Best movie to wake up your subwoofer

[thedelihaus]

anyone got good suggestions of movies to "wake" and "quake" your subwoofer?

I find it a goodun' in the film "Speed" (IMAX), in the scene where Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier. The sonic boom is, well, booming.

[RichPA]

It's hard to top the scene with the Balrog in the extended edition of Lord of the Rings.

[Bigerik]

Star Trek VI - The scene where Sulu and the Excelsior get hit by the shockwave!

[thedelihaus]

I've been told that Jurassic Park is a classic for this. But I'm not a big fan of the movie.

[Rob Babcock]

The sea battles in Master & Commander are pretty spectacular. Nothing like broadsides from a couple ships o' the line to perk up your sleeping subs.

[gyusher]

War of The Worlds is without a doubt the king of sub busters. . . Use care with some of these movies and your volume control. This is a movie known for busting great subwoofers. . .


Of course the classics like "LOTR" will get you going. . .


Most Action Adventure movies made during the last 20 years especially the last ten years (remember Indiana Jones etc.) has a killer audio track with a ton of low freq energy. . . Effects./\. . .

War of the Worlds
Master And Comander
The Haunting
Open Range
The Others

[Clmrt]

Blackhawk Down is known to have very strong 5 Hz content. Of course you need shakers to get down there, but it's possible if you have, say, a multi-driver infinite baffle with good amplification down to DC.

My favorite is the M&C battle scene, first one. Probably because of the dynamic range in the first five minutes.

Set your volume control to -10db (if you have log readout) and go put the remote in the farthest corner of the house. If you listen carefully, you can hear the crew of the Acheron scuffling about just before the cannon flash. If your system can take it, oooh baby. (I usually flinch and cut the volume).

I used to run an SVS 20-39 and it never bottomed. Now I have a pair of SVS drivers in 1.25 ft sealed cabs. Jury is still out.

Finding Nemo actually has a lot of "subliminal" bass. Whenever they want things to get eery, they play these ultra low tones. This trick is used in a lot of movies. It's a good test, because if your sub is set too high, it won't be subconscious any more, it'll cross over into conscious; if you have it set too low, you won't hardly hear it at all, and the eeriness will be lost on you.

Try the movie STEALTH. It has tons of special effects. lots of deep bass and on top of that its a darn good movie!!

Try the movie STEALTH.

[ybaolywa]

IIRC, it was the one of the last Star War movies which has a chase scene in an asteroid belt and the first ship being chased drops these bombs on the second ship that have a strange warbling sound before exploding. Ultra low bass in this scene.

[Eunomians]

Emanuelle

If that doesn't wake up your subwoofer, I don't know what will.

[Celt]

Originally Posted by thedelihaus

I've been told that Jurassic Park is a classic for this. But I'm not a big fan of the movie.

It is...lots of dino stomps. First one was okay...the others that followed sucked big time.

[streckfu]

Originally Posted by Eunomians

Emanuelle

If that doesn't wake up your subwoofer, I don't know what will.