For those who haven’t seen Interstellar, this is a track about a father leaving his daughter to leave Earth and save humanity. It’s both sad and hopeful and ends with a crescendo that makes my Nova/Kef R3 Meta fall apart at highish volume.
I’ve set my Nova to play at 50 max so I don’t accidentally blow my speakers with a side swipe and this track is ok at 80% but falls apart at 100% (of 50).
I’m interested in other fans of the track (and album) and how their system copes.
Big HZ fan, Interstellar plays fine on my NC 222/300/250/Titan 505’s easily to neighbour annoying levels, the 505’s deliver fantastic bass with no (need for) subwoofer.
An equally enthralling experience from the Atom HE/Utopia’s, appropriate care required to avoid permanent hearing damage……
ATB, J
Interstellar was one of the four movies I used to dial in my REL Carbon Special Subwoofer into my 5.1 Surround Sound System and also my Stereo HiFi System, its an awesome sound track.
Going to see HZ live in Perth in October, should be fantastic if its anything like the Blu-ray of Diamond in the Desert, which is in Hi-Res Audio.
Dune Part 2 soundtrack is worth a try too, particularly Harvester Attack and Harkonnen Arena…..
ATB, J
What’s the time stamp for this scene? I’ll give it a go.
In the film, it’s about 40 mins in, when Murph pleads with her dad to stay. The crescendo is at takeoff.
FWIW I was listening to the soundtrack rather than the film.
Thanks, I’ll give that a listen
Would you recommend this over the famed Live in Prague (which I think you can get in 4K UHD?), I think I should probably grab one?
The Live in Prague and Hollywood in Vienna discs both show the set list as you can see, however, Diamond in the Desert does not.
The tracks all have slightly different presentations/re-arrangements, but they all sound fantastic, however, Diamond in the Desert is the only one in Hi-Res, if thats important to you, the other two are LPCM so still excellent sound quality.
Diamond in the Desert runs for 170 mins, including interviews, Hollywood in Vienna runs for 128 mins, including 6 videos and Live in Prague runs for 138 mins, so you get more music tracks on that disc.
They are all fantastic, you will enjoy any of them.
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Love the movie great sounds from atcscm40 non active and nap250, dr turn up as much as I dare,no issues.
Not sure what “falls apart” in your OP means but played Stay from the soundtrack on Qobuz and it sounded fine on my setup — Linn DSM into active ATCs. I thought I didn’t know the piece but then remembered Anna Lapwood plays it on her organ recital: Luna. Have to say that as a piece of music separated from the film I prefer the organ version.
Roger
Thanks for the Anna Lapwood recommendation. Another rabbit hole to lose myself in.
In the original, at the volume I mentioned (maybe 90db, so well within the limits of the Kefs), the mid and treble seemed to lose all grip, separation and composure. Turn it down a little and all that returned.
Generally speaking, I’m a big fan of the Nova/R3M system but there are clearly limits in what it can achieve.
There’s loads of course but here’s a couple.
Level 42 | WorldMachine. 1985
Never been a fan of the band particularly but I heard this at a dealer’s musical evening a year or two ago and it sounded excellent. As a result I bought a cheap s/h copy at a record fair. Think it meets your criteria.
Donna Summer | Self titled. 1982
Bought this one on release. Sounds fantastic.
Talking of soundtracks if you want to put your system through its paces try “The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane” by Christian Gaubert. The original soundtrack CD is now hyper rare (I paid a fortune for my copy) but a track appears from it in a different and excellent arrangement by Christian Gaubert’s jazz trio on this album:
Superb sound and a great piece of music.
Playing the 4k disc through my system using a rel sub sounds phenomenal, streets ahead of any other disc, even with a cheap cyp dac. All holds together perfectly with obligatory window rattling. I think it would be well worth trying a sub at high level connection to keep the treble and mids in check
crytal clear reference recording
Thanks, I’m using an old REL T5i with high level connection. I’ve pondered upgrading it but it seems plenty for my small room.
Has anyone found Dimond in the Desert on Qobuz or similar? All I can find is the opening track, but not the whole recording?
Well, this landed here a few days ago. It’s simply delightful, what a production - a visual and audio delight. In fact, I’d say this is the best sounding recording I now have for my setup, the scale, clarity and power is top notch and it’s very crankable.
Off course, that all led to me watching Interstellar the other day when the girls were out. This is one of my favourite movies and it’s the first time I’ve played it since tweaking my system, and indeed those deep organ crescendos are a great work out of the sub, which I’m pleased to say, matched the occasion. I needed a lie down afterwards.
