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Would adding a separate 3 channel help in this situation

I have an Anthem 1120 receiver running a 5.1.4 system. My front speakers are Paradigm 85F with a Paradigm 55 C as center channel. When I play a movie with a lot of heavy sound effects the sound gets really loud during the sound effects and my family objects when it get very loud. If I added a 3 channel amp can I play at a lower volume and be able to hear and understand the dialogue. I start at a fairly loud but not blasting level to hear the dialogue clearly. I want to still be able to enjoy the sound effects but at a lower volume setting. Thanks
galleybob

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numcwrt2
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I am curious about this as well...same aggravation with the cohabitants here.  I have an upper end Marantz Receiver and Focal 936 and other Focal in wall/ceiling speakers, all calibrated through the room correction.  Voice levels are not quite loud enough so up goest he volume...until the effects start going off and then it is too loud for the others.  This is MOST notable when playing UHD.  
Per the other poster, I probably just need to bump up the center channel...not sure why I haven't done that yet.  
To the OP, my first inclination was to get better amp for this system...hahah..probably need to do that anyway as that is what this hobby is all about.
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