What’s your favorite movie/scene to test sound system?

[TonyC28]

So you’ve just set up your home theater system and want to test it out. What’s your go-to movie or scene to see how it performs? I’ve always liked to use Top Gun. The opening scene on the aircraft carrier is great, especially the last shot of an F-14 taking off.

I know many newer movies have much better sound but I’ve always thought Top Gun was a more realistic test of sound.

 

[priitv8]

To test your bass response, you should also try Fury, chapter 10 (the tank battle).

 

[960design]

Bladerunner 2049: Opening scene, first 2 minutes, absolutely beautiful.

 

[MiamiC70]

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Ship battle cannon scene
Das Boot: depth charge attack
The 5th Element: most of the movie

 

[Weaselboy]

The 5th Element: most of the movie

The Diva scene is a good sound system demo.

 

[HDFan]

If you can get your hands on a DTS demo disk (available on e-bay) you will get a what DTS considers the "best" sound samples from that year.

The 2020 UHD version includes

Apollo 13
Wolf Warrior 2
SYML "Clean Eyes"
The Scorpion King
Recycled Sound
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
SYML "Wildfire
Backdraft
SHADOW
A Different Perspective
Hot Fuzz
Waterworld
Hulk
SYML "WDWGILY"
Along With The Gods: The Last 49 Days
Old Sea Brigade "Hope"

TESTS:
DTS Callout 7.1.4
DTS Callout 5.1.4