I rarely go to see a movie. But last year I had a few hours to kill so I went to one. I remember thinking to myself, At least one sound system in Kona is worst then mine. Part of the napkin for my popcorn went into my ears. Which just lowered the level of the ugly.
It is not you, the sound really is getting worse
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My wife and son are WAY into the Marvel superhero movies. So, I got roped into going to one of the latest ones, thank god I put yellow squishy ear plugs in my pocket. Didn't even last one minute into the coming attractions! OMG the sheer volume shot lightning through head. Thought maybe they would be more conservative with the main attraction, but it actually got worse. Those 3M yellow ear plugs have a 29db noise reduction rating by OSHA. Never again. |
Added to the problem is the design of a lot of center channel speakers. The two midrange drivers with the tweeter in the middle is not a good design in terms of dialogue clarity. @spenav What? It’s a fine design on-axis. Off-axis depends a little on the crossover slopes. Look up D’Appolito alignment. Besides the off-axis response, the other issue is their physical location tends to be in a cabinet or on top of a shelf, requiring some EQ compared to their free standing counter-parts. Everyone knows that modern processors have both automatic room correction and volume compression built-in, right?? Best, E |
@erik_squires Hi E My experiences with this design have been negative. Dr Toole seems to agree. I am glad it has worked for you. I will try to attach a quote from him below from his excellent book, Sound Reproduction. If you have the book, he talks about it extensively in chapter 18. I have two AR4c in my closet eating dust if you are interested in buying. I usually feel bad selling things that don’t work well for me Stay safe. Thanks. “The simple one, often called the “midrange-tweeter-midrange” or MTM, arrangement is usually found in entry-level products but also, occasionally, in some expensive products. In its basic configuration of both woofers operating in parallel, crossing over to a tweeter—a two-way design—it is not optimum because of off-axis acoustical interference.” — Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms (Audio Engineering Society Presents) by Floyd Toole https://a.co/90gpvoL |
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