When do I use THX electronic processing?

[Woochifer]

Wooch, if you rent a movie and are unfamiliar with the way it sounds do you watch the movie twice to find out if you should re-eq or not. I want to watch a rented movie right the first time.

When doing any kind of comparison between components, do you watch the whole test DVD all the way through twice? Or when you turn on a DSP mode, do you go all the way through a disc before figuring out whether or not you prefer it on or off?

Figuring out whether or not the THX re-eq is needed is as simple as toggling the switch and seeing which sound you prefer. Should be readily apparent within a few minutes. If you want to watch a movie all the way through before evaluating whether or not it sounds too bright, it's your choice.

[cam]

When doing any kind of comparison between components, do you watch the whole test DVD all the way through twice? Or when you turn on a DSP mode, do you go all the way through a disc before figuring out whether or not you prefer it on or off?

Figuring out whether or not the THX re-eq is needed is as simple as toggling the switch and seeing which sound you prefer. Should be readily apparent within a few minutes. If you want to watch a movie all the way through before evaluating whether or not it sounds too bright, it's your choice.

My wife hates it when I make adjustments while the movie is playing. I agree some movies let you know right off the bat such as T2 which I own. Very bright and only 2 minutes into it. Other movies could be 30 minutes into it. Not everyone is sensitive to the higher then should be high frequencies so what is extemely bright to one person is mellow to another. It would be nice if they re-eq the disc so it would be right right off the bat.

[omikey]

My wife hates it when I make adjustments while the movie is playing.

Yep, mine too, and I'm just trying to find the BEST SOUND that I can for that movie ...... she will listen to anything that is turned on at the time ..... doesn't seem to bother her. She is way over on the visual side and just the dialogue than the overall soundtrack ..... oh well, we all have our thing I guess....... as long as she enjoys it, that's the important part :-)