[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

If you have Netflix, look at the language options and pick the audio track that does NOT have “5.1” on it. I think Netflix always defaults to the 5.1 track and I find the other version’s dialog is easier to understand.