Hi DickDe & Chad:
Buddy Yates from Palm Springs with another One Walk Gadget video. Run time 2 minutes 46 seconds.
I made a terrible mistake. I sometimes have a problem hearing the dialog over the sound effects when watching a movie. My mistake was thinking I needed a better center speaker in my 5.1 sound system. I started researching speakers before understanding the problem. Here is the story:
The problem is that in a 5.1 sound system, 4.1 speakers are dedicated to blasting out the music and noise. Only the center speaker gets used for dialog. Here is a good explanation of the problem and some solutions:
ZVOX video on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8EV3dpahfQ
Article about the 5.1 audio problems:
https://www.popsci.com/story/diy/movies-too-quiet-too-loud/
ZVOX website: https://zvox.com/
Your Pal, Buddy Yates
See or hear this show: www.gizwiz.tv/episode/1833
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