Yamaha Movie Theater modes ?

JOHN FICKEL

JOHN FICKEL

Senior Audioholic
While I've found the different modes fun to play with, I keep finding myself always just going back to straight mode. It's my belief (ie personal opinion) that movies are best to listen to the way the sound engineer intended for it to sound. Don't get me wrong though, sometimes watching a movie on Action or Sci-Fi mode can really knock your socks off. It can just sometimes to me seem a bit..."forced" if that makes sense. Almost like jacking up the low/high frequencies on an equalizer. Not saying I don't enjoy the different modes at times. I just prefer straight for the most part.

You just have to play with them with different movies/scenes to see what you like most.
Yea I agree for the most part, however I feel the modes do make the experience better and bring out the effects better. What boggles my mind is take the Roxy Theatre for an example, the Roxy Theatre sounds a certain way if you're physically there , how do you mimic that in your own home ? when people adjust these parameters in the sound field all they're doing is tailoring the sound to sound the way they want it to sound. NOT the way the real Soundfield sounds like. Nobody not even Yamaha can tell you what settings to use to mimic this in your own home. All they tell u is adjust to way you want . I don't want that I want the ROXY TO SOUND LIKE THE ROXY THE BEST WAY I CAN .
 
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DarkSky

Audiophyte
The owner's manual says:
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Mono & Standard Dolby/DTS should be self-explanatory; among the four central processed modes, Drama is suited to romantic comedies (predominantly dialog with a background score) and Spectacle is intended for Star Wars & Indiana Jones epic movies with a transition from Drama Adventure Sci-Fi Spectacle as least to most 'expansive' (in-your-face intense). If you've had a intellectually grueling workday and need to wind down, you're going to find Drama the least Jolt Cola a couple hours after dinner. Alternatively, having just watched your team win the Super Bowl, you'll be up for Spectacle.
 
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DarkSky

Audiophyte
Do you think forums are only relevant contemporaneously? I see them as knowledge resources that search engines fairly rapidly discover & chatbots train on, thus making old threads forever relevant. I still run a 4K Yamaha RX-A2030 'cause it more than meets my 4K needs, no need for an 8K Yamaha RX-A8A until 8K Blu-Rays are widely available and streaming 8K subscriptions don't cost a small fortune.
 
isolar8001

isolar8001

Audioholic General
Do you think forums are only relevant contemporaneously? I see them as knowledge resources that search engines fairly rapidly discover & chatbots train on, thus making old threads forever relevant. I still run a 4K Yamaha RX-A2030 'cause it more than meets my 4K needs, no need for an 8K Yamaha RX-A8A until 8K Blu-Rays are widely available and streaming 8K subscriptions don't cost a small fortune.
Do you still live in a mud hut or did you move up to a log cabin ?
Asking for a friend. TIA.
 
Trell

Trell

Audioholic Spartan
Do you think forums are only relevant contemporaneously? I see them as knowledge resources that search engines fairly rapidly discover & chatbots train on, thus making old threads forever relevant. I still run a 4K Yamaha RX-A2030 'cause it more than meets my 4K needs, no need for an 8K Yamaha RX-A8A until 8K Blu-Rays are widely available and streaming 8K subscriptions don't cost a small fortune.
4K but no HDR or Dolby Vision as your receiver is too old for that, so you miss out the best parts of 4K.
 
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DarkSky

Audiophyte
Do you still live in a mud hut or did you move up to a log cabin ?
Asking for a friend. TIA.
KNVNorth109, a 3k sq ft house with five bedrooms, three full baths, and a three car garage, directly north of The Strip; the master suite is ~750 sq ft with a steam shower, jacuzzi, and green/gray marble floors and wainscoting. It's not a cabin in the woods (though that sounds attractive), but I have the deepest pile carpeting & pad you can buy, an 'infinite' hot water heater, soft water, reverse osmosis mineral infused 'tap' water in the chef's kitchen with a double-boiler espresso machine, a ceramic burr grinder, ... no exotic posh bling, just high-quality, high-function.

If you think my 'aging' AV receiver isn't shiny enough, I drive a pedestrian looking (sleeper) 2005 GTO (with just over 59k miles on the odometer). It's not going to smoke my next door neighbor's 2024 Camaro ZL1, but out of sight, I have: Pedders remote canister coil-overs, Hotchkis sway bars, MagnaFlow competition exhaust, Kenwood Excelon double-DIN reference receiver, a Mishimoto all-aluminum 'racing' radiator, ... and there are upgrades on my ToDo list (DriveShaftShop two-piece aluminum/moly driveshaft, Wavetrac differential, FAST LSXr 102mm intake, TrickFlow heads, ...) that also won't be apparent to the casual observer. I'm 'buffing' what I have rather than trading up for whatever the latest unnecessarily glitzy bling thing is.

You can configure a 2025 Stingray Convertible 3LT Z51 for slightly less than $97k before bling, but it won't be 0.1s quicker 0-60mph or pull even 0.01 more g's on a skid pad than a performance-outfitted $89k 2025 BMW M3CX sedan with a more useful trunk, all wheel drive (for rain & snow), and better mileage. I think more like the guy driving the M3CX.
 
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DarkSky

Audiophyte
4K but no HDR or Dolby Vision as your receiver is too old for that, so you miss out the best parts of 4K.
I'm not hurting watching 4K HDR10 - my life isn't built around Home Theater, though I do run an SVS SB-16 Ultra subwoofer and BIG Klipsch mains, center, and rear. I spend more time keeping up with international news and technology on YouTube.
 
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isolar8001

isolar8001

Audioholic General
KNVNorth109, a 3k sq ft house with five bedrooms, three full baths, and a three car garage, directly north of The Strip; the master suite is ~750 sq ft with a steam shower, jacuzzi, and green/gray marble floors and wainscoting. It's not a cabin in the woods (though that sounds attractive), but I have the deepest pile carpeting & pad you can buy, an 'infinite' hot water heater, soft water, reverse osmosis mineral infused 'tap' water in the chef's kitchen with a double-boiler espresso machine, a ceramic burr grinder, ... no exotic posh bling, just high-quality, high-function.

If you think my 'aging' AV receiver isn't shiny enough, I drive a pedestrian looking (sleeper) 2005 GTO (with just over 59k miles on the odometer). It's not going to smoke my next door neighbor's 2024 Camaro ZL1, but out of sight, I have: Pedders remote canister coil-overs, Hotchkis sway bars, MagnaFlow competition exhaust, Kenwood Excelon double-DIN reference receiver, a Mishimoto all-aluminum 'racing' radiator, ... and there are upgrades on my ToDo list (DriveShaftShop two-piece aluminum/moly driveshaft, Wavetrac differential, FAST LSXr 102mm intake, TrickFlow heads, ...) that also won't be apparent to the casual observer. I'm 'buffing' what I have rather than trading up for whatever the latest unnecessarily glitzy bling thing is.

You can configure a 2025 Stingray Convertible 3LT Z51 for slightly less than $97k before bling, but it won't be 0.1s quicker 0-60mph or pull even 0.01 more g's on a skid pad than a performance-outfitted $89k 2025 BMW M3CX sedan with a more useful trunk, all wheel drive (for rain & snow), and better mileage. I think more like the guy driving the M3CX.
Do you have any hobbies ?
 
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DarkSky

Audiophyte
4K but no HDR or Dolby Vision as your receiver is too old for that, so you miss out the best parts of 4K.
4k resolution media is still hard to come by or more expensive than I think it justifies, so I find 4k a 'theatrical' upgrade.
ref: HDR10 (1k nits), HDR10+ (4k nits), DolbyVision (10k nits).
4K HDR Format War: HDR10+ vs Dolby Vision suggests that Dolby Vision isn't a Home Theater technology; claiming it's meant for theaters. There are only four HDR10+ OLEDs on Amazon, all Samsung, but if you clear HDR10+ and check DolbyVision, you'll get two pages of 4k DolbyVision OLED TVs there, all LG and Sony, 20 of which are 65" (my sweet spot). That's interesting.
 
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isolar8001

isolar8001

Audioholic General
4k resolution media is still hard to come by or more expensive than I think it justifies, so I find 4k a 'theatrical' upgrade.
ref: HDR10 (1k nits), HDR10+ (4k nits), DolbyVision (10k nits).
4K HDR Format War: HDR10+ vs Dolby Vision suggests that Dolby Vision isn't a Home Theater technology; claiming it's meant for theaters. There are only four HDR10+ OLEDs on Amazon, all Samsung, but if you clear HDR10+ and check DolbyVision, you'll get two pages of 4k DolbyVision HDTVs on Amazon, all LG and Sony, 20 of which are 65" (my sweet spot). That's interesting.
Sorry, Random Internet Person that smells like ChatGPT.....you have zero idea what you are talking about concerning Dolby Vision. (and 8K AVR's...hint, they aren't there for 8K content.

You would think a bot would know better than to base a list of DV 4K sets from an Amazon search result.
 
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