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Originally Posted by Riddler95
Did u try another Blu-Ray to see if the center speaker is working?
Most likely it has to be the Mastering of the Blu-Ray, which is very odd because as soon as I read this article I popped in the Special Edition DVD of First Blood and selected DTS Audio and the center mix was getting many sounds.
They could have remixed the sound for Blu-Ray.
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Perhaps I wasn't clear--the center speaker was basically the only speaker working. The others were quiet. And, yes, I played other movies. I tried every combination I could think of, and the problem is only with Rambo FB, with all non-center speakers.
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Originally Posted by FendersRule
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.
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Well, I'm glad I'm not going crazy. It just seems strange that the reviewer would be
so positive (4/5), yet the audio would be
so bad (cranking my sub to the max does
nothing). Even First Blood part 2, which received 3/5, sounded much better than FB part 1.