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12-29-2001, 02:59 AM
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NOTHING impressive about Jurassic Park III
Hello All,
After hearing so much fuss about the Jurrasic Park III DVD (DTS), I went out and bought it and was throughly disapointed. Fist of all, the movie was AWFUL. I prefered the second one, to this one, but of course, the FIRST one is the best!!!
Second of all, the BASS was hardly ever present. Some people mentioned bottoming out their sub. How? Did they have them 50 DBs hot??? There is hardly any bass, just normal bass, just like any other movie....I really thought that I would bottom out my sub with this, but I didn't. Oh well...just goes to show that some people will over-exagerate a movie, just so everyone else will go and spend their money on it too, just to be disapointed!
BTW, *YES*, I do have my system properly calibrated. I checked it 5 or 6 times to make sure it was perfect, and it was. Everything is calibrated to 75 DBs (including the sub) according to the Video Essentials DVD.
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12-29-2001, 03:04 AM
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Don't know what kind of setup you use.
But my sub REALLY has had a workout on JP-III.
I loved the bass.
I however do have the suggestion that the bass on JP-III is VERY low, maybe your sub does not handle that low ?
Or the DVD might be faulty.
Greetings from Holland,
Frank
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12-29-2001, 05:27 AM
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Don't know if this helps, but I calibrate my sub a tad higher than 75db. You'll find others here do the same. Mine is probably around 80db. At 75 my sub is fairly subdued.
Jeff
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12-29-2001, 05:45 AM
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I also get great rumble from my sub on the DTS track of 'JP III'. I also have my sub calibrated a couple of dbs higher than my calibrated level of 80dbs, it reads around 83 or 84 on my SPL meter.
As for the film itself, I thought it was fun. It took the franchise back to it's roots. Plus it had real starpower, I got a real kick watching a great actor like William H. Macy run from a T-Rex! Sure it's not a perfect movie, but it was just fun to watch. ILM really got those kinks worked out of those CGI dinos too, they were spectacular, especially the Spinosaur, he's the stuff nightmares are made of! 
"There was that time I wanted to be an astronaut.
I wanted to be the first one to kill somebody on the moon."
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12-29-2001, 08:02 AM
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The film is definitely flawed but there is some terrific bass there. is a great sub workout.
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12-29-2001, 08:42 AM
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Great bass here too so you may want to reconsider your current set up. Also, for the last time I want to state that AVIA and VE are just a simple base a starting point and not the BIBLE (for the religious inclined) so feel free to tweak your system after you are done with them...God won't get mad. 
Luis G.
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12-29-2001, 09:18 AM
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Even on my crappy Polk sub (calibrated to 85db with Avia), I got plenty of room-shaking deep bass with JP3. Plus, I actually enjoyed the movie as a quick 90-minute mindless thrill ride.
You sure your receiver doesn't have the DTS LFE compensation turned down by 10db? Because JP3 was vibrating my naughty bits!  |
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12-29-2001, 09:23 AM
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I am getting some serious bass happening on my Velodyne CT-120. The movie is alright, a popcorn movie for sure. I will say that the transfer is stunning. The picture is very beautiful. I have watched it both on my 16:9 55" Mits, and on a friends 16:9 42" Toshiba, and it looks stunning. I also read in a magazine that it is an ISF reference disk.
Matt
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12-29-2001, 10:25 AM
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Watch the DD version of the film. As stated in another thread (and I tested this myself with an SPL meter) the bass on the DD track is about 6 dBs louder. Believe me, it adds a lot to the movie over its DTS counterpart.
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