[Request] The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974), Original Mono

[axeyou]

Thanks, bendermac! Is that LD? DVD? (Edit: HDTVRip?) I'll PM you.

Mine just turned up. But unless Spencer says it there I take it with a grain of salt

Curious: I assume you're referring to the B-R forum? Who's Spencer?

In any case, I suspect the debate on whether the UHDs mono is a downmix or not becomes moot when it's filtered as suggested upthread. A replacement from LD/DVD would be a good addition either way.

[dvdmike]

Captain solo there and damn fool here

[bendermac]

Thanks, bendermac! Is that LD? DVD? (Edit: HDTVRip?) I'll PM you.

The spectogram is from the US MGM DVD

[X5gb]

xwMaRio over at Blu added the old MGM blu-ray 2.0 to his remux, how does that compare to dvd.

Quote:

“ The 2.0 audio was better in the old bd (bdinfo linked below) when compared to the UHD 2.0 Audio and the old Kino audio”

[titanic]

Here's a comparison I found of old blu-ray vs UHD.
https://slow.pics/c/0A5amCjD

[axeyou]

xwMaRio over at Blu

You can find him here on this forum as well : )

[xwmario]

xwMaRio over at Blu added the old MGM blu-ray 2.0 to his remux, how does that compare to dvd.

Quote:

“ The 2.0 audio was better in the old bd (bdinfo linked below) when compared to the UHD 2.0 Audio and the old Kino audio”

This it is very interesting, When back in the day I did this, did not have access to the 90s MGM DVD very unfortunately, well till date do not have a copy of the 90s MGM DVD unless a kind soul would help me out )

Either way, the spectrogram for DVD looks very good. Would probably need to check at similar volumes to see how it goes, Hopefully there is a Laser Disc too??

[bendermac]

Audio from the US MGM DVD - unsynced

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[xwmario]

Audio from the US MGM DVD - unsynced

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Thanks bendermac you are a true hero

[xwmario]

Okay, So I did check the audio provided by - Bendermac (NTSC DVD)and the Old MGM Blu-ray. TBH, both are very close if you look at it first sight, BUT...
https://slow.pics/c/X3Tc4pj3

as you can see, a line (technical term would be noise?) at the 15khz and the peaks falling short of 15khz line while the DVD does have a good range, also if you notice after the 50 min mark there is a significant noise reduction.
My assumption is that DVD audio provided by Bendermac (thanks) is a better source for the movie. Good news is that I got the audio synced.
Waveform stats - https://slow.pics/c/eUZC11Xj
Audio synced Proof -


Thanks to every member of this awesome community, yet again