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crissrudd4554
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The Audio Preservation Thread
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13-Aug-2015, 12:34 AM

PDB said:

dark_jedi said:

PDB said:

captainsolo said:

Anyone with the Jaws signature LD...how's it sound overall? I think it's the basis for the 30th DVD mono and BD mono. To best preserve the track we could use this and re-sync to the BD. The DTS version only has a spot or two of distortion but should have been lossless.

I also have the 1992 WS rescored version which other than the beach scene with replaced music sound mostly identical though it does feel far more robust in places somewhat akin to the 1985 home video SW mix. The "smile..you" line may have slight more clarity on the "bitch" than the mono but I could be hearing things.

 Hey captainsolo you may want to look on fanres concerning the signature ld soundtrack 

So non members can't get the answer here?

 Well, captainsolo asked and he is a member there so it seemed a simple answer.

 But since you asked, the sig LD track sounds very similar to the BDs mono track just with the add dynamics of lossless. I've never heard the 92.

I've never watched Laserdisc so I obviously dont know how they sound. What I can say is I've viewed most of the Jaws VHS releases and can say that most pre-1995 releases have the replaced song in the beach scene leading to Alex Kintner's death.  The 1995 Letterbox VHS features the restored song as have every release of Jaws since. Also comparing the Mono version on the DVD releases (I havent seen the BluRay version) to some of the VHS releases there's certain sounds and/or dialogue thats a bit more clear on the VHS'. For example the shot of Cassidy lying on the beach as a wave washes through him at the end of Chrissy's death scene, we can hear him burp on the VHS. This is not heard on either the mono or 5.1 mix on the DVDs. Also the dialogue thats shouted in the scene where the shark tugs the Orca is more clear on the VHS such as Hooper's 'It's impossible! The line's too tight!'. Now obviously I dont know how the mono sounds on the BluRay but after comparing I think the mono on the 2005 DVD is slightly crisper than the mono on the 2012 DVD.