I own and enjoy a pair of KEF LS50 Wireless II. I bought them mostly for music, but I would also like to use them as a 2.0 setup for my TV (Sony X900F/XF90), using the HDMI or optical connection. My sources are mainly Netflix and Amazon apps.
I am aware that this is maybe a rather trite topic, but I am not sure I am understanding it completely. I have two main problems.
1. Often the dialog is too low. I suspect that this could be insufficient level of the central channel in the downmix from 5.1 to 2.0 performed by the TV, but it seems that there’s no way to customize it. Also, Netflix let you (sometimes?) select beteween 5.1 and stereo track, but Amazon app show no such setting.
2. Sometimes the dynamic range is too big for my living room, especially with neighbours and kids... TV provides a “night mode” setting, but it does work only with internal speakers.
My conclusion is that TV is not enough here... How to solve this? I suspect that getting an AVR and using pre-outs (or getting a processor) could allow for more control, but it seems to me that this would be overcomplicated (waste of channel complexity for a 2.0 setup, no use for the power amplifiers, chunky box...). Any other solution?
I am aware that this is maybe a rather trite topic, but I am not sure I am understanding it completely. I have two main problems.
1. Often the dialog is too low. I suspect that this could be insufficient level of the central channel in the downmix from 5.1 to 2.0 performed by the TV, but it seems that there’s no way to customize it. Also, Netflix let you (sometimes?) select beteween 5.1 and stereo track, but Amazon app show no such setting.
2. Sometimes the dynamic range is too big for my living room, especially with neighbours and kids... TV provides a “night mode” setting, but it does work only with internal speakers.
My conclusion is that TV is not enough here... How to solve this? I suspect that getting an AVR and using pre-outs (or getting a processor) could allow for more control, but it seems to me that this would be overcomplicated (waste of channel complexity for a 2.0 setup, no use for the power amplifiers, chunky box...). Any other solution?