I believe I have arrived at the conclusion that I may just need to upgrade my receiver, however I wanted to find out first if there is a way to solve the problem I've encountered, or at least understand why it is happening. It seems my receiver doesn't like SOME of the audio running to it from my Blue-ray player. I'm not sure why, but perhaps someone here will know what's going on.
I have a Pioneer Blue-ray player (BDP-51FD, in case it matters), an older Technics 5.1 receiver that supports DTS and Dolby Digital and has always sounded awesome to my ears (as do the speakers), at least. I run my HDMI cable directly to my HD Samsung LCD (on which I turn the sound all the way down), and run my audio through a coaxial cable attached to the receiver. I have a 5.1 speaker setup.
The audio and surround sounds just awesome when I play some Blue-ray discs and pretty much any DVD. Blue-ray movies such as Underworld and Interview with the Vampire sound great, but the Blue-ray audio on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and now John Adams features voices that have a strange warble. The soundtracks sound alright, but the voices have this very distinct warble, much like you might sound if you were to speak through a slowly spinning fan. I can discern what the actors are saying (most of the time), but they are alien, and of course, annoying.
Now, this is VERY strange to me, as it only happens with some Blue-ray movies and not others. The problem (the warble voices) seems to be exacerbated by actors with lower-toned voices; they sound even worse.
Any idea what may be going on? Why? Do you suppose a new receiver with HDMI inputs would solve this issue? (Not that getting a new receiver would be a bad thing.)
Thank you very much for any advice you can provide.
- Scott
I have a Pioneer Blue-ray player (BDP-51FD, in case it matters), an older Technics 5.1 receiver that supports DTS and Dolby Digital and has always sounded awesome to my ears (as do the speakers), at least. I run my HDMI cable directly to my HD Samsung LCD (on which I turn the sound all the way down), and run my audio through a coaxial cable attached to the receiver. I have a 5.1 speaker setup.
The audio and surround sounds just awesome when I play some Blue-ray discs and pretty much any DVD. Blue-ray movies such as Underworld and Interview with the Vampire sound great, but the Blue-ray audio on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and now John Adams features voices that have a strange warble. The soundtracks sound alright, but the voices have this very distinct warble, much like you might sound if you were to speak through a slowly spinning fan. I can discern what the actors are saying (most of the time), but they are alien, and of course, annoying.
Now, this is VERY strange to me, as it only happens with some Blue-ray movies and not others. The problem (the warble voices) seems to be exacerbated by actors with lower-toned voices; they sound even worse.
Any idea what may be going on? Why? Do you suppose a new receiver with HDMI inputs would solve this issue? (Not that getting a new receiver would be a bad thing.)
Thank you very much for any advice you can provide.
- Scott
