vexille
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Hi there! I'd be very grateful to receive some AVForums wisdom. I've looked around for answers so hope I'm not duplicating other threads.
I invested in my first surround setup in December: Sony DN1080 and QA 3050i cinema pack. I've been excited to get a flavour of how much fun 5.1 can be, but also frustrated that dialogue seems to be rather quiet compared to the rest of the soundstage, so much so that when I turn it up enough for the dialogue to be clear the rest of the audio becomes almost deafening.
I've run the auto calibration a few times and I notice that it adjusts the centre channel down -3.0dB, even though all the front speakers are pretty much the same distance from the listening position. Does it sound like there's a problem with the auto calibration?
I assumed I wouldn't need to be setting levels for each channel manually but is that the solution. Should I be boosting up the centre? And if so, how do I know how much to do it by? I feel like I'm teetering on the cusp of a great AV experience.
Thanks for any advice.
I invested in my first surround setup in December: Sony DN1080 and QA 3050i cinema pack. I've been excited to get a flavour of how much fun 5.1 can be, but also frustrated that dialogue seems to be rather quiet compared to the rest of the soundstage, so much so that when I turn it up enough for the dialogue to be clear the rest of the audio becomes almost deafening.
I've run the auto calibration a few times and I notice that it adjusts the centre channel down -3.0dB, even though all the front speakers are pretty much the same distance from the listening position. Does it sound like there's a problem with the auto calibration?
I assumed I wouldn't need to be setting levels for each channel manually but is that the solution. Should I be boosting up the centre? And if so, how do I know how much to do it by? I feel like I'm teetering on the cusp of a great AV experience.
Thanks for any advice.