Hi Mat

Yes, I have the same with DVD but never really thought about why. Usually with DVDs the back speakers (on speaker 5, which usually happens automatically when DVD is inserted), are quieter so I usually rack up the sound anyway.

As regards the speaker balance, I'm not in front of my BV7 but there is a bit on the sound menu where you can increase or decrease each speaker individually based on where you are sitting in your room.

Brian

It's due to dynamic range. TV broadcasts (Freeview) have all the dynamic range crushed out of them (hence why TV broadcasts tend to sound awful) whilst in movies, the dynamic range (difference between loud and quiet parts of the recording) is retained.

It's the same as say, comparing an older recording (take Fleetwood Mac's Rumours) with something modern (say, U2's Vertigo, or even the remaster of Rumours, which has been crushed).

Brian Waddell wrote:

As regards the speaker balance, I'm not in front of my BV7 but there is a bit on the sound menu where you can increase or decrease each speaker individually based on where you are sitting in your room.

Brian

THanks for your replies.

Regarding the sound menu on my BV7 I can manage all  speakers, sub and loudness but not the center speaker ? Same on yours ?

Mat

Correct.... no control of the 7.1

So,

In the sound menu, what is the effect of changing the speaker distances. All five can be changed independantly of each other.

Brian

adjusting speaker distance is the Beosystem 3's way of handling sound "phase", i.e., ensuring that the envelope of sound frequencys arrives more or less  in phase to to chosen listening position.  Although B&O's method is somewhat gross in correction by audiophile standards, most any attempt to increase the precision of phase adjustment will narrow the listening sweet spot area where the phase is better corrected.

Amplitude is corrected by the sound-level adjustment between the speakers.

Barry

The center is like the master.

It can be set by changing the distance AND there is a switch on the rear of the beolab 7-4 to adjust the distance to a wall. You might want to check this out.

The position switch is to be set to F (free) when the distance of the frontgrill to the wall is more than 50cm. Set it to W (wall) when the distance is less than 50cm. The switch is below the power cable plug. From the rear: F is left postition, W is right position.

After the center is configured correctly (distance to you and distance to the wall) you can adjust the volume of all other speakers (assuming, the distance is set correctly).