Cinema sound systems

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Went to cinema this evening with my boy and a friend.and his boy.

Watched the new Spiderman multiverse film. I thought it was very good.

Problem is the experience was somewhat spoilt by the sound in the cinema,

It sounded really tinny and high pitched like someone's turned the bass and mid knobs to the minimum and the treble to the max, no bass whatsoever and it was played really loud so that when there was fight sequences it really hurt your ears with with the screeching really hurting the drums.

Both our boys had to keep putting their hands over Thier ears to reduce the ear piercing from the SFX.

I'd have thought that cinemas would have to go through a calibration for the sound so that it was optimal.

I honestly have a better experience watching films at home and it doesn't cost me £23 for a couple of drinks and popcorn.

This was a Cineworld round the corner to where I live.

What happened to the days of THX certified cinemas and bass that rumbles the seats and sound where you could tell each gunshot from different places around the cinema, instead of just a load of noise thrown out really loud to fake a proper cinema experience

 

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Unfortunately my boy wasn't feeling very well, he'd complained about not feeling great on way home from school, but then ate half a pizza and seemed to perk up, but halfway through the film he was complaining he was t feeling well again so finished the film and **** home as quick as possible so didn't get a chance to make a complaint.

Maybe I'll call / email them tomorrow. I'm not fussed about free tickets, but you pay for the cinema for the immersive experience it's pretty much their USP otherwise there is little point in going these days.

I have noticed the cinema has been going downhill over the years, got rid of most the staff, seem to only have around 5 visible people on a shift.