Well you certainly know what you're doing then. I thought that if you didn't have surround speakers, then that would account for the missing dialog. If the commentary is intentionally out-of-phase, then a DPL circuit would route it to the surrounds. No surrounds, no commentary.
On 31-May-07, at 5:43 PM, Richard Hollandsworth wrote:
Yes, 10-in L/R, 7-in C, LS, RS (all DIY) and pair of vintage Altec VOTT 15-in SWs.Matching Planar Magnetic Midranges and Ribbon Super-Tweeters.But I frequently listen to just the 42-in Hitachi Plasma (large detachable speakers) plus an external 7-in "sub-woofer" I built as a separate section in the Center speaker.holl_ands =================================== John Golitsis <jgolitsis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Do you have surround speakers? Sorry if this has been covered already - I haven't been following this thread.On 31-May-07, at 4:54 PM, Richard Hollandsworth wrote:Further trolling on www.linearacoustic.com revealed yet another mechanism for "missing dialog", esp. during sports events...or with an overly aggressivesynthetic surround mix: http://www.linearacoustic.com/sports/index.htmSeveral music and sports broadcasts (incl. FOX) have been using SRS Circle Surroundencoding to synthetically "enhance" their ambience: http://www.srslabs.com/pressarticle322.asp?sid=249 Which is why they sound "fake".......The Stereo (Lt/Rt) downmix would contain an ample amount of anti- phase signals.Linear Acoustic claims that the synthetic surround processors in someTVs and AV Receivers somehow gets confused and nulls out the Center channel.But, I've never "fixed" a missing dialog problem in a Stereo program by simply switching off my AV Receiver's PL-II synthetic surround mode....so go figure....holl_andsPark yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center.