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Originally Posted by Pirendeus
I just watched First Blood for the first time tonight, and the non-center speaker sound was practically mute. The blu-ray.com review gave the sound a high rating (including bass and surround), but even when I maxed the volume, I had to stand a couple feet from the rest of my speakers to hear anything. Even the explosions seemed to emanate almost entirely from the center speaker, with the subwoofer output very minimal.
I tried using both available audio outputs (DD 5.1 and DTS HD 5.1), but nothing changed. I've never had this problem with any other movie. My receiver (onkyo HT-S9100THX) should be able to handle any audio with ease, especially a blu-ray thats been out for years, and I just can't figure out what is wrong. 
Thoughts? |
You're absolutely correct. First Blood is a very centered oriented mix. I seem to remember many environmental effects, explosions, etc solely dominating from the center, while the rest of the speakers remained stale. I actually remembered stopping the Blu-ray in confusion, and have done a little testing with this myself. I felt that this mix was very mono-orientated. The thunder was probably the best sound effect in the entire movie (as I remembered it using all channels). However, most everything else is just dead and stale.
First Blood should NOT receive a high audio rating. Sure, the audio is clear and fine, but the channel mixing is atrocious and it really lacks a surround feel and depth.
It's probably better to use the stereo mix with this title.