Does this make the dialogue in a movie more clear? Sometimes the background music will over power the people who are speaking. Thanks.
882040
I have hearing problems and should wear hearing aids, Using this product, I can hear the dialogue quite clearly even with the background music playing.
882041
I've really enjoyed the quality of the sound on mine. It is much cleared than the sound from the TV and has a much larger range.
882042
My wife and I had the same complaint about hearing dialogue in movies. This soundbar is a significant improvement over the TV speakers for listening to movie dialogue but it's not a perfect solution and there probably is none. It has multiple pre-defined listening modes (e.g. music, cinema, drama, etc) for specific listening situations and the sub-woofer is absolutely outstanding. Overall, it has made listening to everything better .
882043
Yes it does. I bought it because I had a hard time hearing through tv speakers. It's a wonderful sound bar for the price.
1148523
I gifted to my friend and do not try this one. I will pass to others to answer this question. So far, they have played lot of movies and performed great. Quality is good.
1311553
I too am interested in this feature. I thought I was the only one that thought the dialogue was quiet & the music/effects too loud. This is MOSTLY blamed on poor mixing by whoever was responsible for creating the disk you are watching. I'm also interested in it so the commercials don't SCREAM at me on the rare occasions when I watch live TV.
1924333
I have not noticed it. But I use it only for playing DVD with sales info in the Salon. There is a lot of background noise there so I may not be as tuned in to it. Sorry. Ill hope someone else has a better answer for you.
1879608
I found that the sound leveling varied with the media and the channel I was viewing. For example most of my shows benefit from the sound leveling, but I found a couple of them sounded better with it off. The dialogue enhancement seems to work best for me with the shows that do well with sound leveling. I also find I need to tweak the bass and treble settings often depending on the show I am watching. I also find that music and sound effects are generally too loud, but I think that is problem with how the soundtrack has been mixed. I have the same problem in a movie theater. On the ZVOX I simply turn the bass down a bit and sometimes the treble too. It sometimes helps.
581236
You can hear it but it's a quiet fan overall. I wouldn't say it is necessarily noticeable, especially when you have your movie sound playing. If you place your speakers near the screen facing the audience you will be fine.
879550
The feature to enhance voice is called "Night" mode. The reason its termed that is because the speaker reduced the bass output as well as boosting the dialog of movies. It works pretty well. There are often times when the speaker is in "Normal" mode that I miss some softly spoken words so I turn on the "Night" mode (which is conveniently placed on the remote), and rewind the movie a bit & I can clearly hear the words what I originally missed.
262255
No. The speakers were made so the sound is clearer and microphone is more sensitive :)
1491601
Unfortunately these do not remove any of the background noise/music. It's irritating for those of us that have hearing deficiencies when the background noise/music is louder than the dialog...not sure why it's so popular to obscure the dialog. Remember when you could go to a movie and the dialog was louder than the background audio...wonder how we suffered through that?
1491605
These headphones don't eliminate background noise unless you really increase the volume. I like them because I hear the TV voice very well and at the same time if my wife needs me, she doen't need to yell. GOOD GRIEF! The TV background noise doesn't eliminate what you hear from people talking unless you are running in surround sound. Paul in Tulsa
1489967
I have similar problems hearing dialog (high frequency sound loss). When my wife and I would watch movies, many, many times I would have to ask the wife "what did he say?". I had a bose 5.1 surround system, and tried adjusting sound (treble etc.) on the tv to help but it was no help. I was researching sound bars for the main purpose of helping me understand, and came across the 555. It has been remarkable. When I received, I tried each mode, and was getting a little worried that although it was better, I was still having a little trouble with dialog. Then, I engaged the DE and there was a huge difference for me. I have gone from many times not knowing what the heck is going on in a movie, to hardly EVER missing a word. No two people will have the exact same hearing level, so you will get differing opinions. That said, it has the 30 day return policy, and I have to recommend trying it.
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Not exactly sure Jerry, but you seem by your question, a little bit more educated on this subject then I , so maybe this will help. I believe it may be both, "because" during an action scene where there is talking and a lot of shoot-em up bang bang, the headset lowers the background (explosions,gun fire,etc) to a point where you can understand what the people are saying.Once to scene changes where there is only one of the audio sounds,either explosions and such or talking, it resumes at the level set by you.
239544
I tried the headset on netflix and when the actors spoke their lips and words were out of sync. I tried it on movie trailers and there was noproblem.
2180858
I turned mine off. Mine is hooked up for Movies/video games. I didn't like it cuz if there is a 10-15 min stretch of just dialogue in a movie it would turn off, then of course, some action would start, and the sub would take 2-3 to fire up again. My opinion is that it will depend how you use it. i.e. is there a consistent enough LFE fed to the sub that it does not shut down during a movie? For mostly music I would think it will be OK.
1337654
Yes. It has a feature to automatically adjust chat volume according to the sound signal, ie what's going on in the game. So if youre in a loud cinematic in game moment, the chat will also j crease in volume. I turn the sound down most of the time unless I'm gaming alone. I personally I don't like the feature because it sounds like people are uelling in your ear when the music gets loud
508312
yes, speech is pretty clear not garbled even for about 20ft. away, even background music is pretty good
1110998
If you hear them, it will be muffled. I usually can't tell what the pilot on a plane is saying, but I know he's talking. Of course it will depend on how loud you're playing your music.