I am currently using a Cerwin-Vega center channel speaker. My impression is that these are considered to be excellent speakers.
The frustrating problem is this: In some of my DVD's, some of the dialog (particularly women's voices) are near-unintelligible. My recently acquired HD-DVD of "Pride and Prejudice" is especially bad in this regard. The problem
peaks in situations where several women are talking at once and there is
background noise or music. This can be tolerated to a point but when key
elements of the plot are lost, it becomes severely frustrating. My treble control is pushed to the limit, and I have added another 5db to the volume of the center channel.
I have found a few references from people who have had the same trouble with this film. They don't know whether to blame the recording, mixing, use of big words, or their speakers. Even if it's the fault of the film, I am still not sure if my speaker isn't contributing as other DVD's occasionally exhibit similar problems, but perhaps not so pronounced.
(1) I would like to rule out the film first. Are there forums I could go to
(here perhaps?) to do that?
(2) Are there other speakers that would do a better job of compensating for such issues, such as with controls that would peak voice frequencies or put a slight "edge" on them? I sometimes want to throw an old mid-range that I have in place of the CC but I know that will completely destroy the overall sound quality.
I don't know how common my problem is, but if others have had it (and especially if a solution was found) I would like to hear from you.
Thank you.
Frank
The frustrating problem is this: In some of my DVD's, some of the dialog (particularly women's voices) are near-unintelligible. My recently acquired HD-DVD of "Pride and Prejudice" is especially bad in this regard. The problem
peaks in situations where several women are talking at once and there is
background noise or music. This can be tolerated to a point but when key
elements of the plot are lost, it becomes severely frustrating. My treble control is pushed to the limit, and I have added another 5db to the volume of the center channel.
I have found a few references from people who have had the same trouble with this film. They don't know whether to blame the recording, mixing, use of big words, or their speakers. Even if it's the fault of the film, I am still not sure if my speaker isn't contributing as other DVD's occasionally exhibit similar problems, but perhaps not so pronounced.
(1) I would like to rule out the film first. Are there forums I could go to
(here perhaps?) to do that?
(2) Are there other speakers that would do a better job of compensating for such issues, such as with controls that would peak voice frequencies or put a slight "edge" on them? I sometimes want to throw an old mid-range that I have in place of the CC but I know that will completely destroy the overall sound quality.
I don't know how common my problem is, but if others have had it (and especially if a solution was found) I would like to hear from you.
Thank you.
Frank