Sound Quality of Direct TV audio


I recently put a 1/3 octave spectrum analyzer on my Direct TV audio outputs and was shocked to find that they are brick wall filtering all low frequencies below about 150 Hz. Not a gentle roll off mind you, everything from 150 Hz down is gone.

I thought they were supposed to be delivery "high quality" audio. Anyone else discover this or am I getting something unusual?
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I don't know but would not surprise me if most digital TV providers do something similar. Most people are not audiophiles who care about full range sound reproduction. Filtering out low bass could well make things sound better for many with lesser gear not capable of delivering high quality low bass and either do not care about low bass or do not know what they might be missing.

Low bass is what makes good quality sound production hard. Filtering it out makes things a lot easier and may well sound better than the alternative with a lot of commercial gear out there.
Dish and Direct TV share some satellites, so I would expect the same performance from either one.

That said, what kind of receiver do you have? Maybe its just not that good.