My crazy center speaker the Polk CSI A6 ..
SERIOUS7
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In my Onkyo receiver my center speaker is set to full range , the level celebrator is set to the max,the center equalizer is set to the max and everything else concerning the center speaker is set to max but here's the problem...
There are times when playing a dvd the vocals from the center speaker is being heard nice and loud but then there are times when the vocals just go down or get's soft and low for some reason , the vocal is never constant and this bothers me .
When i'm over my buddies house checking out his Onkyo the vocals seems to be always consistent while playing a dvd.
This would happen when i had my Yamaha integrated amp , even when i changed center speakers nothing change , the vocals would go up and down .
I don't understand it..
There are times when playing a dvd the vocals from the center speaker is being heard nice and loud but then there are times when the vocals just go down or get's soft and low for some reason , the vocal is never constant and this bothers me .
When i'm over my buddies house checking out his Onkyo the vocals seems to be always consistent while playing a dvd.
This would happen when i had my Yamaha integrated amp , even when i changed center speakers nothing change , the vocals would go up and down .
I don't understand it..
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It could be your onkyo. Swap a different speaker with your center and see what happens.HT- Samsung PN50B860/Integra DTR 30.3/Rt55 Fronts
Rt35i Surrounds/Cs1000p Center/SVS BP1000 Sub
2CH - B&K MC-101 pre/B&K EX-442 amp/NAD 2400 amp
Polk SDA1C, Polk Monitor 7, New Large Advents and Polk RTA 8T
BR - Yamaha CR800/Polk monitor 5 -
I've done that and the center speaker terminals cables work aok on every other speaker.
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You should never have the center channel speaker level, or any speaker level set at maximum. Maybe anywhere from -2 -+3 is about the range I would think. You may have already done some damage.HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
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You should never have the center channel speaker level, or any speaker level set at maximum. Maybe anywhere from -2 -+3 is about the range I would think. You may have already done some damage.
How about the fact he doesn't have his crossover set for the center as well? I cross my center over at 80hz. I have tried lower and found it got too bassy, and tried higher and found it cut out too much of the male voice.
So turn DOWN your settings on your center and set the crossover on it to 80hz and see if that makes things better. 20 bucks says your friend has his crossovers around there and let Audyssey do the rest regarding levels.
P.S. Audyssey sets my ENTIRE setup at full range but I changed the crossover on my center to 80, the L/R is at 60 and the surrounds are at 90."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
Will try all the above and hope for the best. My center speaker is a very large piece and the receiver recommends for large center speakers set to FULL BAND WIDTH but i'll tone it down to see what happens ...
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I notice i only have this dialog problem when the SD dvd is on but EVERYTHING ELSE sounds great ..? What i also did was go into my blu ray audio section to make sure the "audio out" was set to FIX..
