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[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you have a true 5.1 setup then increase the centre speaker levels relative to the others. Or get a much bigger centre speaker.

Most centre speakers are woefully small compared to the left and right fronts being towers.

Center speaker is matched to stereo front, rear are intentionally under powered… as someone who appreciates good sound - the mixing on most every movie is fucked (and some TV - HBO looking at you). It’s not a set-up issue.

Interviews with sound mixing techs indicate this is because everything is optimized to theatres and then only slightly remixed.

For the basic consumer we would much rather have audible dialogue than ear shattering gun shots…