nube Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Insurgent (7.1 TrueHD) Level - 4 Stars (110.41dB composite) Extension - 5 Stars (1Hz) Dynamics - 5 Stars (29.08dB) Execution - 4 Stars Overall - 4.5 Stars Recommendation - Buy Notes: I haven't watched it yet. But, from watching the measurements, all effects are steeply rolled off from 20Hz for the first 3/4 of the movie. Then, out of NOWHERE in the last quarter of the flick, all the effects magically become full bandwidth. It's like they used a different foley for the last bit, or changed sound effects editors or something. PvA: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infrasonic Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Wow. Nice. And Atmos to boot. Interesting what you say about things kicking in later in the movie. Don't get mad but this alone suggests that it's easy to skew the whole PvA with enough energy in only a little time. Not suggesting we change things now but it would be interesting to do a PvA of a movie but broken up and done several times in chunks. Scenes, full acts, whatever. That would show a much more accurate reading of the movie of choice but it would require more work and would invalidate previous data. Not worth it but for those of you doing this it would be an interesting experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nube Posted August 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 There are quite a few movies where the stats and PvA are impacted by just a scene or two. We've known that for a long time, Scott, but I don't think it creates any big problems for the methodology. The converse is also true - quiet scenes negatively impact the PvA and stats. Thus, all scenes impact the movie's scores & PvA. PvAs are just one tool in a much larger toolbox. Since that toolbox has been employed the same way across all 400ish of these movies, and since we're measuring the entire movie every time, I think that it's immaterial when considering the counting stats. Plus, there's discussion of each movie to flesh out this minutiae. You're right - a new or additional methodology could be employed to highlight this fact, and everyone here is objective enough to consider that sort of thing all of the time. But, what would the ranking system gain from doing so? That's a legit question that needs an answer anytime someone says "this system isn't perfect" or "doesn't account for this nuance in this one movie." It's not, and it doesn't, but I question whether or not it needs to. If, for a majority of the movies measured here, someone can answer that question of how the ranking would benefit, I and everyone else would welcome the addition or change! If someone can come up with a recommendation that highlights a glaring deficiency in the system, and substantively fixes it, please do! The system has already been changed and tweaked several times, so you all should know that nobody here is averse to the possibility. I'm going to guess that this is a pretty solid bass movie, but, really, people start to split hairs because they can - and I'm totally good with it. There's just not a whole lot of difference in quality or quantity from 4.5 stars and up - they're all very solid. Beyond that, it's mostly people's rooms, systems, and preferences accounting for the subjective differences in the experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infrasonic Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Hey, I'm not saying we change the methodology here. Just thought it would be an interesting experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdffgdfgd Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 This had a surprising amount of bass considering how restrained the first one was. It felt a bit like Transformers 4 at times. Not as compressed or full of clipping but often the bass felt boomy and over top without much nuance. And there are quite a lot of sweeps. Enjoyed the sound mix as a whole and like the movie more than I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossobass Dave Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 The movie was better than the first one, IMO. The low end is so-so. I found nothing below about 15 Hz, thus, no shake in the floor in my HT. Here are the highlight chapters, IMO, with no spoilers: New color scale: Chapter 13A: Chapter 13b: Chapter 15a: Chapter 15b: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toe Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 How is the quantity of bass on this title? Would this qualify as a "bass fest"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmoney Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 I would say no. Only the last act had bass. And yes it had its fair share in that last act. But not much else in the film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatshaft Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 I just did an interesting test between DD5.1 track and the TrueHD 7.1 track. Here's the differences between the 2 graphs. Very interesting indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infrasonic Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Thanks for doing this comparison, Fatshaft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toe Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Very interesting Fatshaft! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatshaft Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Guys, I'm soo happy to finally being able to give back to a community that's helped me tremendously in my journey to blissful bass heaven! Infrasonic, Your avatar looks like the front stage of a guy I know on the AVSForum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmercy Posted August 9, 2015 Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 The Amazing Spider-Man was the same way. Until the subway scene, very little ULF, then BOOM all the way to the end. FOH once likened it to black and white in the beginning of The Wizard of Oz going to color in the Oz sequences. JSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nube Posted August 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 I thought the bass was pretty good. The surround work was very well done, even though I don't have Atmos. Did not like the movie at all, same as the first. Just not my cup of tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKtheater Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 I have to graph some scenes from this, I thought I was going to wake the kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKtheater Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 Here are some scenes for the 7.1 TrueHD track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audiofan1 Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 Having bought a copy my 4 has been changed to a 5 and buy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemX Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 I just did an interesting test between DD5.1 track and the TrueHD 7.1 track. Here's the differences between the 2 graphs. Very interesting indeed I don't understand why this is - surely both encoding formats have exactly the same amount of headroom, bar the addition of two extra channels in the 7.1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infrasonic Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Nothing to do with headroom. It's just a different mix. For what reason? I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aj72 Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 Last 30 minutes was really good not much before that. Movie was okay but not enough bass moments to get the five stars from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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