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I just have a cheap pioneer model. I will look into that further.

Is the center quiet from other sources? Or in other encodings?

My center works fine on other DVD's and sounds wonderful in Dolby Prologic too. So far I have only had a problem with LOTR (TTT) dialogue audibility when using my setup.

Checked my dvd player, I did not see any settings that would control the center channel. Its a cheaper dvd player, so Im pretty sure its just not there.

I have only used the receiver for DD encoded dvd's, so I can not say if its quiet on DTS or just prologic. And as I already said, for music, I do not use the center channel.

I just meaures the center channel again. While the other speakers are right at 75dB, the center is at 79dB.

Hi,

I installed my M60's today (I'll save the details for another day) and once again fired up the LOTR (TTT) DVD. I stuck with the Dolby Digital signal and played with the center speaker level and finally was able to come with settings where dialogues became audible (loud and clear) from the center speaker.

+4 db was a minimum for clarity but my final choice ended up as +8 db on the center speaker. I dont have access to a SPL meter at this moment so I couldn't get the actual db of the front speakers.

I watched for a while and I was happy to not have to hold the remote in my hand all the time thereafter.

BTW, the DVD I have has 'FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION' subtitle in some scenes in the middle so I dont think it is the final release version. I think it is the pre-release version. Could it be that this version has poor center level ? I am going to borrow my friend's copy to see how that sounds. How about your version ?

Does any one have T2:Ultimate Edition? I found the dialog to be very soft on that in places; granted, I don't have 5.1 (just 2.1), but I was curious whether anyone else experienced this.