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Muffled voice in the back of stage?

Has anyone experienced anything like this?
Everything sounds crystal clear and precise, only when a voice is in a certain area in the back of the stage suddenly becomes muffled.
Slightly to the left, right of front and all tonality comes back.
You would think it is just speaker positioning but I have tried everything including toe in etc. but the problem remains.
Any thoughts would be appreciated
barto
zd542
5,339 posts
 
Its possible that whoever made the recording, did a poor job. Maybe they did al1right with the musicians on the front of the stage, and messed up on the rear.

Also, disconnect one of your speakers and listen to the one that's still connected.Then do the other speaker. If one side sounds ok and the other doesn't, it will help isolate the problem.
barto OP
52 posts
 
Well, the strange thing is.
It is also very obvious when watching movies.
For instance, when I was watching Master and Commander this week, and after the opening scene the crew is speaking to each other on the deck, the camera and mic taking different angles throughout the conversation, from most angles every voice is clear, but in a few cases a voice at once gets very muffled. Not at all comparable to the others, very annoying and destroying the experience my system creates at the moment.
zd542
5,339 posts
 
"For instance, when I was watching Master and Commander this week, and after the opening scene the crew is speaking to each other on the deck, the camera and mic taking different angles throughout the conversation, from most angles every voice is clear, but in a few cases a voice at once gets very muffled."

You can't go by that. Even though they set up and record like you say, they generally don't use those vocal tracks. After they're done filming, the actors go in to a recording studio and record the vocal tracks again. Those are the tracks that you are listening to when you watch the movie.

I think you should isolate each component in the system and see if you can't narrow the problem down to a specific piece.
barto OP
52 posts
 
Zd542, thanks for your reply.

Yes of course they do, but still the problem only is there with a certain mic angle.

I have done a lot of experimenting lately with switching gear to find out where the problem lies, but to no avail.

My room is not symmetrical and am a little off the perfect triangle, is just has never been a problem until now.
I am stuck thinking that it is maybe because my stage is a lot deeper these days than it used to be and my room is far from perfect, maybe the most distant sounding sounds will just never be optimal in this setup.
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