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In Reply to: What is the problem with this 5.1 system? posted by Audio Girl on October 01, 2002 at 13:18:50:
Even with some new movies. I think they don't expect you to be using a good wide-range center speaker. Anyway, I very rarely now have to adjust the center channel level, but can't you do that? Leaving the other channel levels relatively low, so that you can crank up the master volume? Surely that would work (and may be how it was at the dealer?). Also, make sure the center speaker is aimed at you when you're sitting, as best as possible.Have you tried a phantom center? If the CC speaker is no clearer than that, forget it! I haven't tried a Ruark, but tried several others here. Found the Paradigm Reference CC blended/worked fine for me. This speaker apparently blends well with lots of non-matching speakers, at least from what I read in reviews after I bought it. Just a thought...
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The source is generally going to be the bottleneck in reproducing intelligible lyrics and dialog. Though others are correct to point out that source material (not just the source) can be a factor. You can rule that out (as you've probably tried) by playing the suspect DVDs in one of your dealer's (or a friend's) better HT rigs. You might also be running out of "gain" or whatever the correct term is that I am thinking of (when you turn the volume knob, and you still need more).Also someone else noted speaker to room interactions. this is probably the single biggest factor when assembling any rig. I've always avoided the big pitfalls, myself, right off of the bat. So perhaps I've been lucky.
I sometimes did before I got a good-working center speaker though. They do not all work well, and price is certainly no indication, IME. I was just pointing out source material varies a lot. Depending what you view. Some "DD" discs have ALL the sound in the center, some have none at all . So not to judge by just a couple of randomly chosen discs, there are no quality standards for them, sound varies wildly.
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