PS3 volume control

[saprano]

Iv noticed alot of people saying the ps3 sounds lower when comparing the dts 1.5mb core to DTS-MA, also that on some bitreamed movie's(DD,DTS etc) the recevier is louder. you have have to make sure the ps3's volume is on+2. how do you do that? when waching a movie do this:

Triangle

scroll over to volume control

and you should see the volume that goes up to +2, I hope this help.

[BadgerFan21]

wow! talk about a difference. thanks man!

[Go Blue]

Originally Posted by saprano

Iv noticed alot of people saying the ps3 sound lower when comparing the dts 1.5mb core to DTS-MA, also that on some bitreamed movie's(DD,DTS etc) the recevier is louder. you have have to make sure the ps3's volume is on+2. how do you do that? when waching a movie do this:

Triangle

scroll over to volume control

and you should see the volume that goes up to +2, I hope this help.

Thanks for the tip, can't wait to try that out. If you up the volume to +2, won't that still make the core track even louder than the MA when comparing the two?

[saprano]

It depends, Iv noticed on some movies when i bitsream the lossy codecs the receiver sounds lower than the ps3. but when i let the ps3 deocode it, its much more clear and louder. same thing with the dts core, ps3 decoding sounds better than the AV decoding, but if you set the volume on the ps3 to normal they both sound the same.

[owa]

Originally Posted by saprano

Iv noticed alot of people saying the ps3 sound lower when comparing the dts 1.5mb core to DTS-MA, also that on some bitreamed movie's(DD,DTS etc) the recevier is louder. you have have to make sure the ps3's volume is on+2. how do you do that? when waching a movie do this:

Triangle

scroll over to volume control

and you should see the volume that goes up to +2, I hope this help.

Until I saw your post last night, I didn't even know there was an internal volume control.

[Stiny-Ray2]

Originally Posted by saprano

Iv noticed alot of people saying the ps3 sounds lower when comparing the dts 1.5mb core to DTS-MA, also that on some bitreamed movie's(DD,DTS etc) the recevier is louder. you have have to make sure the ps3's volume is on+2. how do you do that? when waching a movie do this:

Triangle

scroll over to volume control

and you should see the volume that goes up to +2, I hope this help.

You mean on official Bluray remote?

[WriteSimply]

I believe that volume control is meant for when the contents you're playing are fluctuating in volume IE when you're playing a mixed of MP3s from different albums or different trailers or video clips.

When you're watching movies, you tend to watch just one movie at any given time. So all you need to do is just crank your receiver and be done with it. That is if the audio is low.


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[saprano]

but you might as well put on +2 and forget it.

[alphapyro]

I have to reply to this only because I think it's being overlooked...

While the +2 volume does indeed increase the volume, I have found that if the audio track was produced in such a way that it was just under the clipping range and then you boost the volume +2 it will cause clipping regardless of receiver volume.


For instance if you play some MP3's that you find to be typically louder on the PS3, boost the volume +2 and you should begin to hear distortion due to the db boost. I remember hearing it on a movie I watched, too, because I used to use the +2 until I started hearing the clipping. I'll see if I can't find which movie it was and post here.

Just something to be aware of, clipping isn't good.

[akadkins]

I thought you were going to say that the PS3 volume control goes to 11...

[Go Blue]

Originally Posted by alphapyro

I have to reply to this only because I think it's being overlooked...

While the +2 volume does indeed increase the volume, I have found that if the audio track was produced in such a way that it was just under the clipping range and then you boost the volume +2 it will cause clipping regardless of receiver volume.


For instance if you play some MP3's that you find to be typically louder on the PS3, boost the volume +2 and you should begin to hear distortion due to the db boost. I remember hearing it on a movie I watched, too, because I used to use the +2 until I started hearing the clipping. I'll see if I can't find which movie it was and post here.

Just something to be aware of, clipping isn't good.

I have never tried the +2, but the above post is the second time I have heard of +2 causing distortion or clipping. As said a few posts earlier, just leave on normal and turn up the volume if in doubt.

[Cyberdyne]

Originally Posted by akadkins

I thought you were going to say that the PS3 volume control goes to 11...

We got Armadillos in our trousers

[mrbarker]

For anyone who has not done this yet... Enough cant be said about the sound difference when this is done. Its amazing

[Go Blue]

Originally Posted by mrbarker

For anyone who has not done this yet... Enough cant be said about the sound difference when this is done. Its amazing

Why +2 and not +1?

[owa]

Yeah, why is it +2? Is that just something found by trial and error or is there a logical reason for it?

[Driver_King]

Originally Posted by alphapyro

I have to reply to this only because I think it's being overlooked...

While the +2 volume does indeed increase the volume, I have found that if the audio track was produced in such a way that it was just under the clipping range and then you boost the volume +2 it will cause clipping regardless of receiver volume.


For instance if you play some MP3's that you find to be typically louder on the PS3, boost the volume +2 and you should begin to hear distortion due to the db boost. I remember hearing it on a movie I watched, too, because I used to use the +2 until I started hearing the clipping. I'll see if I can't find which movie it was and post here.

Just something to be aware of, clipping isn't good.

First, I'm surprised so many people didn't know about the volume control. If I remember correctly, on launch, I first watched Ricky Bobby and found the volume contol. Anyways, I think you should only increase the volume on the PS3 if the music or movie soundtrack is too quiet. Alpha is right, I learned the higher the volume you set the PS3 to, the greater chance of distortion and/or clipping. Let's just say if in doubt, leave it alone!

[saprano]

Originally Posted by alphapyro

I have to reply to this only because I think it's being overlooked...

While the +2 volume does indeed increase the volume, I have found that if the audio track was produced in such a way that it was just under the clipping range and then you boost the volume +2 it will cause clipping regardless of receiver volume.


For instance if you play some MP3's that you find to be typically louder on the PS3, boost the volume +2 and you should begin to hear distortion due to the db boost. I remember hearing it on a movie I watched, too, because I used to use the +2 until I started hearing the clipping. I'll see if I can't find which movie it was and post here.

Just something to be aware of, clipping isn't good.

This is the first time im hearing this, but i never heard any clipping in movies i play at high db.

[alphapyro]

Originally Posted by saprano

This is the first time im hearing this, but i never heard any clipping in movies i play at high db.

It's not that your receiver has to be really loud for the clipping to occur. All the Volume option does is give an db boost to the audio track, not like a 2db boost to your ouput signal normally done by turning the volume up on your receiver. So, you can boost the audio track high enough to cause distortion even if you have the receiver at low volumes.

Dream Theater's Octavarium CD was the first I heard the clipping on, and subsequently on a movie I watched (I will find which one when I get a chance) but with plenty of different MP3's as well (Tool: Sober, did this to me), but I've turned it off to 0 because clipping isn't too friendly for the audiophiles in us all.

[ShawnE94SL]

I did this when I watched Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds. While the sound was much louder, there was also much distortion when Dave raised his voice. This was over TrueHD.

[owa]

Yeah, I was having issues with distortion watching AVP Requiem when I used +2 on the PS3. It sounded good through most of it but

[Show spoiler]in the hospital, when they're trying to make their way to the helicopter, the alien attacks and when they start shooting

, it got very distorted. Even on +1, that scene would distort.