There was an article in the NY Times recently discussing why over 60% of Netflix viewers use closed caption sub titles- it's due to the combination of too many loud sound effects over powering the dialog, a trend for actors to be whispering / speaking at low levels for "dramatic effect" and lastly that many movies are of course mixed for surround sound and increasingly for Atmos - so the downmix for TV audio is compromised. I don't think playing with a phase switch will do much for you.
Is it all phasing or is it something more?
Hi everyone. Just watched one of my old time favorite movies Bottle Shock. I streamed it on Amazon as usual and I always love the story line and the scenery given I was born in SF and grew up 1 hour away from Napa. One thing I always dislike about this viewing is the audio. It is horrible. It sounds crazy out of phase with some weird tonal transients. Is this because it is the way it was recorded or prepared for steaming? Why did I post this in the Amps / Preamps group? I was wondering if this could all be fixed if my Audio Refinement / YBA preamp had a phase inversion switch (which it doesn’t and not many do)? Or is it something more? Does anyone own a DVD / Bluray version that does not have this problem that I can play on my Oppo player still in my system?
TIA
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I was just watching Bottle Shock and noticed the same thing. To me it sounds like the music and dialogue are fine, but the sound effects and foley are out of phase. And it is really annoying and distracting. Did you, or anyone, try shifting the polarity of one of your speakers? My guess is it would fix the SFX, but mess up everything else. |
@sbrownnw - try switching speaker phase then listen to Bottle Shock- does it fix the problem? (Curious minds want to know) |
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