Mission Impossible 3 poor sound quality? - Blu-ray Forum

Ben123 · 02-25-2008, 02:06 PM

Just watched Mission Impossible 3 tonight and this being one of my favorite action movie, I'm dissapointed to find it sounds rather weak and dull esp when compared to the other blu-ray movies that have uncompressed audio. I have to raise the volume by nearly +6db above my normal hearing level before it sounds better and even then the sound stage is poor and dynamics is seriously lacking. I think it even sounds worse than the DVD version. This is the only Blu-Ray disc I owned that doesn't have a uncompressed soundtrack.

I press the info button on my remote and this Blu-Ray disc only comes with a 640kps DD track. I wonder if it could be bec my PS3 doesn't decode Dolby Digital well? Or just the sound on this disc sucks bec it is not uncompressed?

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XSilentCobraX · 02-25-2008, 02:10 PM

Check that the PS3 is set to bitstream the audio out, if its on linier PCM, make sure it does NOT have dynamic range ON.. thats all i can think of right now..

Ben123 · 02-25-2008, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by XSilentCobraX

Check that the PS3 is set to bitstream the audio out, if its on linier PCM, make sure it does NOT have dynamic range ON.. thats all i can think of right now..

How do you check the Dynamic Range ON setting? I don't find it in the PS3 Sound Settings Menu. I'm using Linear PCM thru HDMI and all my other BD disc sounds fine.

Just to be sure, I just re-watched MI3 on DVD again and indeed the soundtrack on the DVD is far better! Puzzling...

XSilentCobraX · 02-25-2008, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben123

How do you check the Dynamic Range ON setting? I don't find it in the PS3 Sound Settings Menu. I'm using Linear PCM thru HDMI and all my other BD disc sounds fine.

Just to be sure, I just re-watched MI3 on DVD again and indeed the soundtrack on the DVD is far better! Puzzling...

Its under audio settings in the PS3 system.. and if you are using Linear PCM for Dolby digital, theres a good chance its on dynamic range, but if you say your DVD sounds fine, then i honestly dont know

Ben123 · 02-25-2008, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by XSilentCobraX

Its under audio settings in the PS3 system.. and if you are using Linear PCM for Dolby digital, theres a good chance its on dynamic range, but if you say your DVD sounds fine, then i honestly dont know

Oops.. I should add that I play the DVD using my Samsung DVD player and not the PS3. I'll check my setting again, thanks!

yagami · 02-25-2008, 02:52 PM

I does not have a PCM track, only Dolby Digital.

XSilentCobraX · 02-25-2008, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben123

Oops.. I should add that I play the DVD using my Samsung DVD player and not the PS3. I'll check my setting again, thanks!

Well then i really think its on Dynamic range, i had that problem as well..

Ben123 · 02-25-2008, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by XSilentCobraX

Well then i really think its on Dynamic range, i had that problem as well..

Just go thru the settings in my PS3 / Settings / Sound Settings / Audio Output Settings but couldn't find any parameters to set the Dynamic Range. It's not in the BD Settings as well. Think yours and mine PS3 are different version.

Still scratching my head on this one...

Gamma_Winstead · 02-25-2008, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben123

Just go thru the settings in my PS3 / Settings / Sound Settings / Audio Output Settings but couldn't find any parameters to set the Dynamic Range. It's not in the BD Settings as well. Think yours and mine PS3 are different version.

Still scratching my head on this one...

the DD is not the best. Especially after watching Casino Royale or anything with an uncompressed track.

Ben123 · 02-25-2008, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by gamma626

the DD is not the best. Especially after watching Casino Royale or anything with an uncompressed track.

Agreed uncompressed or lossless is always better. But it still it doesn't explain why it can sound much worse than the DVD, is it? Since the DD soundtrack on this BD and the DVD should be identical, or it is not?

JimSD · 02-25-2008, 03:26 PM

I watched MI:3 about a week ago and I had the exact same feeling about the audio. It did not seem to have anywhere near the same quality as the uncompressed soundtracks I've become used to on Blu-ray. Sounds were not as distinct as in an uncompressed track. I felt like I was listening to something as opposed to being a part of it (if that makes any sense).

Ben123 · 02-25-2008, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by JimSD

I watched MI:3 about a week ago and I had the exact same feeling about the audio. It did not seem to have anywhere near the same quality as the uncompressed soundtracks I've become used to on Blu-ray. Sounds were not as distinct as in an uncompressed track. I felt like I was listening to something as opposed to being a part of it (if that makes any sense).

Yes, this is how it sounds to me when listening to this BD. Are you also playing this on a PS3?

JimSD · 02-25-2008, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben123

Yes, this is how it sounds to me when listening to this BD. Are you also playing this on a PS3?

Yes, on a PS3.

02-25-2008, 02:06 PM	#1
Ben123 Active Member Member since:Feb 2008 Blu-ray reviews:1	Mission Impossible 3 poor sound quality? Just watched Mission Impossible 3 tonight and this being one of my favorite action movie, I'm dissapointed to find it sounds rather weak and dull esp when compared to the other blu-ray movies that have uncompressed audio. I have to raise the volume by nearly +6db above my normal hearing level before it sounds better and even then the sound stage is poor and dynamics is seriously lacking. I think it even sounds worse than the DVD version. This is the only Blu-Ray disc I owned that doesn't have a uncompressed soundtrack. I press the info button on my remote and this Blu-Ray disc only comes with a 640kps DD track. I wonder if it could be bec my PS3 doesn't decode Dolby Digital well? Or just the sound on this disc sucks bec it is not uncompressed? -------------------- Samsung 61" DLP projector Denon 3808 Receiver PS3 KEF iQ series Speakers System Focal Subwoofer

02-25-2008, 02:10 PM	#2
XSilentCobraX Senior Member Member since:May 2007 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray collection:264 Blu-ray reviews:135	Check that the PS3 is set to bitstream the audio out, if its on linier PCM, make sure it does NOT have dynamic range ON.. thats all i can think of right now..

02-25-2008, 02:52 PM	#6
yagami Active Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Queens, NY Blu-ray collection:294	I does not have a PCM track, only Dolby Digital.

02-25-2008, 03:26 PM	#11
JimSD Expert Member Member since:Sep 2007 Blu-ray collection:109	I watched MI:3 about a week ago and I had the exact same feeling about the audio. It did not seem to have anywhere near the same quality as the uncompressed soundtracks I've become used to on Blu-ray. Sounds were not as distinct as in an uncompressed track. I felt like I was listening to something as opposed to being a part of it (if that makes any sense).

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