Best sound experience-any format

EJ
EJ Posts: 42
edited January 2003 in Music & Movies
Thanks for the new forum!

I would like to hear from my follow forum members on the topic of what sound experience you were most impressed with on your home system, regardless of format.

For me, I particulary noticed

Santana Supernatural-DVD
Roger Waters-Amused to Death-cd
Oh Brother-dvd
Pink Floyd-The wall-DVD
Resevoir Dogs Soundtrack-cd

A few among many, but these stand out in my mind.

I look forward to hearing from everyone. This includes the purist 2 channel only opinions.

Regards to all
Emmett
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  • TrappedUnder Ice
    TrappedUnder Ice Posts: 975
    edited September 2001
    Eagles...hell freezes over using DTS> I played this for some friends who will be getting into ht after begining of the year - all they could say was..... wow!

    Love that disk on the system:cool:
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited September 2001
    The Buddy Rich Big Band. Normal cd called "Big Swing Face". Recorded in 1965 or 1966. Either of the cuts Norwegian Wood, or Love for Sale will suck the air out of your chest on my straight stereo He-Man rig. You'll have that with eight 12" woofers and two 60" long ribbons. Each speaker fed by a 1,000 watt monoblock amp. Thanks for asking.

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grand's)
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited September 2001
    I really like the 6.1 formated. Gladitor was killer. Don Henley has a concert performance in DTS that is amazing. Just bought the new 7dust dvd and it rocks. Oh for you old people or just musicly challenged that's a rock band. CD-s depeche mode 101 is a has a great muli-channel live sound to it but not much bass.LATER:)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited September 2001
    Local dealer, Hillcrest Hifi. Low lights, quiet a/c, leather easy chairs......

    Krell 300c amp, KAV 280-cd, Rotel RC1090 Pre, Audioquest cables, B&W Nautilus 801, Dave Matthews - Crash, with my wife sitting next to me. The first time she 'heard' a difference....a real 'wow' scenario.

    (Side note, I had RT800's at the time, which I paid 800 or so for....)

    wife (looking at salesman after demo)'How much?'

    salesman 'Twelve'

    wife looks at me and asks 'Why did you pay 8 for the Polks, when these are only 12?'

    me (raising one eyebrow) 'Thats Twelve THOUSAND babe......'

    wife 'ohhhh.......'

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited September 2001
    FORMAT, GLADIATOR, and MUSICALLY challenged would be the correct spelling. Always glad to help!

    You know, out of all the cd's I own (1,000 or so), only about 700 are rock bands. Guess I'll have to pick up a few more.

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grand's)
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited September 2001
    Good call George, to clown on myself I am spell challenged to say the least. Ha. LATER, Scott
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited September 2001
    1. Shadow of the Vampire - DVD (DTS) Awesome peaks
    2. Apocalypse Now - DVD (DD) Great rear effects
    3. Chicago's Greatest Hits - CD Gotta love them horns


    Here's a few from me.
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited September 2001
    At 5'7", I'm VERTICALLY challenged! Ha! And I'll raise you a Ha. HA-HA!

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grand's)
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  • CHRIS
    CHRIS Posts: 454
    edited October 2001
    Vertically challanged at 6'5+"!
    Best movie I've seen for good work out of my system was ‘U-571’ in DTS of course. It also reminds me of the road to Seaside Hieghts(Rt.571), what a meat market. To be young again. ‘Black Dog’ was another good movie which had sound coming from all directions at times with quick scene changes during the action parts. Other favorite movie that I could watch any time is ‘The Last Boyscout’. Music stays in the 2 channel mode. Aerosmith ‘Toys in the Attic’ songs ‘Uncle Salty’ ‘Last Child’. Motely Crue was always a favorite even with the makeup and big hair they had good music IMO, the grls always loved it.
    Chris
    Chris :)
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,243
    edited October 2001
    My first stereo sound experince that was truly remarkable was when I got my SDA-1C set up properly. Holy ****! Everything I had heard was true! The Doors really kick **** on those 1C's.

    On the HT side, I would definitely have to say that U-571 in DTS was the first movie that really opened my eyes to what could be going on in a surround system.

    Wes
    Link: http://polkarmy.com/forums

    Sony 75" Bravia 4K | Polk Audio SDA-SRS's (w/RDO's & Vampire Posts) + SVS PC+ 25-31 | AudioQuest Granite (mids) + BWA Silver (highs) | Cary Audio CAD-200 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Rotel Michi P5 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Cambridge Audio azur 840C--Wadia 170i + iPod jammed w/ lossless audio--Oppo 970 | Pure|AV PF31d
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited October 2001
    In High School my brother bought an Onkyo Pre/Amp and an Onkyo CD player along with a pair of Boston Acoustics A100's. The first CD I listened to was Boston "Third Stage" That is my most memorable experience in stereo..That is still one of my favorite CD's.

    Troy
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • wangotango68
    wangotango68 Posts: 1,056
    edited October 2001
    it gives the subwoofer a good workout.

    scott:cool:
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  • PETERNG
    PETERNG Posts: 918
    edited October 2001
    DTS sent me two demo discs the other day, one DVD and the other is DTS CD, man... the stuff they have on the two disc are amazing (half of dozen demo movies on the DVD and almost a dozen of various kind of music for DTS CD.. I wish I can share them with all of you...;) Hey, Micah, you know what I am talking about, your guy should already have these discs...
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  • wangotango68
    wangotango68 Posts: 1,056
    edited October 2001
    how did you get the demo discs?

    scott:cool:
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  • PETERNG
    PETERNG Posts: 918
    edited October 2001
    I signed the sign-in list when I attended one of the A/V conference 6 months ago... I know Micah should have ton of these in his office...:cool:
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  • wangotango68
    wangotango68 Posts: 1,056
    edited October 2001
    ok give them up!!!


    scott:cool:
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  • rmcard
    rmcard Posts: 13
    edited October 2001
    Song by Leonard Bernstein... just Jeff and his electric guitar. It will send chills up your spine - if you haven't heard it, go out and get it.. almost anyone can appreciate it.... great song.
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  • rmcard
    rmcard Posts: 13
    edited October 2001
    I have my digital cable hooked up to an Outlaw 1050 receiver...
    Band of Brothers is intense.. better than almost any movie i have seen sound wise.. and the last 2 episodes have been incredible.

    anyone without HBO (and without a digital signal) is completely missing out on the best entertainment event out there, hands down.

    - r
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  • wuzzle
    wuzzle Posts: 6
    edited October 2001
    I have digital cable (adelphia) but don't see anyway to hookup to my reciever other than using RCA. Am I missing something?
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  • wuzzle
    wuzzle Posts: 6
    edited October 2001
    I have digital cable (adelphia) but don't see anyway to hookup to my reciever other than using RCA. Am I missing something?
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  • juice21
    juice21 Posts: 1,866
    edited October 2001
    Originally posted by wangotango68
    how did you get the demo discs?

    scott:cool:

    i know you can order these demo discs from both DTS's and Dolby's website, they are usually like $12-15 a peice. they make great demos. unless micah is feeling generous, he can just send out a bunch of those laying around in his office:D
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  • Micah Cohen
    Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
    edited October 2001
    Hey! I don't have ANY demo discs.

    Try bugging Paul. He keeps all the good stuff for himself.

    MC
    ultramicah@yahoo.com

    "There's nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight." - Lon Chaney
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  • PETERNG
    PETERNG Posts: 918
    edited October 2001
    Originally posted by Micah
    Hey! I don't have ANY demo discs.

    MC

    yeap...rite...every marketing guy (audio/video) has these discs, come'on...:p
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  • rmcard
    rmcard Posts: 13
    edited October 2001
    but i do have a digital output via a coaxial RCA ouptut. My receiver has 3 digital inputs - 2 optical and 1 coaxial RCA. It is a Pioneer digital receiver.

    I have to amend my comments about Band Of Brothers... while it is very good in 6.1, it cannot touch the sound from Saving Private Ryan, as far as war scenes go...
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  • prios
    prios Posts: 2
    edited January 2003
    Best sound so far! M Y S T E R E Sound Track from Cique d' Soleil
    PRIOS

    Receiver: Yamaha HTR-5560
    DVD: Pioneer DV-503
    TV: Toshiba 36"
    Speakers: Polk RT25i, Polk CSI30,
    Polk PSW350, Polk FX/300
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2003
    Only heard it in stereo so far, but the remastered Talking Heads' "Stop Making Sense" DVD is very nice.
    Will update when my HT is launched next month...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2003
    ATC, you're right Loreena is very good... and there are a number of other ones above I second, e.g. , Dave Mathews "Crash"... (good story too, Russ)

    In the same vein as Loreena, i.e., sultry females/ gloriously recorded try:
    Everything But The Girl - Amplified Heart
    Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions

    On the Male side:
    Robbie Robertson - Storyville

    Rock:
    INXS - Kick

    Off-Beat:
    Portishead - Dummy (pops and clicks are intentional... I think)
    The Bjork CD my daughter borrowed a couple years ago...

    Soundtrack:
    The Fugitive (got this one off an old "Sterophile" Records 2die4 list)

    But (and please don't hate me :( ) the most pristine CD I have ever heard is Michael Jackson's "Bad"... it is astounding... and at least it's from his "I'm not completely weird yet" stage...

    Later on Jazz and Classical... Maybe in a different thread...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • JSK2003
    JSK2003 Posts: 28
    edited January 2003
    I think my current all-time favorite format is the movie Twister in DTS. :)
    My setup :

    Anthem AVM20
    ATI-1505
    Sony DVP-NC650V 5-disc DVD/SACD
    Microsoft XBox
    Polk RM-7200 Theater System
    Polk PSW-550 Subwoofer
    Bettercables Silver Serpent interconnects
    Monster Cable speaker wire
    56" Panasonic HDTV
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  • TonyPTX
    TonyPTX Posts: 545
    edited January 2003
    Originally posted by wuzzle
    I have digital cable (adelphia) but don't see anyway to hookup to my reciever other than using RCA. Am I missing something?

    Check the back of your Digital Converter Box and look for an optical audio output or a Coax digital output (sometimes labeled SPDIF). Connect one of those to your receiver (along with the analog lines because not everything is broadcasted in digital audio) and you should be set to go...
    Damn....8 lines...I've gotta put my sig on a diet now....
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  • dthomps
    dthomps Posts: 352
    edited January 2003
    Krell 300c amp, KAV 280-cd, Rotel RC1090 Pre, Audioquest cables, B&W Nautilus 801, Dave Matthews - Crash, with my wife sitting next to me. The first time she 'heard' a difference....a real 'wow' scenario.

    Cheers,
    Russ [/B][/QUOTE]
    Amen Brotha. Same song, speakers werent as nice... they were the CDM series by B&W. fed by a Denon 5803. Man that is one killer song. Gonna go play it right now. Mike
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