I'm having problems with audio playback on my DVD player. I own a LG DVD 3000E connected via a scart cable to a Panasonic TX 25CK. I was watching Lord of the Rings - Special Edition in Stereo Surround sound and noticed how inconsistant the sound levels were. Sometimes the background music was too loud, then to low, and at other times characters would speak clearly and then a few moments later, speech would be so low as to be inaudible.
I'm certain that I've set the soundtrack playback on the DVD player to Stereo Surround sound before playback. Does anyone have any idea what is causing this? Is there a difference between stereo sound and Stereo Surround sound?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Derek
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I am assuming you are in the UK because I have never seen a SCART in person.
Question: Does the scart pass audio to the TV? If so try looking in BOTH the DVD and the TV audio setup and turn off any fake stereo enhance or fake surround. Panasonic and Maganavox TV are VERY good at making speakers appear around the room. Unfortunately they sometimes make dialogue sound kind of distant. You want to get as close to plain-old, un-enhanced stereo as possible.
Rob
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Hi Derek
Your assumption is indeed correct, I am in the UK. The sound is passed through the scart lead to the TV; I have no external speaker setup. I'm certain I have no pseudo-surround features turned on; the DVD has such a feature but it is turned off.
>You want to get as close to plain-old, un- >enhanced stereo as possible.
I agree. But I read on Dolby's website that Dolby Digital 2.0 can be encoded to carry four speaker signals. That's why I asked if Stereo Surround is different to ordinary stereo. Is the Stereo Surround channel on the DVD some sort of enhanced stereo that needs more than two speakers?
Derek
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Is Lord of the Rings the only DVD where this happens? It may simply be the mix.
Most "Surround"s created from stereo add more of what's different in the two channel stereo to the speakers to pump up the ambience for speakers close together. Unfortunately dialogue is something that the two channels have in common and that type of sound will be suppressed. That's why voices become distant with enhanced stereo.
Dolby Digital 2 ususally means downmixed stereo from a Dolby Digital 5.1 stream. Again even that mix might not sound good. My Philips can do this in the player as well. Check to if your player can - Set the DVD Audio options to DD 5.1 and use the DVD players system-wide audio setup to downmix it to stereo.
I hope it's only one disk. Beyond that, I'm stumped.
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thx
Jean
Dana Johnson
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I have a kenwood vr 600 500 watt surround reciever that requires 8 - 16 amp speakers.I have a pair of pro-dynamic speakers that are 4 ohms. What can I do to match them with out wiring them to the same channel in sequence? Any matching devices out there? Im new in this surround stuff. Thanks
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Derek
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Turn the center channel up by 4 db.
Hope this helps.
George Gittins
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joker
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Hi Rob nice to meet u !! I have had this happen to me as well, what it is is the DVD disk it's self..What i mean is the door-knob that made it in the studio, wasn't very good...to bad !!! Grab another copy you will see it will be the same, only a copy in the UK, will be by someone else behind the controls..I'm sure the big boys have noticed it as well Rob...I have seen this on CD's as well...So in short, its not your system at all, as you know, as you play other DVD's its all kool..Just that movie !!... One thing you could do is a tweek there, only if you have a another amp to could spare, a more powerfull one, then the one in your receiver, make sure the amp has a gain control, so you have 100% control over the volume as your front channels ... left and right, will be set just by , the way your volume is being played in normal fashion. But thats going to extreme there, and a person should not have to do that, if in fact the person making the master cut, was paying attention....PS..Try a VHS tape...just might be the ticket !!! Donald L. Suedmeier nice to meet you >>all drop me a note...thanks all Dazzz@Earthlink.net
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Jeff Karp
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