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Post #888007

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CatBus
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Info Wanted: The best audio, and differences between the many audio tracks available?
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20-Dec-2015, 4:06 PM

Check this thread for dialogue differences:
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/The-Definitive-tractor-beam-Close-the-blast-doors-Blast-it-Biggs-Wedge-you-dont-taste-very-good-Noooooo-Preservation-Guide/id/13428

I’m not sure it includes the ESB mono mix because that was a somewhat recent discovery.

77 has a decent amount of dynamic range, 85 has very little, it’s your standard “near field” home video remix of the time. And actually IIRC the 85 has a wider sound stage than any other mix, I’m not sure why.

There’s been speculation about an 85 mix for ESB and ROTJ, but the consensus among the experts (not me, hairy_hen and folks) are that there wasn’t one. The slight variations in sound quality from release to release more than account for the differences on 85 soundtracks for ESB and ROTJ without anyone having had to make a new mix. So, all ESB soundtracks prior to 93 are the 80 mix, and all ROTJ soundtracks prior to 93 are the 83 mix.