[skarz]

Lately whenever I watch movies my remote stays in my hand so I can boost the volume during dialogue and turn it down during loud action scenes. I've had two different soundbars, one of them quite expensive, and it's an issue on both.

[alamortsubite]

There's an easy fix for that if you use a player like VLC that has an audio compressor: https://lifehacker.com/how-to-fix-movies-that-are-really-qui...

[ramgine]

From my understanding it’s not which soundbar that’s the issue, it’s that you’re only using a soundbar for audio. The channels all get compressed into one device with a couple speakers instead of whatever it was originally created for, like five or seven speakers with a subwoofer

[Geonode]

You're right. I just don't want surround.I have two big, nice speakers for my tv, and that's what I want. But I still have to actively work the remote, especially with a kid sleeping in my house.

[ramgine]

I’m in the same boat. I have a couple floor standers for audio, but I added a center channel and it helped with dialogue