1990 Warner LaserDisc [11889]: This sounds great.
2003 R1 Warner DVD - Special Edition: A bit unnecessarily brighter than the LaserDisc, but still fine.
2006 Warner Blu-ray: Like the SE DVD.
2015 Warner Blu-ray - 25th Anniversary Edition: Nearly identical to the first blu-ray.
2022 Warner UHD Blu-ray: The 5.1 remix is extremely dark and muffled, having about 7 dB less emphasis at 7 kHz than the LaserDisc. There is definite noise reduction, as this clarity can't be reacquired with EQ alone. The 2.0 track is a downmix of the 5.1.
God, this is frustrating.
ReplyDeleteWhy the hell did Warner need to fix something that wasn't broken?
Looks like I'll be mixing the UHD video with audio from one of the earlier blus.