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I watched Lord of the Rings on DVD Saturday night. All I have for sound right now is stereo with a HK PM 665 integrated amp and a pair of B&W 602s3, hence "2.0".I have to say even in just stereo I was quite impressed by the sound. I don't have my speakers set up to be optimal throughout the room. There's one sweet spot about a foot wide where MY chair sits when we watch movies. In that seat, the scene with the fight against the cave troll in Moria was amazing. The sound came from all around, even from the rear. There was several moments when I could have sworn I had rear speakers. I literally heard things from behind me, 100% behind me! not bleeding through to the front where the speakers are.
I've heard of recording techniques that uses proper phasing, delays and such to simulate 3D sound with just to channels. I thought it only worked well with head phones. I don't know what they did with the stereo track on LofRs but I was way impressed.
Oh and even though the sound wasn't as loud or as deep as the sound in the theater, it was way way crisper and cleaner on my B&Ws. I think that once I add the sub, HT receiver, and rears, the sound it going to be so much better than the theater that I'll have a hard time spending 2 or 3 times $9 for me, wife, eventually kid, when I can get a DVD six months later for $18. And, no $5 for overly salted popcorn.
-Ken
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Topic - Impressed with Lord of the Rings played on 2.0 - kvkmak 05:49:31 08/26/02 (26)
- Best 5.1 channel mix I've heard.... - Iguana Man 10:12:33 08/27/02 (0)
- killing a center channel speaker worked better than I expected... - kuma 17:17:27 08/26/02 (12)
- 5.1 mix? - cfraser 17:53:50 08/26/02 (11)
- The biggest problem I face with the HT set up is... - kuma 23:05:11 08/26/02 (8)
- Excuse my enthusiasm, I know I'm sounding like an - cfraser 11:21:32 08/27/02 (7)
- agreed... - kuma 17:11:33 08/27/02 (6)
- Oh, I get where you're coming from now - cfraser 01:44:47 08/28/02 (5)
- conventional HT set up sometimes does not work in an uinconventional room... - kuma 20:38:51 08/28/02 (1)
- Number of people - cfraser 21:28:54 08/28/02 (0)
- Re: center channels... - Estes 06:06:27 08/28/02 (2)
- Re: center channels... - cfraser 21:34:56 08/28/02 (1)
- Re: movies... - Estes 05:00:23 08/29/02 (0)
- Re: 5.1 mix? - abraham 20:59:08 08/26/02 (1)
- as I said in my earlier post... - kuma 23:17:23 08/26/02 (0)
- Re: Impressed with Lord of the Rings played on 2.0 - SamM 12:22:01 08/26/02 (1)
- Re: Impressed with Lord of the Rings played on 2.0 - trey 07:59:30 08/29/02 (0)
- Pretty exciting, complex soundscape...even in 2.0 - Harmonia 11:13:03 08/26/02 (6)
- In 5.1, I think it is reference quality - cfraser 11:48:02 08/26/02 (5)
- If only I could understand the damn dialogue! - Dalancroft 13:21:37 08/26/02 (4)
- I recommend Trainspotting for you! - cfraser 13:51:38 08/26/02 (3)
- Re: I recommend Trainspotting for you! - TA 16:05:15 08/26/02 (1)
- Not sure about The Road Warrior, but Mad Max - cfraser 16:26:24 08/26/02 (0)
- Try Lock,Stock,and Two Smoking Barrels... - Don Bunce 14:45:19 08/26/02 (0)
- Did the same exact thing on Friday evening :) - David S. 10:16:59 08/26/02 (2)
- Wanna Swap for a while:-) - kvkmak 12:46:13 08/26/02 (1)
- LOL!! 'Fraid the wife won't let any part of that system leave the house. - David S. 15:58:52 08/26/02 (0)
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