Watching Movies
Watching Movies
Hey, who really watches and listens to a movie on headphones..? Nope, me neither -- it's all games and tunes man! But we'll give it a go regardless. You know what, I'll start with the T word, we start with Transformers 2 in DTS, despite the critique I can't help but really dig the movies. Hey, perhaps it's nostalgia or... just the fact that part 3 didn't have Megan Fox in it -- *sighs*
The movie starts with that intro bassy gooey noise, it's sounding clear and we hear a fairly deep bass, pretty good. I actually referred to it as the goo-goo-goo-ga-ga-gaaa sound to the girlfriend at the very beginning, but darn man -- I'm afraid I may have activated some of her hormones making goo-goo-goo-ga-ga-gaaa sounds :(
Pun aside, downstairs I have a HTPC Onkyo / Bose Accoustimass 5.1 setup and know that this particular 'goo-goo-goo-ga-ga-gaaa' noise exits to your rear right. It's stereo... pretty good and wide stereo I have to state that. Skipping into the movie we notice that FLO is good for voices, actually. Where Prime starts with 'Earth... birthplace of the human race' will nearly give you goosebumps as Opti has that nice thick bass undertone. Overall the clarity is reasonable. In one of the explosions I heard the rubble come down to the ground, and I swear the audio editors used ping-pong balls in there. That's how clear it sounds.
I watched roughly half an hour of the movie and do have to mention that the headset remains comfortable though my ears are pushed ibwards into the cups a little, which can get uncomfortable. For the movie in 2.0 stereo we tweaked EQ to increase treble and bass.
Overall sound quality: OK.
