Star Trek TOS audio issues?

[Lincoln6Echo]

Originally Posted by MrHT

I'll bet this thread will get a number of responses that say "These sets played flawlessly on my PS3."

Well, that's what I'm wondering. So does the PS3 work best or worst, as it seems a lot of people complaining about the audio are using just TV speakers.

[davidthenikonuser]

Originally Posted by Lincoln6Echo

Well, that's what I'm wondering. So does the PS3 work best or worst, as it seems a lot of people complaining about the audio are using just TV speakers.

I was playing season one the other day on my PS3 and a 2.1 sound system and it was not good. To hear the actors talk you need to turn it up, but when music comes on you get blasted and have to turn it down. I think it would be fine on a 5.1 system, but not on a stereo 2 speaker system.

[Lincoln6Echo]

Originally Posted by davidthenikonuser

I was playing season one the other day on my PS3 and a 2.1 sound system and it was not good. To hear the actors talk you need to turn it up, but when music comes on you get blasted and have to turn it down. I think it would be fine on a 5.1 system, but not on a stereo 2 speaker system.

Yeah, it seems to be a problem with how the discs are encoded with the 7.1 mix that don't play well thru 2.0 speaker sets.

[bsmith6470]

Originally Posted by Lincoln6Echo

Yeah, it seems to be a problem with how the discs are encoded with the 7.1 mix that don't play well thru 2.0 speaker sets.

Maybe I am slow, but you would someone set it to HD-Master Audio and play it through 2 speakers?

Help me out here.

[un4gvn94538]

Originally Posted by bsmith6470

Maybe I am slow, but you would someone set it to HD-Master Audio and play it through 2 speakers?

Help me out here.

some people have only 2ch systems mostly for music playback but still want lossless audio from movies

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by un4gvn94538

some people have only 2ch systems mostly for music playback but still want lossless audio from movies

Which doesn't make much sense to me.

[bsmith6470]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Which doesn't make much sense to me.

I'm with you. To me it defeats the purpose and would cause the exact symptom the OP is describing. Certain parts of the audio are assigned to certain channels for a reason. By eliminating 5.1 of those channels would leave some holes, wouldn't you think?

[un4gvn94538]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Which doesn't make much sense to me.

why? why wouldnt someone want the best possible sound out of thier equipment? or are you expecting them to go out and purchase more speakers? once upon a time, movies were only in stereo.

edit: would it be better to select the lossy track? some people just prefer a 2 channel set up for what ever reason. you dont have to understand.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by davidthenikonuser

I was playing season one the other day on my PS3 and a 2.1 sound system and it was not good. To hear the actors talk you need to turn it up, but when music comes on you get blasted and have to turn it down. I think it would be fine on a 5.1 system, but not on a stereo 2 speaker system.

You could say that about most films. I like how the newer receivers in the last few years use Dolby Pro Logic to turn a 1.0 or 2.0 mix into a 5.1 or 7.1 mix, but I only use it for lossy tracks. If a mono or stereo track is lossless then I leave it just the way it is even though I have a 7.1 setup.