Question about using dynamic range reduction.

[Driver_King]

Turn it off.

[bruss01]

Originally Posted by Driver_King

Turn it off.

And how does that help you understand the dialogue better? I can't enjoy a movie if I don't know what's going on, and I can't know what's going on (the obvious aside) without getting the dialogue. Explosions, dramatic music, screeching tires, machine-gun fire, breaking glass - they all muddy up the dialogue until you can't understand it without subtitles.

Was this a serious reply? Or an attempt at humor? Maybe something I'm just not getting... For me, going without 20% extra BOOM is worth it if I can actually understand what the characters are saying.

[Driver_King]

No it was serious. You wouldn't have that problem if you turned up the center channel or simply didn't use one. Dynamic range is what makes movies interesting in my opinion. That is one of the reasons why lossless audio is better than lossless audio.

[acritzer]

Originally Posted by Driver_King

No it was serious. You wouldn't have that problem if you turned up the center channel or simply didn't use one. Dynamic range is what makes movies interesting in my opinion. That is one of the reasons why lossless audio is better than lossless audio.

I feel like I've already turned up the center speaker quite a bit, but still have a problem on occasion. If my L/R is 0, my center is around +6. And I've turned on the player's dialogue enhancement.
Seemed like quite a lot of the action sound was coming out of the center speaker as well, which doesn't really help the entire issue.
Any suggestions?

[acritzer]

Originally Posted by bruss01

And how does that help you understand the dialogue better? I can't enjoy a movie if I don't know what's going on, and I can't know what's going on (the obvious aside) without getting the dialogue. Explosions, dramatic music, screeching tires, machine-gun fire, breaking glass - they all muddy up the dialogue until you can't understand it without subtitles.

Was this a serious reply? Or an attempt at humor? Maybe something I'm just not getting... For me, going without 20% extra BOOM is worth it if I can actually understand what the characters are saying.

So, you don't think it makes the movie flat, boring, or otherwise inferior sounding?
I still haven't tried it yet, but we finished Casino Royale last night and putting the volume at a reasonable level to understand dialogue, then ending scene when the building sinks was insanely loud. This is with the center speaker already bumped some and with dialogue boost on.