darrenhaken
Established Member
I've recently switched from a Sony STR-DN1080 to a Denon x3700 receiver.
I noticed that the centre channel and bass are much lower than the Sony and when watching a film I have to listen from around -15db to -20db in order to make out the voices (sometimes even higher). At lower volumes, it's very hard to hear the dialogue.
Having researched the problem it appears this is down to the huge dynamic range of movies and you ideally want to listen at reference.
It feels like if I played the movie at reference it would be way too loud - is this normal?
Options I have discovered are:
I have been experimenting with Dynamic Volume - Light and it made a huge difference to the dialogue but I am aware this compresses the audio.
I also tried Dynamic EQ and the bass definitely went up a notch but it seemed a bit overdone and the rear speakers seemed too dominant as well.
I'd really like to hear some input from the forum on what's the best approach.
I noticed that the centre channel and bass are much lower than the Sony and when watching a film I have to listen from around -15db to -20db in order to make out the voices (sometimes even higher). At lower volumes, it's very hard to hear the dialogue.
Having researched the problem it appears this is down to the huge dynamic range of movies and you ideally want to listen at reference.
It feels like if I played the movie at reference it would be way too loud - is this normal?
Options I have discovered are:
- Raise the levels of the subwoofer and centre speaker
- Use Dynamic EQ and/or Dynamic Volume
- Use the Dialogue Enhance feature (I haven't found this in the settings yet).
I have been experimenting with Dynamic Volume - Light and it made a huge difference to the dialogue but I am aware this compresses the audio.
I also tried Dynamic EQ and the bass definitely went up a notch but it seemed a bit overdone and the rear speakers seemed too dominant as well.
I'd really like to hear some input from the forum on what's the best approach.