"Kalman Rubinson" wrote in message
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On Sun, 17 May 2009 12:55:16 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

(Unless my recent amp upgrade is a *backwards* step and the s/h Tannoy
centre is no good....??

Intelligibility issues are rarely due to specific equipment (unless it
is truly dreadful) but to problems in room acoustics, speaker
placement and general levels/setup.

Kal


The movie/HT setup has been in use for a number of years and I'd say it's
probably *unexceptional*, but it's always been plenty good enough for movies
and are we are quite used to it. (It never gets used for music.)

As regards 'Shooter' - I'd immediately blame the recording if it weren't for
the fact that I have just now made a comparison and it is appreciably
clearer on my 'Plex 2' which is two channel audio only using a (brand new)
Denon hifi amp into a pair of very modest B&W standmounters.

I have checked the new Sony AV amp and the whole HT setup is perfectly fine
with audio CDs with no trace of anything untoward; I have also checked the
new (s/h) centre speaker and it's fine also. Actually, better than 'fine' -
I'd happily use two of them for a 2 channel system!

(In both cases the disk player is the same model/identical Samsung BDP.)

Stumped. All the kit appears to work perfectly fine!

Confused. The movie dialogue sounds better/clearer on the lesser (2 channel)
audio system!

??