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[maid]

I am trying to find the best output setting for the best sound when playing videos.

My system specs are HTPC
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E7600 @ 3.06 3.07
Ram 2.00GB
Gigabyte EP35C DS3R Motherboard
Nvidia GForce 9500GT
Kenwood KRF-V5100D

I seem to get very loud action and quiet speech with DTS and Dolby audio, is this common?

Settings at the moment are WASAPI Bitstreaming for spdif

[maid]

Maybe I should rip with mp3 sound instead of DTS or Dolby?? thoughts anyone?

[kensn]

Maid,

You may want to find a test type audio file that will generate a standard sound out each of your speakers one at a time to see if your reciever is setup properly first. It may be that your center speaker, which is used mostly for speech, is set much lower than the fronts, where a lot of Action sound takes place.

Ken

[craigmcg]

I think Ken is on to something.

I did a quick google for the Kenwood amp and it has setup functionality that will play a test tone through each speaker to allow you to adjust the volume of each channel/speaker so it sounds right in your room. Once you know that the amp is working correctly, you can try using a "known good" DVD through your PC. If it works correctly, great, if not, check in the settings for your sound card to see if the output level for the channels are consistent.

Forgive me if I'm telling you things you already know but I have experienced settings in my av and pc setups getting changed without my knowledge (family or friends,etc.).

[maid]

thanks Craig I will try that.

[Matt]

http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Audio_Setup

[maid]

Thanks Matt, Using SPDIF sending the signal to our Kenwood to decode. The problem we have is having the voices loud enough but the loud banging lower. We have set the centre speaker higher to here the voices better.

I think our problem is the receiver, we turn it off at the wall at night and so it looses the settings. The only other option we have is to use the 6 channel plugs instead of SPDIF???

[craigmcg]

I think that you will have the same issue with SPDIF or 6 channel input based on your mention of shutting off power to the receiver at night resulting in the loss of the output settings. My belief is that changing the input will not resolve an output issue.

Power conservation aside, is there a reason that you must power off the receiver? My suggestion is to leave it in standby/off but with power to it so it doesn't "lose its mind".

Alternatively, you may be able to adjust the speaker levels in the sound card settings so that even if your receiver is sending all outputs full blast, the input levels will be adjusted accordingly. I say may because I have little experience with using SPDIF and variable sound card levels. There is also the fact that the digital to analog conversion (DAC) that is currently being done in by the receiver would then need to be done by the sound card. I don't know whether your receiver or soundcard will have better DACs but my guess is that if you are using the motherboard's onboard audio, you would be better off to leave the DAC to the receiver.