sybernaxi

I agree in regards to hackers, seems like most of the mixes I’ve heard on many copies of Hackers doesn’t get the feel I remember right when I heard it in the past. I saw this movie at first on VHS format in the past and I remember the sound having a lot more punch and more dynamic range which made you feel the impact more. Hackers suffers from the same issue that many films have with this nearfield clean cut lifeless sound mixes being packed with movies nowadays. Most of the mixes for Hackers feel like they were designed for subpar speakers/headphones or even worse, soundbars. Hackers bluray version definately looks its best as compared to previous versions even if the colors are off a bit, but the Stereo Mix included in DTS-HD MA format doesn’t cut it for me. Probably the best mixes of the film Hackers I’ve heard is probably the HDTV SKY channel rip with its own AC3 version and the older original NTSC DVD AC3 version for the movie. No matter how many times I hear all these mixes doesn’t compare to the lush sound I remember from VHS Hi-Fi during those days in 1990s. VHS players obviously do something to the sound but I felt Hi-Fi sound from them, especially Hackers just sounded right to my ears, but it was analog after all.

I’m very interested in the Cinema DTS-HD mix of the film and would love to have it with a bluray rip. Hackers is still one of my all time favorite films and the soundtracks are great as well. This is a film that knew how to have fun with its characters and it showed, don’t care that it wasn’t realistic.