erickoegle Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 I currently have this connected using an optical cable to my DD 5.1. My problem is that whenever I play a game, it seems like the rear sound is immensly louder than my fronts. If I watch a dvd through digital coax using these same settings, the sound sounds normal. I have not tried using the digital optical cable from my DVD player to see if it sounds "normal," so that could be a start for me. Has anyone else experienced this problem of having the rear channels louder than the front ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonrpayne Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 It could be mixed a little heavy handed in the game? (Or is this a movie?) That would suck if you had to change settings between Xbox and DVD player to get the sound to balance out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erickoegle Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 It is normal when I am running a movie. But in the game, the rear sounds are soo intense, I have to turn down the gain for the rears, where I don't have to do that when watching a movie. Setting this is not really a problem because the DD 5.1 has like 6 presets or something, but i think it is kind of strange why i have to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dblue Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Hmmm...I don't see this same issue. I will say that I do notice MORE sound coming out of the rears (i.e. they are more active than most movies)...but they don't seem too loud. My guess is you have tuned your system by ear? The best way to do it is to get a radio shack SPL meter (about $44 ,make sure you get the analog version), and set all your speaks to the same level with your receiver at 0..usually using the receivers built-in tones or the tones from a calibration disc. This will give you the best imaging, and I have found that it works well across my videogame systems, dvd, hdtv, etc. You will see a huge improvement in imaging this way too...since object placement in the soundtage is much more accurate when the speakers are all firing at the correct levels relative to each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyboy Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Ya, same here. I don't really notice a difference. My receiver has an auto setup through a plugged in microphone. Probably the same as a radio shack meter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch Employees Trey Cannon Posted April 12, 2007 Klipsch Employees Share Posted April 12, 2007 I will have to look at the DD 5.1 when I get home. You may have deffrent level settings for each input. Also, Check the level of the rear on the speaker control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erickoegle Posted April 16, 2007 Author Share Posted April 16, 2007 This is an old topic, but it only seems to be loud when I am playing any Call of Duty game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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