lost_rock(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Wednesday, 29th August 2001, 13:39
Hi Some time back I asked about the problem of late night viewing with DVD players. They go from nearly silent when theres whispering to too loud when theres action scenes. I was told that some home cinema kits have dynamic range control to help sort this out. I went into the sony/comet shop and the guys there have never heard of it. Is this a feature of the DVD player or the audio system. What systems have it? How can I find out more? How can I find out how to sort this out?
Ta T
RE: Range control with home cinema system
sashenden(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 29th August 2001, 20:33
I have a Kenwood KRF-V5050D amp/reciever with Dolby and DTS decoding and it has nightmode or Dynamic Range Control. I believe it has pretty much the opposite effect of what you are getting now, dialogue is raised to a more audiable level and loud explosions etc are muted to stop the volume jumping too much. (correct me if am wrong guys)
And it only works when using Dolby digital or DTS sources too. I cant say if any DVD players incorporate it though so perhaps someone else can enlighten us.
Hope this helps a bit more than Currys did.
RE: Range control with home cinema system
monkeyspank(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Wednesday, 29th August 2001, 20:50
my pioneer 530 has drc (dynamic range controll) so when you listen to it at low levels the voices are raised a bit.
RE: Range control with home cinema system
lost_rock(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Thursday, 30th August 2001, 07:55
Yep. I`ve already got a dvd player (wharfedale m5) so I`ll buy a amp/receiver. I`ve seen the kenwood one advertised for £180 (http://store.europe.yahoo.com/qed-uk/2125050ds.html). Are there any others that can be recommended? I notice that the d.r.control isn`t mentioned so unless people here can tell me if the amp has that mode I won`t know. Guess I`ll have to pop into richer sounds to get some advice
