I believe I've got it solved. I changed the setting in AIMP from stereo to 7.1. The sound went from compressed to opened up and I can hear all the background music. :)
I've got my laptop, Acer Aspire E 15, connected to my home theater. The laptop uses Windows 10. I have an Onkyo HA 200 DAC connected to the laptop by usb c. The DAC is connected to the blue ray by a new 3.5 mm to RCA cable to the aux. The music is on the laptop's sshd.
The problem is I only...