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Topic: Cinemark Policy, digital soundtracks on it
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Brad Miller
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Posts: 17775
From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-11-2002 06:57 PM
It could also be the tech who installed the place. For some reason many techs seem to think the dts units are a direct plug in like a DA20 and frequently the pots are not exactly balanced or they fail to set the "digital subwoofer" input properly. Also, depending on the way the dts was wired in, the subwoofer could be running at a fixed level, although I doubt it since this sounds like a fairly recent complex.I can assure you though if the two formats were both balanced identically that the levels would be the same. Sounds like a bad sound tech or a tinkerer in the booth. Also, can anyone from Cinemark deny or confirm if the dts audio is actually on the dts discs? I know UA made a policy trailer but the audio was never on any disc. You could be hearing analog. MOVING TO FILM HANDLER'S FORUM
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David Stambaugh
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From: Eugene, Oregon
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 02-11-2002 07:33 PM
Brad, sorry for posting on the wrong forum. I wasn't sure if this particular question coming from an inquisitive amateur warranted being on film handler's forum or not. I'm wary of stepping over some imaginary boundary line (which may only exist in my head) on technical questions. ![](http://www.film-tech.com/ubb/smile.gif) I also should have stated at the beginning that I'm *assuming* the Cinemark policy soundtrack is present on most/many DTS discs but I don't know that for a fact. In these theaters, anything that plays in analog (especially in the DTS houses) sounds very inferior compared to digital. It's VERY apparent when, for example, they don't have a DTS trailers disc but the feature switches to DTS. At a couple of recent shows I saw there, all the trailers including the policy sounded digital, and the DTS snipe ran before the feature, in digital. It took me a long time to realize that it's always the Dolby shows that are lacking the deep bass. But that does seem to be the case. I know there's no technical reason SR-D should be inferior in the LFE area. As far as how the policy sounds vs. the movie, it's tough to assess the LFE by listening to a different movie every time. Subjectively it sounds like the Dolby systems consistently lack deep bass, and the DTS systems do not. The only "apples to apples" comparison I can make is with the policy, and even that may not be mixed the same in both formats as Bobby stated.
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