[eli5] Why is it so hard to hear the dialogue in a lot of movies and shows when everything else is so loud?

Question

I’m constantly having to turn the volume up and down depending on the what the scene is. It’s not just me either. A lot of people I know have resorted to just turning on the closed captioning so they can hear what they’re saying. I don’t remember this being an issue before.

In: 2005

Answer 1

I have to say, as an older person, it wasn’t always like this, even with less advanced technology of the time.
Very hard for me to go to movies…no longer care if I get looks for keeping my fingers in my ears. And TV…gotta have captions.
Have to believe this is deliberate and not due to speaker issues.