Re: Conciertos en HD-DVD o BD
En cuento a sonido una de las autenticas referencias en Bd es sin duda [UK] Within Temptation "Black Symphony". Es el Bd musical mas abrumador que he visto, oido, sentido y disfrutado, algo fuera de lo normal, y no estoy exagerando.
Según Highdefdigest:
The Movie Itself 4
HD Video Quality 4
HD Audio Quality 5
Supplements 1.5
The Video: Sizing Up the Picture
The Blu-ray edition of ‘Within Temptation: Black Symphony’ features an excellent 1080i/AVC-encoded transfer (never fear, the footage has been converted to 60hz for international viewers) that doesn’t suffer from any persistent or debilitating issues. The lush stage lighting bathes the performers in vibrant splashes of color, Adel’s costumes are lovingly rendered, and the crowd is submerged in a flood of deep and natural shadows. Contrast is a bit hot on occasion and fine detail does fluctuate a bit, but I doubt either is the result of a technical problem with the transfer. Despite the at-times garish lighting, skintones remain warm and natural, primaries rarely bleed, and textures continue to pop. More importantly, the picture is quite clean and isn’t plagued by the heavy blocking, banding, and noise that disrupts other notable BD concert releases.
Of course, that isn’t to say the transfer is flawless. The image is occasionally disrupted by minor artifacting (especially during quick cuts to scenes involving the gaudy filtering and post-production nonsense I mentioned earlier), crush is a slight problem, and I caught a few random instances of aliasing and shimmering. Still, ‘Within Temptation: Black Symphony’ definitely belongs in the upper echelon of BD concert discs. It may not be the most beautiful concert disc I’ve reviewed, but it does offer a striking filmic presentation that enhances the disc’s reference quality audio track as well as the concert itself
The Audio: Rating the Sound
As always, the most important aspect of any live concert release is its audio package. In that regard,
the Blu-ray import of ’Within Temptation: Black Symphony’ is an absolute showstopper when it comes to track selection (the disc includes five different audio mixes) and overall technical quality.
Front and center is a powerful, 96kHz/24-bit uncompressed PCM 5.1 surround track that brings the Rotterdam performance surging into your home theater. Where to begin? The LFE channel continually offers fans resonant bass beats, earthy thooms, and healthy choral support. Dynamics are quite impressive, delivering everything from Adel’s lyrics to the band’s guitar riffs with crisp, clean, and stable treble tones. Better still, convincing crowd noise regularly erupts from the rear speakers, pans are invisible, and the Ahoy Arena acoustics are believable and realistic. I can’t tell you how many times I was impressed with each particular element as it was distributed throughout the soundfield. Even the various pyrotechnics arrive with sonic shock and awe, flooding the soundscape with fierce explosions, rapid bursts of activity, and aggressive, multi-channel presence. To top it all off, the entire track boasts an undeniable clarity that makes this release worth every dime.
However, even if your audio rig can’t handle the full weight of this default PCM monster, you’re in luck. The disc also features a variety of additional audio options (all of relatively high quality) including PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1, and standard Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 tracks. All things considered, you couldn’t ask for a better live concert audio package than this one. Fans should be thoroughly pleased with the results.
Final Thoughts
Is ‘Within Temptation: Black Symphony’ worth importing? If you have any love of the band and its music, and have some extra cash to toss around, the answer is a resounding yes. The Blu-ray edition of the concert performance features an excellent video transfer, a jaw dropping 96kHz/24-bit uncompressed PCM surround track (among other high quality audio options), and a decent trio of features. Granted, the bonus DVD (will be inaccessible to anyone who doesn't have a PAL player, but it’s a small dent in an otherwise impressive technical juggernaut.
Review de Blu-Ray.com:
Movie 4.5
Video 4.5
Audio 5.0
Extras 3.5
Overall 4.5
The audio on Black Symphony just has to be heard to be believed. It never failed to deliver, and packed several spatial effects I found quite surprising. Complete with a
5.1 24/96khz PCM track at the data rate of 13.8mbps, a Dts 96/24 5.1 track at the data rate of 1509mbps, a Dolby Digital track at 448kbps, a PCM stereo track at 4.6mbps, and lastly a lowly Dolby Digital stereo track at 224kbps. I chose the 5.1 PCM tracks for very obvious reasons. It was the best sounding hands down. The opening overture nicely sets the tone opening with choral vocals spread across the back wall of my home theater, and nice bleeding into the rear sides of the room. Once the Orchestra kicks in, you hear these beautifully recorded, smooth and extended violins, rich and full lower brass and strings, powerful but not strident upper brass that just cuts through the air like a knife, and an overall naturalness and clarity that only well recorded 24/96khz audio can deliver. Balance is truly superb, as the guitars, bass, keyboards; drums and Orchestra are finely, and tightly woven together to create a powerful and relentless drive, and wall of sound that leaves you breathless, exhausted, and fully satisfied after the last note is played. The audience was mainly spread in the surrounds, but was so finely and realistically captured, that I times it sounded like a person was yelling on the side of me, and behind me. The LFE was used for the bass frequencies exclusively, and was constantly active throughout the entire concert. If I had any issues with the sound, it was either with the technique of the lead vocalist, or the microphone used to capture her. As she jumped from her chest voice to her head voice, the vocals started to sound mushy, and her diction very indistinct. I had to turn on the subtitles to understand what she was actually saying.
In comparing each track, I found there was no contest between the 24/96khz PCM, and the other tracks, with Dts 96/24 not that far behind. The wonderfully captured 5.1 uncompressed track was extremely full sounding, powerful, ultra-balanced, without a single wart sticking out. The Dts 96/24 track sounded much the same, but with a hair less presence, and a wee bit smaller sound field and frontal soundstage. It had all the spatial coherence of the uncompressed multichannel track, and was nothing to sneeze at. The Dolby Digital 5.1 track sounded slightly mushy and less defined than the Dts 96/24 track, and had a bit smaller sound field, and a mushy sound staging of the instruments. The stereo PCM track had a pretty defined frontal soundstage and sound field, but lack the spatial dimension of the multichannel tracks. The stereo Dolby Digital track was plain unlistenable compared to the rest. It had a very mushy, phasey quality that I found very unpleasant. Overall the sound was a home run, and of reference quality to these ears.
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