• Bonehead@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      Likely a combination of both. Even on my 5.1 with the center channel set to max, the voices can still be hard to make out on some movies.

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      11 months ago

      The former. I saw a youtube video that it’s really difficult to master something that’s made for the cinema down to a normal stereo sound. Also film makers care more for authenticity than before. Times when actors turned towards the camera and laid on their poshest accent are over.