Dialogue not loud enough...

[Go Blue]

I have an issue with some movies when the dialogue is not loud enough. When I turn the volume up to compensate, the sound effects (explosions and such ) are too loud. While turning up the volume is my preferred choice, there are time when others are sleeping that I cannot do this. What is the best way to fix my issue? Is it as simple as turning up the decibles on the center channel in the receiver?

[MPDIEHL]

That would most likely help your problem
Go into the receiver menue and find the settings for each speaker.
Turn up the center in appx 3db jumps till the problem is solved.
You did not say how the system was calibrated (did you use the set up mic?)
but some rooms need a bit of tweeking. Im my system i had to turn down the bass after the system calibrated... it was just too much for my personal taste.
If the system was NOT calibrated out of the box then you may have big volume differences between your front and center that need to be adjusted for. Hope this helps

[ixlegitballinxl]

on your onkyo receiver, go to speaker setup, and turn your center channel up higher then your fronts to your liking........ i.e. left/right 150 center 200 or 100 left/right.. 150 center.... see if that helps

setup > speaker setup > speaker config

[DutchBoy]

Originally Posted by MPDIEHL

That would most likely help your problem
Go into the receiver menue and find the settings for each speaker.
Turn up the center in appx 3db jumps till the problem is solved.
You did not say how the system was calibrated (did you use the set up mic?)
but some rooms need a bit of tweeking. Im my system i had to turn down the bass after the system calibrated... it was just too much for my personal taste.
If the system was NOT calibrated out of the box then you may have big volume differences between your front and center that need to be adjusted for. Hope this helps

Thanks for reminding me; I need to calibrate my new Sony.

[Lucy Diamond]

Two things right off the top of my head.

1) you need a center channel.

(you probably have a center channel, so)

2) Go into your speaker setup in your Pioneer and see if your center channel is boosted.

Also, no matter what size speakers you have, you should set them all to small and set your crossover to 80hz

later

[al_val]

if your system has night on it you could put it on that setting and it lowers all channels for discrete listening.

[Go Blue]

Originally Posted by Lucy Diamond

Two things right off the top of my head.

1) you need a center channel.

(you probably have a center channel, so)

2) Go into your speaker setup in your Pioneer and see if your center channel is boosted.

Also, no matter what size speakers you have, you should set them all to small and set your crossover to 80hz

later

I calibrated with the Auddessey mic.

I cannot set to small with the Onkyo 605, buy I have my fronts and sub set to 80hz, my center to 100hz, and my rears to 120hz.

Should I change the crossover on my center or just boost the center channel db's?

[owa]

I have that issue when I use headphones. I know it's frowned upon but I'd like the dynamic range control to be applied across the board when enabled (if possible) instead of just with Dolby Digital. Some movies are worse than others in that sense. Like ID4, the volume in it fluctuates quite a bit so I end up cranking the volume to hear the dialog and then get blasted with some really loud sound.

[DutchBoy]

I Am Legend was an issue with me --

the dialogue is so quiet you have to jam that thing up tons to hear em talk, and all of a sudden when the creatures attack, major heart trauma ensues...

[NovaBomb]

I believe the PS3 has a audio setting, don't remember what it is called but it's suppost to enhance dialogue when using lpcm output. look threw the audio setup, you'll find it.

[john_1958]

Originally Posted by schultz

I have an issue with some movies when the dialogue is not loud enough. When I turn the volume up to compensate, the sound effects (explosions and such ) are too loud. While turning up the volume is my preferred choice, there are time when others are sleeping that I cannot do this. What is the best way to fix my issue? Is it as simple as turning up the decibles on the center channel in the receiver?

does your tv in settings have a steady volume feature?

[Mr. Cinema]

I have this issue on several movies. The action sounds are mixed extremely high and the dialogue, which is the most important for me, is not mixed high enough. Let's say you try the settings on your receiver and that doesn't solve the problem. Are there center speakers out there that will compensate when the dialogue is hard to hear?

The dialogue enhancer on the BD30 helps, but on films like 3:10 to Yuma, no matter what I do, it sounds like mumbling in certain scenes.

[flyfree432]

I've had this problem on 3:10 to Yuma and the Die Hard movies. Simply adjusting the center speaker up 10-12 db worked fine. I had to turn it back down with other movies though.

[MPDIEHL]

Every Speaker has a SPL (Sound Pressure Level) rating listed in db.
This is the volume the speaker will produce given 1 watt of power measured at 1 meter.
Some speakers play louder than others... this is one of the things auto calibration corrects for.
You could find a more efficient center channel (perhaps a Klipsch, but Im bias) or just set the output for your speaker higher in the receivers speaker set up menu.

[Mr. Cinema]

Originally Posted by MPDIEHL

Every Speaker has a SPL (Sound Pressure Level) rating listed in db.
This is the volume the speaker will produce given 1 watt of power measured at 1 meter.
Some speakers play louder than others... this is one of the things auto calibration corrects for.
You could find a more efficient center channel (perhaps a Klipsch, but Im bias) or just set the output for your speaker higher in the receivers speaker set up menu.

I've researched a couple of Klipsch center speakers and the ratings were pretty solid. I will be upgrading my 5.1 setup later this year and that brand is on my list.

[Go Blue]

Originally Posted by NovaBomb

I believe the PS3 has a audio setting, don't remember what it is called but it's suppost to enhance dialogue when using lpcm output. look threw the audio setup, you'll find it.

If anyone knows what settings NovaBomb is talking about please post.

[DutchBoy]

Originally Posted by schultz

If anyone knows what settings NovaBomb is talking about please post.

I cannot remember what it's called, but like Nova said, it's in the settings. If you look at each one, there's one that actually says something to the effect of "will compensate for low volume when using LPCM audio" or something to that effect...

It will be in either the BDVD area of the settings, or in the PS3 sound settings itself. Just look at them all and read what they do and you'll find it soon enough.

[owa]

The only thing I see is what I mentioned already, the Dynamic Range Control, but I think it only applies to Dolby Digital.

Enable or disable your PS3™ system's dynamic range control feature while playing BDs and DVDs that produce Dolby Digital sound. This setting is for use only when Linear PCM audio format is selected as the audio output format.

http://manuals.playstation.net/docum...ings.html#1477

[xman]

Originally Posted by owa

The only thing I see is what I mentioned already, the Dynamic Range Control, but I think it only applies to Dolby Digital.



http://manuals.playstation.net/docum...ings.html#1477

+1

[DutchBoy]

Originally Posted by owa

The only thing I see is what I mentioned already, the Dynamic Range Control, but I think it only applies to Dolby Digital.



http://manuals.playstation.net/docum...ings.html#1477

That's the one, owa, thanks...