Sound does not seem very good.

[rbl]

I have a Denon AVR-1200W 7.1 system, good Klipsch speakers and have set the system up with Audyssey (twice). System plays fine but the sound quality is FAR below my expectations (which may just be me).

I am using Blu-ray movie disks almost exclusively and all have Dolby 5.1 and some 7.1 audio. However, I seldom hear much from the side surround speakers and rarely from the rear ones. The sub is fine. I can check the audio for the movie and it will usually say it is 3/2/1. Seen like I need to have a shoot-um-up to get much audio movement.

Front speakers are about all I hear and the center channel is good - but little from the side surrounds. So my question is if this is normal or something I need to dig into. I usually have the AVR set to Dolby Surround or to DTS Neural:X

If I switch to Multi Channel Stereo the side surrounds are loud but this isn't right because my front center isn't carrying the voice properly.

What are most of you folks using and are my expectations out of line?

Thanks

 

[everettT]

I have a Denon AVR-1200W 7.1 system, good Klipsch speakers and have set the system up with Audyssey (twice). System plays fine but the sound quality is FAR below my expectations (which may just be me).

I am using Blu-ray movie disks almost exclusively and all have Dolby 5.1 and some 7.1 audio. However, I seldom hear much from the side surround speakers and rarely from the rear ones. The sub is fine. I can check the audio for the movie and it will usually say it is 3/2/1. Seen like I need to have a shoot-um-up to get much audio movement.

Front speakers are about all I hear and the center channel is good - but little from the side surrounds. So my question is if this is normal or something I need to dig into. I usually have the AVR set to Dolby Surround or to DTS Neural:X

If I switch to Multi Channel Stereo the side surrounds are loud but this isn't right because my front center isn't carrying the voice properly.

What are most of you folks using and are my expectations out of line?

Thanks

The surround channels may not have as information on certain soundtracks. Are the side surrounds at ear level?

 

[lovinthehd]

The surrounds are for ambience, they generally don't have the same content as the mains, particularly the rear surrounds. Your choice of upmixer seems fine. 3/2/1 is another way of saying 5.1. If bluray you should have choices of DTS-HDMA or Dolby TrueHD, often 5.1 but sometimes 7.1. You could try those modes directly instead of using the upmixer.

You said sound quality and it sounds like you're talking about volume. Is it just the volume you're concerned with?

Explaining your speaker setup (locations, positioning sort of info) might help, as well as the settings for your speakers and bass management.

 

[rbl]

Thanks for the replies. I had a post awhile back (https://forums.audioholics.com/forums/threads/denon-avr-x1200w-setup-help-please.112415/) about the speakers and settings. I am confident all of that is good. My speaker locations are spot on with Dolby recommendations and at ear level or slightly above in the rear.

Yes, I am actually talking about the audio level I think. When the sides/rears "kick in" it is noticable. Possibly the ambient is pretty subtle and it is there but not really noticeable??

 

[lovinthehd]

Ah yes, thanks for the link; we've even had our string on the Netflix thing, didn't recognize your moniker, sorry.

Ambience is subtle.... It really also depends on the mix of the multich audio you're listening to (or the upmix). What particularly are you listening to when it's too quiet for you? You can always bump up the surround a dB or two to see if that helps out. Could simply be expectations, too.

 

[rbl]

We watch general run of the mill movies, comedy a lot. The action movies are much better so I think that "I" am likely the issue.

Have been quite pleased now with Netflix - thanks!