Does anyone have experience with limiting the dynamic range while watching a DVD. My wife and daughters do not like the loud bass

unlike me who loves to hear and feel the dynamics. I noticed there are two possible ways of doing this. The 1st is using adpaptive Dynamic Range Control which limits the SPL based on the volume setting. The louder the setting the less the compression, the quiter the setting the more compression is used. The other option is to set dynamic compression manually through the menu from the manual-->sound-->dynamic range menu. Its has setting from none, medium and full compression. Has anyone compared these two setting? If so, which one do you prefer?