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

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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

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Anonymous 0 Comments

A lot of good discussion is here:

https://www.axiomaudio.com/blog/home-theater-sound

– ambient noise
– absolute sound level
– sound system capabilities
– distance to speakers
– environment
– sound mastering

To deal with this often users employ dynamic range compression algorithms

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