Hello all,

I just put in an order for a 12D to compare to the 8D that I already have (in my trial period). Would someone please recommend movies (Blu-ray preferably, DVD fine too though I don't usually actually watch those anymore) that might make the differences clear?

Jason Hicks suggested Iron Man and Transformers. I did see the thread on the latter movie, and I don't mind annoying the neighbors to do the comparison, because maybe I won't always have neighbors. (Or maybe I will become a curmudgeon who doesn't care about being a good one, though I doubt it as I'm too much of a live-and-let-live libertarian.)

I would also welcome DVD Audio or CD recommendations. My typical listening includes classical, 70-80s progressive and "classic" rock, and new age.

Cheers,

Doug

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Speakers: Aperion 6T, 5DB, 6C, 12D
Receiver: Denon AVR-3808ci
Monitor: Panasonic TH-65PZ750U
DVD: Denon DVD-1920
Blu-ray: Playstation 3

The Iron Man and Transformers suggestions are good ones.  Honestly, you can probably go with anything from the AVSForums Tier 0 section in the SQ thread.

 

Things that I've found that also give a good kick in the seat are:

-Hulk (The Ed Norton one) - REALLY recommend this one...lots of consistent low end

- Kung-Fu Panda

- Bolt (the beginning in particular)

- I, Robot

- Serenity (particularly the entering-atmosphere part of the title sequence)

 

Hope that helps.  Have fun.

Thanks PJ, I will look there. I also have Kung-Fu panda in Blu-Ray (for my son) and I think I may have Serenity on DVD too.

Also, I just received Blue Man Group's "Audio" in DVD-Audio. This seems to have a lot of bass, although I'm only part-way through my first listening. Now that I have the nice sound system, I will likely be upgrading many of favorite CDs to DVD-Audio or SACD (once I get an SACD player). Too bad I can't rip these and play them through the "Media Server" on the receiver. I downloaded a 96/24 FLAC and it refused to play it.

Cheers!

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Speakers: Aperion 6T, 5DB, 6C, 12D
Receiver: Denon AVR-3808ci
Monitor: Panasonic TH-65PZ750U
DVD: Denon DVD-1920
Blu-ray: Playstation 3

How about some electronic music to really give that thing a work out?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBgf2ZxIDZk

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Jason Hicks
Aperion Audio Guru

Here are some links I found:

AVS Forum: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=858316

HD Digest Forum: http://forums.highdefdigest.com/archives/80994-tier-system-blu-ray.html

Never heard of the Tier system, so figure others will like finding out about it.

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Speakers: Aperion 6T, 5DB, 6C, 12D
Receiver: Denon AVR-3808ci
Monitor: Panasonic TH-65PZ750U
DVD: Denon DVD-1920
Blu-ray: Playstation 3

I don't have a Blu-Ray player quite yet. Holding out for the one Oppo is coming out with. However, for bass in movies my favorite is Master and Commander. When the cannons go off in the opening scenes it is very intense. Also U-571 is another great one when the charges go off. Just some suggestions........

mjwarburton:

I don't have a Blu-Ray player quite yet. Holding out for the one Oppo is coming out with. However, for bass in movies my favorite is Master and Commander. When the cannons go off in the opening scenes it is very intense. Also U-571 is another great one when the charges go off. Just some suggestions........

 

+1

I use the Master and Commander cannon scene on nearly a daily basis for demos.  I'm sure everyone else in our office isn't the slightest bit sick of it! 
 

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Jason Hicks
Aperion Audio Guru

mjwarburton:

I don't have a Blu-Ray player quite yet. Holding out for the one Oppo is coming out with.

I will probably get the Oppo when it comes out (unless the price is crazy high), but that is because between my PS3 and my Denon DVD player, neither does SACD over HDMI, which is disappointing. I wouldn't even mind if the Denon converted DSD to PCM and then put that out, but it only outputs over analog. And my PS3 is not one of the old ones with SACD. As far as I'm concerned the only analog signal I want is the one from the amp to the speakers. (OK all you with phonograph tables can stop laughing at me now thank you very much.)

The whole digital subwoofer thing is humorous. A->D->A->D->A->Brain. Good thing it's easy to oversample a 120 Hz signal.

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Speakers: Aperion 6T, 5DB, 6C, 12D
Receiver: Denon AVR-3808ci
Monitor: Panasonic TH-65PZ750U
DVD: Denon DVD-1920
Blu-ray: Playstation 3

For testing subs, I use:

Pan's Labyrinth (I almost launched a cone from a sub with that movie.)

The Dark Knight

 (in that order)

I can't find the url now but a did surf to a site that had film data listed with time codes and freq. in Hz.  I know Pan's Labyrinth was listed.

Oh, here it 'tis :

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=755493

Pan's Labyrinth   5 Hz @ 07:53

I noticed that "Bee Movie" listed 0 Hz.  I wonder how that works, I guess the cone just shoots forward (or back) and stays there.  (There was a "-1 Hz" once but I wasn't in the forest to hear it.)

Here's a good'n:

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/1622/24198356xe1.jpg

 

DVD Audio

Eagles Hotel California

Queen The Game

Foo Fighters in your honor(acoustic set)

SACD

Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon

The Police greatest Hits

Here is a good place to find SACD & DVD A discs:

http://store.acousticsounds.com/

 

Blu Ray:

Nine Inch Nails on Blu ray should give your subs a good work out.

Foo Fighters  Live at Wembley- Good Concert and they are joined by Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones for a couple of tracks

Dave Mathews

John Mayer