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Any half way decent AV amp will allow you to adjust the volume of the centre speaker, where the majority of the dialogue is mixed to, separately to the other speakers.
On my Onkyo amp it is a couple of button presses to get this adjustment up so I can crank the centre speaker up to 11 to hear the dialogue and keep the effects at a civilised volume. It also has what it calls Dynamic Volume, (what I would call a Compressor), which is pretty effective at reducing the dynamic range so the difference between dialogue and effects is not so pronounced. And it is nothing at all to do with having a full AV system or a soundbar. If the dialogue is mixed low and the effects high it will be like that regardless of what you are listening to. Unless the disk player is downmixing the sound track to stereo for the soundbar and boosts the centre channel level. Last edited by Peter the Great : 01-02-2013 at 14:15. Reason: Not reading replying post properly |
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How are all of these devices connected to the TV, via the headphone socket?
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I think you might mean sound waves!
I have to admit, that was the technology I thought all sound bars used, but I probably only ever looked at high-end ones. |
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You won't ever see the audience duck as the zeros in Pearl Harbour scream over your head in Pearl Harbour using a sound bar
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How are all of these devices connected to the TV, via the headphone socket?
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How are all of these devices connected to the TV, via the headphone socket?
With my AV amp, I no longer even have an audio connection from the TV, because I found I never used it. I watch everything via my DVR, and that plugs into the amp via HDMI, and then to the TV. The way it's set up, on the rare occasions I don't switch the amp on, the sound gets passed through to the TV along with the video, otherwise the TV sound is automatically muted (simply because the amp doesn't pass it through). |
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You won't ever see the audience duck as the zeros in Pearl Harbour scream over your head in Pearl Harbour using a sound bar Quote:
Depends how good your sound bar is! The Yamaha sound bar I have (YSP 2200) very much recreates what you are talking about. Ok, admittedly it can't compete with a high end discrete 5.1 or 7.1 set up, but it comes damn close for the money and convenience and ease of use for every day living.
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Depends how good your sound bar is! The Yamaha sound bar I have (YSP 2200) very much recreates what you are talking about. Ok, admittedly it can't compete with a high end discrete 5.1 or 7.1 set up, but it comes damn close for the money and convenience and ease of use for every day living.
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Yes on my Yamaha sound bar you can hear effects like a helicopter buzzing round your head, not as clear as separate speakers but it is there. The room does have to be right and you do have to sit in the right place (set up with a microphone).
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Personally I achieved far better results doing a manual setup. It adds that little bit more direction and speaker placement.
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I totally agree. I used the mic set up to begin with and then used manual settings to tweak speaker placement etc.
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Sound bar for me
Rest room sound bar Panasonic SC-HTB520 Speaker sys - home theatre - 2.1-CH Living room sound bar BoseŽ Solo TV sound system |
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I am thrilled to bits with my Microlab Solo6c.
A month or two to bed in but absolutely brilliant performance and value. |
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