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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/nonpolitical_comics/p/1657114/mr-lovenstein-volume
[Mr Lovenstein] Volume
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Not really, it’s still a problem. Better/more speakers don’t magically fix mumble dialogue mixed way below the action volume.
Most of the time, voice is on a specific channel, and you can just turn up that channel, or turn down the others. It’s like turning down the base in an equaliser, you can hear the other stuff better. So it does actually fix it…
That’s why on Blu Ray cases, you see for example, “Dolby Digital 5.1”; it means there’s 5.1 different audio tracks you can play with. That’s the way it was mixed and intended to be listened to. Just ignore the .1 for now, it’s not super important. You can buy a single 5.1 sound bar for pretty cheap that does the job. You don’t really need 5 whole separate speakers.
Most TVs have speakers in the back, so you’re actually listening to an echo of the sound, which muffles it a lot. If you only have a 1 speaker system, your TV also smooshes them all together as best as it can, which is sometimes badly.
I simplified a lot but hopefully this strikes a balance of not too complicated of an answer, while also not upsetting the smart people who know the details.
You’re talking to a guy who built a full 7.2.4 channel Dolby Atmos system in his basement. Full room within a room acoustic isolation. Basically as good as you can go. Full in room treatment for reflection control. About as flat in room response as you can go.
I say again. Better speakers and system only helps a little. The center channel that audio is mixed to can be raised individually some yes but even then music or other sound effects are panned across and you’ll get your ears blown out.
You can’t magically fix mumble dialogue in system.