favorite is House of Flying Daggers (drum scene) and Master and Commander.
Great pick "House of Flying Daggers", add "Hero" to that list.Radio Station W7ITC -
As soon as I get my Vr3 Fortress Edition Mods back and dialed in I'm definitely throwing in Master and Commander, Avatar and a little Iron Man to test em out. :cheesygrin:Anaheim Hills CA,
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Agreed on LOTR. The battle scene in RotK with the Oliphaunts is a great sub test; you should be able to *feel* that one!LOTR & Resident Evil are good choices
I also agree on WotW. This is another great test of your subwoofer's capabilities, however, it also really puts the tweeters to the test.War of the Worlds hands down. Avatar is good too
That scene from House of the Flying Daggers is probably my favorite for testing/showing off the capabilities of a good surround system.My favorite is House of Flying Daggers (drum scene) and Master and Commander. -
Then this little known gem...;
That one was a remarkably good workout for my system! Good little movie, actually.TV - LG 42" LED
Receiver - Pioneer VSX-521
Front speakers - Polk Monitor 40's Series II
Center - Polk Monitor CS1 Series II
Surround - Polk Audio OWM3
Subwoofer - JBL L8400P
"I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."
~Ray Charles~ -
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Tron Legacy, Master and Commander, and a new one that has really GREAT sound, War HorseHome Theater
Onkyo PR-SC5508 Sharp LC-70LE847U
Emotiva XPA-5 Emotiva XPA-2 Emotiva UPA-2
Front RTi-A9 Wide RTi-A7 Center CSi-A6 Surround FXi-A6 Rear RTi-A3 Sub 2x PSW505
Sony BDP-S790 Dishnetwork Hopper/Joey Logitech Harmony One Apple TV
Two Channel
Oppo 105D BAT VK-500 w/BatPack SDA SRS 2.3 Dreadnought Squeezebox Touch Apple TV -
Assuming we're all referencing Blu-Ray with DTS HD-MasterAudio or PCM tracks.
The Blues Brothers has just DTS and sounds great.
How bout some of my kids movies; Toy Story 1-3, Cars 1-2
Sherlock Holmes, Columbiana, Pearl Harbor, The Wolfman, Pirates of the Carib 1-4Source: BRP Panasonic UB9000, CDP Emotiva ERC3 - Display: LG OLED EVO 83 C3 - Pre/Pro: Marantz 8802A - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-2 x 2, XPA-6, Speakers, Mains/2ch-Focal Kanta No2's, C-LSiM706, S-702F/X, RS-RTiA9's, WS-RTiA9's, FH-RTiA3's, Subs - Epik Empire x 2
Cables: AudioQuest McKenzie XLR's/CDP/Amp, Carbon 48/BRP, Forest 48/Display, 2 channel speaker cable: Furutech FS Alpha 36 12AWG PCOCC Single Crystal (Douglas Connection)
EXPERIENCE: next to nothing, but I sure enjoy audio and video MY OPINION OF THIS HOBBY: I may not be a smart man, but I know what quicksand is.
When I was young, I was Superman but now that old age has gotten the best of me I'm only Batman -
Marley & Me, Mary Kate and Ashley Adventures, Elmo's World...
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Just saw Bram Strokers Dracula, creepy movie but awesome sound track in uncompressed. It was kinda of comical to see Gary Oldman as Drac after seeing him in the Cristian Bale Batman movies. Of course, Oldman does a great job in Fifth Element which also has a great sound track.Source: BRP Panasonic UB9000, CDP Emotiva ERC3 - Display: LG OLED EVO 83 C3 - Pre/Pro: Marantz 8802A - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-2 x 2, XPA-6, Speakers, Mains/2ch-Focal Kanta No2's, C-LSiM706, S-702F/X, RS-RTiA9's, WS-RTiA9's, FH-RTiA3's, Subs - Epik Empire x 2
Cables: AudioQuest McKenzie XLR's/CDP/Amp, Carbon 48/BRP, Forest 48/Display, 2 channel speaker cable: Furutech FS Alpha 36 12AWG PCOCC Single Crystal (Douglas Connection)
EXPERIENCE: next to nothing, but I sure enjoy audio and video MY OPINION OF THIS HOBBY: I may not be a smart man, but I know what quicksand is.
When I was young, I was Superman but now that old age has gotten the best of me I'm only Batman -
He wants to test his system, not blow it upaudiocr381ve wrote: »Marley & Me, Mary Kate and Ashley Adventures, Elmo's World...Samsung pn64f8500
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Sf venere center
Oppo 105d
Squeezebox touch
Parasound hca1500a
Apc power filter
Audioquest cables asst
Polk rtia3 SB
Polk fxia6 sl,sr
Dual hsu vtf3 mk3
