I played my Stop Making Sense DVD last night to test my new Sapphire speakers. The movie essentially shows the band Talking Heads performing their hits during several concerts one year.
The film quality is a bit grainy, but the sound quality is very good. Two 5.1 sound tracks are available on the disk, the original "Film" and the "Studio Mix". Most of the sound comes from the front and center speakers with only ambient croud sounds and reflective sound from the rears. While the video quality is not great, it is a wonderfully filmed movie, with many wide shots of the stage and band and ocasional closeups to highlight band members.
The second track is a duet between the lead singer David Byrne playing acoustic guitar and the lovely bass guitarist Tina Waymouth singing the haunting melody "Heaven". It is really cool, hearing her voice as a hall echo from the rear speakers. The audience applause gives a nice impression between numbers.
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