hairy_hen said:
Out of all the Bond films, I think GoldenEye has the most satisfying mix on an artistic level. True, they did use a lot of sound effects from older recording libraries, so it can be a bit low-fi at times, and its LFE is kind of boomy and one-note, but I love the way it sounds anyway. It's just so well put together—the surrounds integrate very well, dynamics are impressive, and you've gotta love the way the bass just dominates and gets in your face in some places. I highly recommend watching a version that pre-dates the Ultimate Editions, because even though the remixed track cleans up some distortion, its bass response is so much lower than the original most of the time that it can't compare.
I just watched my new THX LD and listened to the Dolby Surround PCM.
Holy crap. My subwoofer has never gotten that much of a good workout. The Surround was so well done that I thought I was listening to 5.1. Deep, balanced, warm, and I just wanted it to go on forever.
The UE DTS can never compare to this.