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I upgraded from a MTM 2.5 way to a 4 driver 3 way and noticed a big upgrade in sound quality, and intelligibility.
If you can find a specific movie/scene where you find it difficult to hear speech I'll try it
Best centre speaker for clear vocals in movies?
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I upgraded from a MTM 2.5 way to a 4 driver 3 way and noticed a big upgrade in sound quality, and intelligibility.
If you can find a specific movie/scene where you find it difficult to hear speech I'll try it
Op what is your entire setup, model names of each thing?
What is your source and how is it connected?
What displays on your avr when you play movies in terms of the detected audio format? Like does it say PCM, DD, Dolby Digital, Pro logic etc?
Does your AVR come with a setup mic to help set levels?
Are the levels and distance of each speaker setup or are they at default?
You might just have it not setup right and it's defaulting to a stereo signal or Pro logic or worse, you have some weird artificial "intelligent" room setting turned on or some such virtual surround. Possibilities are endless.
Not sure what your knowledge levels are so going in low here to rule out the basics.
What is your source and how is it connected?
What displays on your avr when you play movies in terms of the detected audio format? Like does it say PCM, DD, Dolby Digital, Pro logic etc?
Does your AVR come with a setup mic to help set levels?
Are the levels and distance of each speaker setup or are they at default?
You might just have it not setup right and it's defaulting to a stereo signal or Pro logic or worse, you have some weird artificial "intelligent" room setting turned on or some such virtual surround. Possibilities are endless.
Not sure what your knowledge levels are so going in low here to rule out the basics.
Can't remember all the specs but it's old but half-decent Yamaha AVR (100w per channel), 300w BK Sub, Dali Spektor 1 for fronts, Wharfdale DX-1 rears and centre.
It was setup with the mic, crossover all good etc. I use "straight" setting and as it's usually Netflix it's whatever 5.1 codec they use.
The centre speaker is above the TV attached to the wall, and is angled down as the TV is quite high. I'm starting to think this is the biggest issue.
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Dali Spektor Vokal Centre Speaker
Getting this much Hi-Fi performance from a speaker in this price range not only took all of our experience and know-how, but also hours and hours spent in the listening room, improving the driver and crossover designs to create the perfect audio performance.
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they already did, don't you remember?
Cry harder
Check crossover settings, yamaha can set speakers to large during auto setup, my yamaha avr does.
Check sources are set to bitstream.
oh MTM designs do have drawbacks, look into that.
The centre speaker on the DX-1 shouldn't be causing you issues (unless its broken or faulty), sounds more like a setup problem in the amp side, another thing to check is your wiring is right and not out of phase <-- click will explain more (meaning wires are wrong way round compared to the others). Check the wiring to the speakers too and make sure positive from amp is positive to speakers and same for negative.
Also if the distances from where you sit from front left and right are different from centre then you may need to either bring the fronts down a touch or bring the centre speaker up a touch in the speaker section of the amp and if it has a distance from speaker setting make sure all are set to right distance too, I find the auto setup stuff to be rubbish on most av amps and do it manually with a decibel meter, you can even use your phone or tablet and download a decibel meter app and see if any speaker is not outputting the same level as the others in the listening area. You can use test tones on youtube or download some and stick on a usb stick and use on the amp or any device that is connected to the amp.
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I did ask him here what he owned and well his reply there... https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/recommend-an-upgrade.18961649/page-2#post-35988538
of course no proof...
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They're all behind his sofa? In such a small room don't need that much. Totally OTT and stupid. Couple of 13-15" SB will be plenty. he's got SIX dual 18" ported sub?
HHAAAA
and he may have even have subs along the front wall I can't tell if those black cabinets are subs or just a black cupboard.
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They're all behind his sofa? In such a small room don't need that much. Totally OTT and stupid. Couple of 13-15" SB will be plenty. he's got SIX dual 18" ported sub?
HHAAAA
and he may have even have subs along the front wall I can't tell if those black cabinets are subs or just a black cupboard.
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I wish I had subwoofers as my 'special interest'.
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??????
I think he’s just posting about a random setup, not that it’s his setup
Don’t know what it has any relation to the thread though?
Directing conversation away from his bull maybe?
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Holy crap he does have two extra subs I zoomed on on the right that two slot is a port so hes got eight 2x18" ported subs
Madness.
Madness.
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I have cinema seating from a company called Elite HTS in Canada, I can seat 6 people and there are switches to recline the seats forward and back, it originally retailed for £7000 but I paid a fraction of that price pre-owned. 6 seats might not sound much but they take a lot of space up. It looks very similar to the seats in those pictures posted above with metal cup holders in the arms.
Home Theater Seating | Custom Made in Canada
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My sofa cost me £25.
I've totalled the cost of those subs about $40,000 or so. Each one is 4000W RMS.
I've totalled the cost of those subs about $40,000 or so. Each one is 4000W RMS.
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Best centre speaker for clear vocals in movies?
Maybe @hornetstinger watches movies where the actors have really deep voices and so uses multiple fictional expensive subwoofers for his imaginary centre channel?
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James Earl Jones movies are probably good test material for a center.
oh my subs are far from expensive. Checkout Perlisten. lol
I'd say try and get a big meaty center, 6.5" drivers, quality 3 way etc.
At least that is true.
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