Quote Originally Posted by kexodusc
Ineteresting observation. I notice this somewhat on your basic action movies, especially ones that are limited only to Dolby Digital.
I have noticed over time that DVD's I thought previously were mixed poorly and were the typical "all bass sounds the same" were actually not as I replaced speakers, subs, and components. In some cases, my room was exciting the primary frequencies of the bass effect in question, so it wasn't a fair assessment on my part.
Adding a parametric EQ really opened my eyes. Everything sounds better now.

Of course, there are still some that aren't that great. The Lord of the Rings trilogy has a great deal of both good and bad bass effects IMO. I think maybe they are done that way for theater purposes, and then captured on the DVD - then possibly we're finding that what works in theaters doesn't always work as well at home? Just a thought.

U-571 is commonly referred as a subwoofer testing/reference DVD. It has a lot of loud, low bass frequencies, but I don't find it has much range. Kill Bill on the other hand has a bit of everything.

Yeah, I hear you on the EQ. I have run YPAO (RX-V1400) and have tweaked it a bit from there. I think I have it pretty dialed in now. I actually preferred the tweaked YPAO result over the SPL meter and cailbration disc result. Not sure if I would ever add an external EQ.