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| TDIRunner:
--- Quote from: FritzWhite on September 11, 2015, 05:17:38 PM --- --- Quote from: TDIRunner on September 11, 2015, 04:59:21 PM ---I should mention that out of the box, I had trouble hearing voices in my movies as well. That was corrected simply by adjusting the volume on my center channel speaker. I have Sony equipment which comes with the auto calibration mic. I used that first which gets the setup pretty close to what I want, and I make minor adjustments from there (with the biggest change to the center channel speaker). You can get a decent sound systems for a good price these days. It might not stack up to a $3k system, but it will still be better than what you have now. Keep in mind that TV speakers tend to be pretty crappy. Out of the three TVs setup in my house, every single one has the TV speakers set to "off." --- End quote --- I bought a 55 inch LG a few months back. I love it to pieces, but the sound is atrocious. I'm debating on whether to get 1 sound bar, or to do a surround type set up. I'm worried a cat will chew up the wires. --- End quote --- At my last house, I had 7.1 surround with all of the wires running through the walls. It's a little extra work, but it looks really nice. Right now I don't have everything setup properly because my "good" equipment is in my basement setup. |
| Arseen:
It really depend on TV speaker quality. One in our HQ at work is really bad, but the other one and one at home have great speakers. Cheapest solution is PC speakers with volume control if your TV has head phone jack. Don't know if the USB connection would work. |
| irvgotti452:
I remedy this by running movies on my pc via VLC. I use the mixer in there to even out the levels. I even found the original article I looked at years back: http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/06/how-to-fix-movies-that-are-really-quiet-then-really-loud/ That tutorial is a good starting point but it's not a solution for all flicks unfortunately. |
| monjici:
I tend to have issues when I listen to late movies. I leave the sound low so I don't wake up the familly when something explodes in the movie. Sometimes I adjust the volume at each scene.. quite annoying. And then, finally, I got a movie that has a "late night" sound option. It was Prometeus. It allows to keep to volume high enough to hear dialogues and cuts on bass and volume on the peaks. Why isn't that a standard on all movies? |
| Thom Grayson:
Agree about there being a perpetual mismatch between the volume of the effects and the dialogue, especially in newer movies. I don't have this problem in theaters, only at home... so the solution may well be 'if you have huge, expensive speakers, there will be no problem!' This is probably not realistic for most setups, but I've found that listening through headphones can help quite a bit. |
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