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Rattling shuddering LFE.1
One of the best sounding moments from the film is when Kirk decides to steal it, we're all rooting for him and his crew to save a fellow comrade. James Horner's score adds a wondrous punch with percussion stings horns, while Enterprise is being perused by U.S.S. Excelsior.
The fronts LCR JBL control 5 and 1 that run in active crossover custom fashion with the DCX2496 presented a fine reproduction within there technical tolerance levels, amble bass kick when called for, and warm enough sound, for a small room that is.
Space dock doors opened with a mild kick on there own on the centre channel at around 93dbC, with sub bass extension added to add the last octave or so with a bit more punch came in at 101dbC.
As the tension grows with Enterprise getting too close to the space dock doors, you'll think she's never get past them before being overtaken by Excelsior. At the last moment the doors open! With a thunderous deep kick from the centre channel. Just as Enterprise is backing outwards the low end is supported by the left and right with a smooth deep low that is accompanied by the LFE.1 as well to give the scene size and creditability.
As we see Enterprise, moving backwards and turning slightly to the LFE.1 cuts of smoothly allowing James Horner's score to had some deep low end clash that's mostly on left and right, with a mild kick on centre channel.
As Enterprise engages her warp drive there a low end thump or kick that should jolt your sound system of a brief period, which is followed be shuddering whoosh as she blasts away.
The sound will practically leap of the screen and pass down the right side surround arrays at JBL warp speeds.
With crew of Enterprise now in deep water and Kirk being in situation that he can not get out of, he and his crew are faced with destroying Enterprise, rather than allowing it to fall into enemy hands of the Klingon empire.
With crew of Enterprise now in deep water and Kirk being put in situation that he can not get out of, he and his crew are faced with destroying Enterprise, rather than allowing it to fall into enemy hands of the Klingon empire. Its one of those moments in Star Trek where the audience never thought Kirk had the nerve to destroy his own ship and did she go up in blaze of glory.
As Enterprise's orbit finally gives up and decays rapidly as she slips away into the thin atmosphere the score suddenly takes over and James Horner, gave the grand ole screen legend star ship a beautiful send off.
Some of the sequences tested differently with Dolby dynamic range compression. This compresses all channels simultaneously thou I would prefer individual stereo compressors to customize it as this a very complex sounding six-track Dolby stereo mix that has subtle sounds happening on the surrounds, but if one can tolerate the THX reference level, for 101 minutes, then my hats off to you.
Anyway the levels came at with Enterprise exploding into a glorious fireball at.
Dolby dynamic compressor, turned on! 79dbA SPL 100dbC
Dolby dynamic compressor, turned off! 86dbA SPL 106dbC
Only wish I had some JBL 4675-A at the fronts
LCR to put this a little bit more in my face just like it was at the Empire Leicester square London on Sunday October 8th 1989, oh yeah I've got a vivid memory on how this sounded in the Empire it was like in the chest in the gut at the same time when she exploded into a million pieces, up there on the huge screen with 13KW of THX JBL sound power. There's only so much a JBL control 5 and 1, can do within there technical tolerance levels.
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