Home Theater Question

[senduhelp]

I have a Yamaha 5 speaker surround sound system. It has various settings such as Sports, Movie Viewing, DVD Viewing, etc.. I do not seem to get much sound from the back 2 speakers. Is this normal?

 

[davidmc36]

That sounds about normal to me since they are only supposed to output the "ambiance" sounds you will not likely hear the whole range of sounds. Mine don't put out a lot of volume/sounds unless it is turned up very loud. It is the same on both of my systems.

 

[sschiltz]

I have a Yamaha that has a 5 stereo mode which is a surround processing mode when you do not have true surround material (other modes are Hall, Jazz, Rock, Dolby PLII & regular stereo)
You can also set up the levcels to what you prefer on eack speaker.

 

[n2pqq]

Try The AVS forum for all your home theater needs.

Lots of good info there.


AVS Forum

 

[poltergeisty]

Also, there are options that allow for Phantom, Matrix, etc. So If your video input isn't encoded with surround this allows you to up convert audio to all channels. Just make sure that option isn't used when watching a movie or channel that uses surround sound.

Believe me, with a video that uses surround sound, or in my case a video game, :lol: It makes all the difference.

 

[dracer777]

I too had a Yamaha receiver, and when i'm listening to all channel stereo or anything surround encoded, the rears would make much less sound than i believe they should, so what i did was set the fronts to 0 and the rears to +10, that made them equal volume while playing music in all channel stereo. (and yes, they were all the same model speakers.)

 

[lazierfan]

It's 100% dependent on how the show/movie was mixed in the studio.
As long as all five speakers pass the internal test contained on your 5.1 receiver/amp, you just
need to put in an A/V test DVD. There are many brands of test DVD's and some may even be free.
make sure your 5.1 receiver Automatic setting matches the audio you have selected on the movie's DVD menu. Read your individual Receiver manual for settings adjustment procedures during all of the above.
Then, put in the lobby gunfight scene from The Matrix.

 

[mike_s104]

It's 100% dependent on how the show/movie was mixed in the studio.
As long as all five speakers pass the internal test contained on your 5.1 receiver/amp, you just
need to put in an A/V test DVD. There are many brands of test DVD's and some may even be free.
make sure your 5.1 receiver Automatic setting matches the audio you have selected on the movie's DVD menu. Read your individual Receiver manual for settings adjustment procedures during all of the above.
Then, put in the lobby gunfight scene from The Matrix.

Also dependent on how the receiver is connected to the device providing the show/movie/whatever, if the device is capable of providing a surround sound signal, and/or if the device is configured to provide audio out via HDMI, coax or SPDIF.

 

[lazierfan]

Also dependent on how the receiver is connected to the device providing the show/movie/whatever, if the device is capable of providing a surround sound signal, and/or if the device is configured to provide audio out via HDMI, coax or SPDIF.

Good comment; the proof is on the display of the Yamaha, Select 'DTS' on the DVD movie's menu, the Yamaha will display 'DTS' starting during the actual beginning credits. This throws many audio customers, the DTS track is only recorded on the actual movie credits to credits. Dolby 5.1 may be present on the entire recording.

 

[rcarlton]

Another good source for Home Theater information is the Home Theater Shack: Home Theater Forum and Systems - HomeTheaterShack.com

They have a free program you can download called REW which will aid greatly in fixing the acoustics in your room.