Favorite Movie/Music to Demo Home Theater

gotexas872
gotexas872 Posts: 13
edited August 2014 in Music & Movies
What are some of your favorite movies, concerts, demo-disc to listen to with your home theater set-up?
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  • seabeerob213
    seabeerob213 Posts: 1,843
    edited January 2014
    The Lord Of The Rings on blu-ray will put your system through its paces pretty well, long, but gives you time to ajust and learn what is woking and what isnt, action, loud orchestral music, quieter dialogue scenes, it has a good bit of everything in it, This is my opinion though, others may have better advice to chime in.
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  • mytime
    mytime Posts: 87
    edited January 2014
    For AQ I will pop Master and Commander in. That disc will give the sub a real workout during the ship battle scenes.
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  • Tornado Red
    Tornado Red Posts: 939
    edited January 2014
    seabeerob213 wrote: »
    The Lord Of The Rings on blu-ray will put your system through its paces pretty well, long, but gives you time to ajust and learn what is woking and what isnt, action, loud orchestral music, quieter dialogue scenes, it has a good bit of everything in it, This is my opinion though, others may have better advice to chime in.

    +1 on Lord Of The Rings movies. I also like the new Man Of Steel on blu-ray as a HT work out, though I found I had to keep the volume control on the remote near by. For music, concerts like Jeff Beck Live At Ronnie Scott's and The Eagles in Melbourne are good bets on blu-ray.
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  • gotexas872
    gotexas872 Posts: 13
    edited January 2014
    seabeerob213 wrote: »
    The Lord Of The Rings on blu-ray will put your system through its paces pretty well, long, but gives you time to ajust and learn what is woking and what isnt, action, loud orchestral music, quieter dialogue scenes, it has a good bit of everything in it, This is my opinion though, others may have better advice to chime in.

    I am due to watch Lord of the Rings in my movie rotation. I will have to give this trilogy a run this week.
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    edited January 2014
    Dredd has some incredible LFE. Movie ain't great but not bad. It is known to make subs walk around the room.
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  • gotexas872
    gotexas872 Posts: 13
    edited January 2014
    Tornado Red wrote: »
    I also like the new Man Of Steel on blu-ray as a HT work out, though I found I had to keep the volume control on the remote near by

    Is it common to have a large dispersion among low and high sound levels in movies?
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  • gotexas872
    gotexas872 Posts: 13
    edited January 2014
    Mikey081057 wrote: »
    Dredd has some incredible LFE. Movie ain't great but not bad. It is known to make subs walk around the room.

    Thankfully I have this movie!
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    edited January 2014
    gotexas872 wrote: »
    Is it common to have a large dispersion among low and high sound levels in movies?

    Man of Steel was awesome
    My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160

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  • Ducati Guy
    Ducati Guy Posts: 160
    edited January 2014
    King Kong,
    the last scene where he's fighting off the WWII airplanes on top of the skyscraper is very good, sound effects/imaging.
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  • zane77
    zane77 Posts: 1,696
    edited January 2014
    Lord of the Rings, Man of Steel, Pacific Rim and Master and Commander all have pretty awesome soundtracks and a lot of thhe video is pretty good.
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  • gotexas872
    gotexas872 Posts: 13
    edited January 2014
    Once I get my speakers I am looking forward to the following movies:

    Sound Effects

    Transformers
    Tron Legacy
    Jurassic Park
    All Fast and Furious Movies
    Chronicles of Riddick
    The Matrix

    Movie Scores

    The Assassination of Jesse James
    There Will Be Blood
    Tron Legacy
    Terminator 2
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  • Tornado Red
    Tornado Red Posts: 939
    edited January 2014
    gotexas872 wrote: »
    Is it common to have a large dispersion among low and high sound levels in movies?

    No, it's not that normal. I have heard a few complaints on Man Of Steel about the mix being a little too low in spots (with dialog, etc) or too high in spots (with some of the action) depending on how you look at it. I found myself tinkering with the volume a couple times. Action scenes were pretty awesome though.
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  • Tornado Red
    Tornado Red Posts: 939
    edited January 2014
    If the LFE is your game to show off your HT, the #1 rated movie for ultra low bass over on AVS is Cloverfield...if you can make it through the "shaky cam"....
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  • gotexas872
    gotexas872 Posts: 13
    edited January 2014
    Tornado Red wrote: »
    If the LFE is your game to show off your HT, the #1 rated movie for ultra low bass over on AVS is Cloverfield...if you can make it through the "shaky cam"....

    Love me some LFE but absolutely despise shaky cam. Ha. What instrument is used in Cloverfield to get the LFE?
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,774
    edited January 2014
    The depth charges in U-571 are a true sub workout...
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited January 2014
    Tornado Red wrote: »
    No, it's not that normal. I have heard a few complaints on Man Of Steel about the mix being a little too low in spots (with dialog, etc) or too high in spots (with some of the action) depending on how you look at it. I found myself tinkering with the volume a couple times. Action scenes were pretty awesome though.

    I just rewatched this the other night, and I felt the action scenes were to loud when compared to the dialogue. Of course, that is just my opinion. I'm sure there are others who want it louder. All in all though, I liked the movie.
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  • Tornado Red
    Tornado Red Posts: 939
    edited January 2014
    BlueFox wrote: »
    I just rewatched this the other night, and I felt the action scenes were to loud when compared to the dialogue. Of course, that is just my opinion. I'm sure there are others who want it louder. All in all though, I liked the movie.

    Exactly my experience too. Turn it up for dialogue then it's too loud during the action scenes.
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  • Tornado Red
    Tornado Red Posts: 939
    edited January 2014
    gotexas872 wrote: »
    Love me some LFE but absolutely despise shaky cam. Ha. What instrument is used in Cloverfield to get the LFE?

    Not sure what they used to get the low frequencies of the monster...I know I had to straighten a picture or two after the movie, and my subs don't go THAT low. You can usually pick up the Cloverfield blu-ray in bargain bins for 5-8 bucks.
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  • gotexas872
    gotexas872 Posts: 13
    edited January 2014
    Tornado Red wrote: »
    Not sure what they used to get the low frequencies of the monster...I know I had to straighten a picture or two after the movie, and my subs don't go THAT low. You can usually pick up the Cloverfield blu-ray in bargain bins for 5-8 bucks.

    They usually have it at Gohastings around 2 or 3 dollars used. I may give it a try.
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited January 2014
    Mr. and Mrs. Smith on Bluray
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited January 2014
    All Add
    Star Wars EP1 - Darth Maul vs Obi One. This is an amazing clean clear scene which really shows off the surround and dynamics of ones system.
    The matrix- Scene 29 , you'll understand the nature of what a 5.1 system can do.
    Gladiator- This movie got 6.1 on the map IMO as it has amazing wrap around make you feel like your on the Sands with them.

    Newer Movies
    Thor- great surround and well recorded
    Avengers - when Iron Man and Thor battle
    Man of Steel - when Superman flies for the first time.
    All of the Iron Man movies
    Transformers is also another good one for special effects sounds. They did a hell of a job on the first one which I even have on HD DVD.

    Music look no further to show off your home theater system then Dave Mathews and Tim Reynolds Live at Radio City. Truly one of the most amazing sounding Blu ray Disc's made movie or Music. First time I heard this was at a Customers house after I installed a impressive system. I sat down and was in awe. I picked it up after that job.
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  • recoveryone
    recoveryone Posts: 900
    edited January 2014
    ken brydson wrote: »
    The depth charges in U-571 are a true sub workout...

    +1 even in the orignal DVD version the depth charges and the bells ringing in the opening scene.

    Master and Commander is another one for the full surround effect of the open ocean, waves crashing against the ship.
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,834
    edited January 2014
    ken brydson wrote: »
    The depth charges in U-571 are a true sub workout...

    Indeed! ^^^^

    Since I did not see it posted here yet, I have to give a nod to WOTW... "Well there's something down there, and it's moving!"

    My .02 for concert DVDs is AC/DC Stiff Upper Lip; advance to The Jack and sit back and let it play through to the end of Back In Black.
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  • seabeerob213
    seabeerob213 Posts: 1,843
    edited January 2014
    sub...woofer, or submarine? lol
    2 Channel(work in progress):DAC: Schiit modi 2 uberAmp:Parasound 1200 MK IISub:RBH 1010-SEP Speakers: Monitor 5A peerlesscurrently running some krk rokit 3g since the HK pre outs died and i need to start breaking everything down to move in a couple monthsHeadphones:Source: tidalDAC: schiit modius epre: schiit sysAmp: AQ dragonfly black/ schiit magni2 Cans: Velodyne V-True, Grado SR225i, sennheiser x drop gaming headsetPC:DAC: schiit modius e(over spdif)pre: schiit sysspeakers: prenous eris 5 xtSub: Earthquake Sound MiniMe-P63most of my comments are passing on of info, im a noob, im just trying to help how i can, if im wrong or out of place to comment, dont hesitate to let me know :)"WITH WILLING HEARTS AND SKILLFUL HANDS, THE DIFFICULT WE DO AT ONCE, THE IMPOSSIBLE TAKES A BIT LONGER, WITH COMPASSION FOR OTHERS. WE BUILD - WE FIGHT FOR PEACE WITH FREEDOM"Seabee Memorial, Arlington, VA
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  • gotexas872
    gotexas872 Posts: 13
    edited January 2014
    For Bass, AVS forum has listed these as the top movies:

    Cloverfield(blu-ray)
    The Haunting(dts)
    Flight of the Phoenix
    Hot Fuzz
    The Incredible Hulk (2008)
    Live Free or Die Hard(dts)
    The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring
    The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King
    Pulse
    War of the Worlds(dts)
    Tron: Legacy(blu-ray)
    How to Train Your Dragon
    Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
    Titan A.E.(dts)
    9
    Inside(
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  • seabeerob213
    seabeerob213 Posts: 1,843
    edited January 2014
    seeing as i own and have watched 5-6 of these movies, with my system multiple times, not a bad list,
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  • Tornado Red
    Tornado Red Posts: 939
    edited January 2014
    That is a great list. I check in on the sub forum over there on a regular basis, and those dudes are pretty serious about their subs.
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    edited January 2014
    For a quick demo of my system: Forrest Gump, firefight in Vietnam, Band of Brothers Episode 7, shelling outside Foy 31 minutes in, and Saving Private Ryan, the landing at Normandy.
    For full length:
    Man of Steel
    All the recent Marvel films
    Battleship
    Gladiator
    Master and Commander

    Best soundtrack would be Gladiator
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    edited January 2014
    The one I have been using is Dark Knight BR…
    or Yellow submarine BRv for other reasons.
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  • StantonZ
    StantonZ Posts: 444
    edited January 2014
    Here's one I know NOBODY will mention for (music) low-end: Migration by Dave Grusin (CD review at http://www.audioholics.com/music-reviews/dave-grusin-migration-1990).

    My movie recommendation has already been mentioned: Tron Legacy (the soundtrack is quite good as well; again CD review at http://www.audioholics.com/music-reviews/tron-legacy). Honorable mention to The Dark Knight (but not TDKR).

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