Wow
Thanks eveyone for the great advice. It would be a bit pricey to put a compressor on every channel (possible becuase I do have separates, but pricey)
The toshiba 3109 does have dynamic control - on or off and my preamp does have a midnight mode. I just never tried them together :)
I...
The best way I can describe this is to show an example.
From this link
http://www.newsearching.com/tvs/Phil...elevision.html
"SmartSound also keeps consistent volume levels between programs and commercials, and from one channel to another. "
Smartsound will not let the volume go higher (or...