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I feel your pain. Due to declining hearing (age-related) and noise-related hearing problems (tinnitis) I have been chasing the same dialogue related issue(s) for years. The experts here have given you some good tips to try and they may make some difference. In addition, I experimented with EQ...

I have 5.1.2 system driven by Yam rxa660 avr. Several comments: 1) you'll be fine if you're limited on how loud you play 2) for HT, bookshelf would be fine for fronts 3) 5.1.2 doesn't add much over 5.1 4) you can always add 2nd sub later

Wow, you guys came up with many that I had forgotten about and a few that were just obscure. Once of my all-time favorites with The Gray Ghost about John Mosby and someone else even named this one. I would have guessed long forgotten

Top Eleven (couldn't get it down to 10) Gray Ghost Combat Cheers Mash Wanted, Dead or Alive Have Gun Will Travel Route 66 77 Sunset Strip Bilko Mr Lucky Fantasy Island

Been right where you are. 5.1.2 system with Elac Debut 2.0 L/C/R. Old ears and damaged hearing so movie dialogue is my problem. Swapped out to SVS Ultra center from Elac Debut 5.2 center. Off-axis improved by quite a bit and dialogue is slightly better (maybe I imagine it ???). I don't...

I have similar problems as OP with movie dialogue. I ended up substituting a SVS Ultra center (3-way, 6.5" woofers) for original Elac Debut 2.0 center (2-way, 5.25" woofers) plus a lot of tweaking with EQ, esp between 750 to 2500 Hz. Off axis improved a lot (3-way ?) and dialogue improved...

One more thought - my YPAO typically sets the front speakers to LARGE and they need to be reset to SMALL every time (even floor-standers)

With old ears & damaged hearing I have done a lot of "tweaking" with my center channel speaker. I also have a similar avr (RX-A660) to your Yamaha. Out of curiosity, what sort of connections (ie spades, bananna plugs, or just bare wire) do you have at the speakers and at the avrs ? Also...

At 78 I've laughed at all these shows. Great comedians/actors. Enjoyed their skills.

This thread has been helpful. I too am relatively new to this tech at an old age so my knowledge is limited. As a follow-on, I have a 5.1.2 HT system with Sams TV run by a electronic rack some 35 ft away via HDMI/cat 6 ethernet cable/baluns. I use a Yam avr, a sony BD, Roku Ultra, plus a...

There was another good one about some guy riding a Harley Sportster around the country ...

And another in that genre: The Rebel or Johnny Yuma I don't recall which

Oh, you folks reminded me: Route 66 77 Sunset Strip

One more to add and many won't remember: The Gray Ghost

Some great ones already mentioned but a few favorites: Combat! Star Trek Wanted, Dead or Alive Sledge Hammer Cheers Married, with Children Have Gun Will Travel Mr. Lucky Kelsey Grammer's series - can't recall the name

I'm using a RX-A660 avr with a 5.1.2 system, originally with Elac Debut 5.2 L/C/R. Works fine but I rarely go beyond -20. I needed dialogue help, old ears & damaged hearing, and wanted to replace the Elac cc with an SVS Ultra cc and the SVS can go down to around 4 ohms at times. No problems...

Lots of great recommendations but I didn't see: Rush Hour

Great article, thanks, it's good to know that some people are concerned with this problem. With old ears & damaged hearing, movie dialogue is becoming more of an issue with me. No problem with TV new anchors where dialogue is king but in movies just about always have to use CC.

Has anyone tried the new free service from Tidal ?

I switched from Pandora (free) to Spotify (free). Spotify has superior user interface and (likely) a larger library but Spotify's ads are much more intrusive than Pandora's.

John - pls elaborate a bit. I understand your comment related to efficiency and kinda know what you're referring to on frequency response but I have experimented with the eq with the Elac's and never achieved much benefit (admittedly, the issue is likely my hearing). The SVS seems "edgier"...

We watched an old mono movie DVD last night and I made it thru w/o captions in Straight DSP. Based upon Wayne's & John's advice, I checked the Yamaha eq for the center (setup for the Elac center) and here are the numbers (C = centered): 63 h C 160 h C 400 h +4 1 kh +5 2.5 kh +4...

With old ears and damaged hearing, HT dialogue clarity has been a problem for years. I've gone from TV speakers to HTiB to Elac Debut 2.0 with slight improvements at each step but I still relied on closed captions for movies. I really dug in on the research for center speakers over the past...

I thought that this movie did a pretty good job of illustrating life on the fringes of the civil war. People didn't want to be involved with the war until it came to them and then they fought in order to protect what was theirs. Some of the acting was marginal but the message was there.

Mr. Lucky

Thanks John - as I mentioned, the problem is probably my hearing and not the Elac's. Maybe the slightly "laid back" sound of the Elac's doesn't help with my problem. I have made both of the mods that you mentioned (and numerous more). Some helped and with some I couldn't detect any change...

I think that you made a good choice. The Debut 2.0 is a great speaker but the Uni-fi 2.0 should be a greater speaker (and I believe that it will be). One word of caution, my Debut's were very harsh at first, it took about 40 hrs for them to "break in" (or whatever happened...). Give your...

I'm sitting on this wall myself. I have the Debut 5.2 for L/C/R and they are great for music but so-so for movie dialogue (the issue is my ears). The Debut Reference is better but I don't think they are enuf of a step up for the cost. The new 2.0 Uni-Fi is everything that I hoped for in the...

To say something positive about the Klipsch line-up, they have something for everyone when it comes to models and sizes. It's just annoying that their specs just don't stand up to scrutiny by "impartial" reviewers. I'm sure that some other manufacturers fudge their numbers but Klipsch seems...

My only regret in buying an AVR a couple of years ago was in not getting a receiver that was capable of pre-outs. Of course that capability increases the cost by a couple of hundred $.