Using A Stereo Amp For Movies & TV Shows

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Hi
I have a stereo amp with digital optical, coaxial inputs and analogue preouts
I use the stereo amp connected to the tv by optical
Connect my subwoofer to L / R preouts
I have a 4k firestick which I use to watch streaming sites
I seem to get quite loud dialogue from Netflix says Original 5.1 is ticked in info from Netflix
Bass effects is better now that I have added a subwoofer
With my own bluray rips dialogue is not so good, its too low
I was wondering would I get better audio using an audio extractor like this, see link below
Amazon product ASIN B08ZXNDL1V
 
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What kit do you have?
 
Bluray is DTS which has no code so down mixing can be hazardous. often just 50% of center speaker going to each stereo speaker which often isn't enough. This causes centralised voices to sound low (the quality stays the same it's just a 'volume' issue).
Netflix uses Dolby digital which coded and most down mixers are conform so the correct 'volume' is sent to each stereo speaker from the central channel.
I hope my explaination is understandable, even if you have a DTS compatable down mixer this problem can persist as DYSdoesn't have a code incorporated. There have been a number of firms employed to resolve DTS down mixing, last time I heard it wasn't going very well however that was years ago when I 1st became interested in this (having had the same problem) however I think there's been some improvements as the lastest VLC player software seems to do a much better job than the old.
 
Set your tv/sources to output stereo pcm
 
But strange thing is when I use my tvs Netfix app I can only get a Original sound, which is 2ch then dialogue is quite a bit lower
 
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You could get some good deals on the Arcam SR250 amp that makes a good fist of downmixing multi channel formats into 2.1
I did have an Arcam SA20 but it did not do Digital decoding very well, I found just setting it to PCM was best but then might as well have just used a stereo amp instead, which I am now
 
Bluray is DTS which has no code so down mixing can be hazardous. often just 50% of center speaker going to each stereo speaker which often isn't enough. This causes centralised voices to sound low (the quality stays the same it's just a 'volume' issue).
Netflix uses Dolby digital which coded and most down mixers are conform so the correct 'volume' is sent to each stereo speaker from the central channel.
I hope my explaination is understandable, even if you have a DTS compatable down mixer this problem can persist as DYSdoesn't have a code incorporated. There have been a number of firms employed to resolve DTS down mixing, last time I heard it wasn't going very well however that was years ago when I 1st became interested in this (having had the same problem) however I think there's been some improvements as the lastest VLC player software seems to do a much better job than the old.
Using the Kodi mediaplayer you can add dB to the volume of dialogue which is handy for Bluray ripped files making dialogue louder
 
I managed to sort out my low dialogue problem with Bluray rips using a stereo amp.
I went into the media players audio settings under "Night Mode" I switched it to "Comfort"
Now the dialogue is louder and clearer.
So "Alls Good In The Hood"
 

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