I like to revisit 'classic' films on occasion and last night was no exception. I've had Kubrick's A CLOCKWORK ORANGE in UHD4K for a couple of years and was hesitant to purchase it due to the poor reviews of Clockwork's soundtrack which some reviews and reviewers had characterized as shrill, unintelligible in parts and downright poor, some preferring the alternate DD LOSSY MONO soundtrack! The video portion received high marks [HDR10 only, no Dolby Vision]. Since I am QQ Forum's 'resident' disc tweaker [which has met with cries of 'SACRILEGE'] I decided to treat my two year old disc with Ultra Bit Diamond + [mfg. in Northern California] and Auric Illuminator's 'notched' permanent black ink pens....applying it to the outer and inner rims of the disc and I was literally blown away by the increase of both video resolution and Clockwork's iconic classically oriented soundtrack with a smattering of Wendy Carlos' synthesized scoring. The original MONO soundtrack has been expanded to DTS~HD MA 5.1 by Warner and it quite convincingly extended to all five channels with a robust immersive quality non extant on my formerly untreated disc. There was bass, thrilling highs, dialogue was spot on intelligible and I was mesmerized all over again by Kubrick's vision. And BTW, my disc tweaks have done literal wonders for ALL my discs, whether SACD, DVD~A, RBCD and BD~A! Folks, this AIN'T snake oil but a canny solution .... and believe me, I wouldn't be wasting my time nor money if I didn't see nor hear positive results! I'm WAAAYYYY beyond THAT stage!
So I can honestly say, watching all 137 minutes of Stanley's 1971 tour de force in absolutely stunning 4K video and 5.1 was an absolutely week~end HIGH!
