Sorry, no, I just tried it. The "Dialog Enhancer" option is still there if I downmix to stereo but it doesn't seem to be doing anything or it was too subtle for me.
I though that it won't work in downmix. Thank you for confirming.
Some voices were just too low in volume. Otherwise the phantom center of my speakers (K&H O300D) is very precise.
The issue is the level on both L&R when the centre channel was mixed into the mix-down. You do not have control on that, do you?
No, not to my knowledge.
That is why the issue may well be the accentuated due to the use of a phantom speaker in a stereo set instead of a discreet setup with a seperate centre speaker.
Do you know the bandwidth you use when watching HBO Max? I hear distortion when the streaming service throttles the stream. The distortion is similar to old 128Kbps or lower MP3 recordings. There is a lot of data required for a film like Dune, which is chock full of audio and dynamic video.
4K streaming goes up to +30 Mbps or more. An 768 kbps Atmos stream is the least you should be worried about.
768kbps for Atmos may mean mean there’s less than 128kbps left for each channel if the sound track is complicated, which the latest Dune’s is very much so.
That may be, but I really doubt you’d pass an ABX between DD+ Atmos and TrueHD Atmos when the same master was used.
I think at 10x more compression many will hear the difference.
That’s close enough to 2-channel OGG or AAC compression ratio for transparency (you really don’t need 320 Kbps for that). And more channels makes it even easier because you always have common content. I still think you will have a really hard, probably impossible time ABX’ing them. Sadly, such a test isn’t very easy to set-up.I think at 10x more compression many will hear the difference.
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All I'm saying is that when you reduce a stream that was meant to be 6000kbps+ to 1/10th the size you will hear artefacts. I do but you may not.
The gold plated faucet look put me off Alan smithe's version. Plus all the added stuff like the voice weapon.
There's lots to like in lunch/smithees version like you say.Again and again I find I'm lonely or among very few who really likes the Lynch version.
Now, if there are some cineasts among you, you might find this piece of cinematographic history fascinating. Lynch's version really started before he took over. He wasn't even in the picture. It was a project that a much, much liked, almost cultish director Alejandro Jodorowsky wanted to make and he picked non other than HR Giger to do the props. The project stopped only after a lot of artifacts were made and some money already went into it. It needed to be finished as they believed they will save some money that was invested.
This is why I simply loved the design and although I see many people hate this version it left a deep impact on visuals of later adaptations. (In fact, people who really love Lynch, hate this movie and people who don't care for Lynch often like this Dune)
Personally, I was even satisfied with how Sting played his role (otherwise I'm not a big fan). The Baron (Kenneth McMillan), Duke Leto (Mr. Prochnow), Linda Hunt, Leonardo Cimino Paul L. Smith...
Must have seen it for a thousand times. There's a documentary on this version.
The line between sci fi and and fantasy is thin. Paul's powers are supposedly produced by a selective breeding program and the mysterious substance spice mélange. That's almost magic.
I agree and it made me think of quote about sci fi is science with one exception allowed. I may be misrembering though
In fantasy magic substitutes for the far fetched science in sci fi.I agree and it made me think of quote about sci fi is science with one exception allowed. I may be misrembering though
Any sufficiently advanced unknown science looks like magic.
