Question:
Music too loud in movies voice too low 2.1 or 5.1 speakers?
Ahmed
2014-03-31 05:04:20 UTC
You know how the music in movies is just too loud and peoples voices are really quiet? Well if I get a 2.1 speaker for my pc connected to my tv will that work or do I have to use 5.1? Because I have many options for 2.1 but in my country not many 5.1. If 5.1 is the only way then are these speakers good enough for a tv? http://www.logitech.com/en-roeu/product/surround-sound-speakers-z506?crid=47
Six answers:
inconsolate61
2014-03-31 09:49:57 UTC
Most digital recordings have an extensive dynamic range - that is, a very wide difference between the loudest and softest sounds the recordings can reproduce. On many movie recordings,this can translate into what many find to be an unacceptable presentation, where one persons voice seems drowned out by an orchestra, so forth. the difference may be realistic, in that one persons talking voice would be expected to be many times less loud than say a full 80 piece orchestra, but makes little sense to many in terms of the purpose of listening to the detail of a drama. Often the recording studio is the source of this problem, making assumptions about the sound system the recording would be played back on , outside of a movie theater. and choosing volume differences that make no sense in a home listening environment. On the other hand, many home listeners like the explosive dynamic variation in sound levels, and are happy to dial up the sound so that voices are at a reasonable room level, leaving the orchestral and special effects passages to rattle windows. There are two or three ways to ameliorate this. One is to independently adjust the volume of the center channel, so that dialing down the whole leaves most voicing at useful levels. Another would be to use a control amp setting to compress the sound dynamics and boost voice, many amps have such a feature. Some amps also have a setting to spread the center channel voice to all three front speakers, which tends to increase voicing in many situations. With out a control amp, your choices are fewer, unless such modifications can be done on your source, such as the player, or TV. The point is, the material played itself contains these volume differences, so modifying them will require you to tweak your equipment in some manner to adjust for that, if it is annoying. And, you are not alone. Many find hugely pulsive dynamic recordings to be more a source of irritation than wonder, and many recordings overuse the dynamic range available. Shock and awe isn't everyone's cup of tea. and can often be distracting, or misused, making dramas hard to follow, or playing background music a unsuitable distraction. "Computer" speakers are just self amplified speaker sets usually terminated in a pin jack, to match a sound card output. They are what they are, and mostly depend on controls supplied by the soundcard's app, or/and the software program source. Some have independent volume control ability, but this is usually remedial. Without some mediating control, you would be stuck, obviously, with what you do have, which usually isn't much, unless you are running all your theatre sound sources through your PC. Also obviously, appropriate reproduction gear for theater systems is going to be a better choice.
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2014-03-31 05:25:46 UTC
Hi,



The Z506 speakers are designed for computers first and foremost. You CAN plug the speakers into the headphone jack onto the TV, but you will only get stereo sound (out of 2 speakers) and the bass from the subwoofer. This is because those speakers need 3 headphone sockets to plug into, and TV's only have one. Also the speakers cannot decode digital sound like a reciever/amplifier can, it's just sent through analogue technology.



The reason for the quiet voices/loud music is often because of the limited capabilities of the built in TV speakers, and they're not powerful or big enough to project such a dynamic range of sound.



2.1 or even a sound bar will be a BIG improvement over built in TV speakers, but if your movies are in 5.1 surround sound, and you have a large room and patience to wire speakers to optimum positions in the room; then this cannot be beaten.



Your best bet is to purchase an AV surround sound amplifier/receiver, and AV 5.1 surround speakers. Even the cheapest surround receiver (from a make like Pioneer or Onkyo) and speakers will provide a much better quality sound than pretty much any current DVD or Blu-ray home cinema in a box system.



Hope i've helped :-)
anonymous
2016-03-12 04:31:22 UTC
I can only think that Hollywood seems to believe that action, loud music and hard action is what people want these days. They don't seem to care if the dialogue can be heard or not. When people are indoors talking you still can't hear the dialogue half the time because outside noises like street traffic cover it up. I guess they are going for what they think is realism, but in real life voices aren't covered up by outside noises (except maybe in rare cases). Why do they feel the need to have everybody whispering? They could speak in a normal voice but still give the impression of whispering using good filming techniques. Movies really suck nowadays for this reason. I admit to having a hearing problem of sorts but the rest of my family can hear a flea pee on cotton and they can't understand the words either.
Grumpy Mac
2014-03-31 10:05:45 UTC
No.



Computer speakers tend to NOT work well with home theater gear.



Look for a soundbar. Make sure the audio outputs of your HDTV matches the audio inputs.
AVDADDY
2014-03-31 12:05:32 UTC
No. Comback when you have a real budget.
anonymous
2014-03-31 05:06:01 UTC
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