Athena volume issue (1 Viewer)

[chris.Mark]

I own the Athena AS-C1 and a pair of AS-B1s, as well as the remaining sub and rear surrounds from an old Sony HTiB. The problem I have is I am constantly turning the volume up to hear normal voices and then have to quicly lower the volume when the music or effects start. I have set the speakers to the same levels in the audio tests on my HE setup disk. Is this a normal problem? I am currently running a Yamaha AVR.

 

[brentl]

That's called "dynamic range"(the range between the highest and lowest recorded sounds.

It's fine, but if you are worried about leaving it louder turn on the "night mode" of you receiver/DVD player.

Brent

 

[chris.Mark]

Thanks. Does "night mode" keep the highest sounds lower? Not that I mind the increased volume, but I keep getting complaints from elsewhere in the house to "turn the thing down!"

 

[BillyHC]

not to be cheeky, but the best solution to "Turn that f'ing thing down" is a nice pair of headphones.

 

[stephanX]

the day you find me headphones that will give me 5.1 discrete channels, i will listen to that comment! but i know some recievers have options to limit the dynamic range on a dvd, RTM

 

[John S]

When it happens to me, I simply raise the center / dialog channel up some. I somewhat set my center (dialog) and Sub by source / content to taste and leave the rest truly calibrated.