Best DVDs for Surround Sound Demo

[Ramma2]

Swordfish. While not a very great movie, there's a part where a bomb explodes and sends ball bearings all over the place, sounds really cool.

 

[bacon333]

Master and Commander was also highly recommended, any comments on this one?

 

[Shame]

Originally posted by: jfall
Opening of Saving Private Ryan

No doubt on that. That is how I tested mine.

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: jfall
Opening of Saving Private Ryan

 

[RagingBITCH]

Matrix & Blackhawk Down

 

[AmericasTeam]

Originally posted by: JohnAn2112
Heat - bank robbery scene FTW!

second that

Turn it up way loud.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: bacon333
Master and Commander was also highly recommended, any comments on this one?

It's very good...I just found the on screen action confusing sometimes...but great sound

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
The lobby scene from the Matrix is still what I use as a test.

Same here.

 

[zbalat]

Mid-air collision in Fight Club sounds awesome.

 

[InlineFour]

Originally posted by: bacon333
Master and Commander was also highly recommended, any comments on this one?

that's more of a sub test.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: spidey07
gladiator

Shizzle.
The first fight in Rome. Where the camera pans all the way around.

 

[ThunderLew]

I have a friend who is a huge audiophile and he uses Dare Devil to calibrate his surround sound. At first I thought that that was a bit odd, but you should try it.

 

[CalvinHobbes]

Go to http://www.avsforum.com they have quite a few threads on best sound, best LFE, best picture, etc.

You should make a disc that's a compilation of clips so you're not swapping discs constantly.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: spidey07
gladiator

Shizzle.
The first fight in Rome. Where the camera pans all the way around.

Yeah, plus I like to have something with a good soundtrack on it. whiz-bang-zoom stuff is nice but if the system can't make music presentable/realistic what good is it?

 

[nboy22]

Anything with DTS.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: nboy22
Anything with DTS ES.

Fixed.

 

[nboy22]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: nboy22
Anything with DTS ES.

Fixed.

yeah, I've been messing with DTS samplers the past few days on this setup with RBH speakers... Ahhh clarity is amazing, I love it!

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: JohnAn2112
Heat - bank robbery scene FTW!

That's my vote.

Matrix and Saving Private Ryan are also in there.

 

[BRObedoza]

THX Demo Disc in DTS

 

[Goosemaster]

Fifth element opera song....In DTS of course..amke your sub is ready to go for this one

*listening to it now actually *

Saving Private Ryan DTS

 

[Tu13erhead]

Here's one not mentioned:

The attack scene from Pearl Harbor.

 

[Goosemaster]

Apollo 13

 

[Pacfanweb]

This is one nobody will think of, but in Independence Day, the part where Jeff Goldblum's character tells the army dude to shoot the alien ship they have captured....the shield deflects the bullet, and it flies all around you.

Not a big sub test, but it will almost make you duck.

 

[bacon333]

Originally posted by: ThunderLew
I have a friend who is a huge audiophile and he uses Dare Devil to calibrate his surround sound. At first I thought that that was a bit odd, but you should try it.

Wow, the movie was alright but daaaang the surround sound is awesome!

 

[davestar]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: bacon333
currently a JVC RX-702 (My avr-2807 is being shipped from crutchfield atm) 2xInfinity Primus 360, Infinity C25, Infinity OWS-1, Athena ASP4000 sub.

Tv: Vizio 50" plasma
Monster HTS-3600 MKII powercenter

You bought a Monster product??????

damn, i wish monster was publicly traded... but then they'd have to announce their costs vs sales and the public might comprehend how much monster is ripping them off, so it might backfire.

$100 for a DVI-D cable??? hahahahha