Post by bborzell on Aug 30, 2016 11:57:01 GMT -5
Until I finally decided to clear out the garage, I had gone through seven (7), count 'em, different center channel speakers over he past several years. About three years ago, I bought 3 Energy RC-LCR speakers and finally decided that my search for a center channel (and accompanying left/right front) that accurately reproduced spoken words was over. In fact, the number of instances where my wife and I turned to each other and asked, "What did she say?" during movie dialogue had dropped off noticeably.
Taking into account the reality that hearing capability can degrade as years add up, I have, of late, begun to be less satisfied with the ability of the Energy to deliver when actors choose to mumble and emote through wispers. I have long believed that many younger film actors have no appreciation of a responsibility to articulate or enunciate in a manner that ensures that the audience can actually hear the words rather than absorb the essense of the actor's experience by interpreting grunts, wheezes, whimpers and groans.
We rarely have problems hearing and understanding television productions. SitComs and crime dramas and the like seem to place a high value on communicating clearly to the audience. This fact tells me that my problem with hearing and understanding some of what is hopefully meant to be communicated to the audience lies mostly with the actor; garbage out, garbage in.
So, I decided to roll the dice once more and ordered a new Airmotiv C1 last week. It arrived this past Monday and I stopped a PBS begathon showing of a travel DVD of Italy to insert the C1 into the mix. Up to that point, the narrater's heavy italian accented voice had been a bit muddy and oddly lyrical and, while we could understand most of what she said, it was a bit of an effort. After swapping out the Energy for the C1, all that changed. Suddenly everything she said made sense. It didn't improve her sing song style, but you can't have everything.
I don't know what the Emo folks did in order to so accurately reproduce the human voice with such clarity, but the effect is remarkable. We went on to watch other sources that we knew had been difficult to understand in the past and they all came through with greater clarity.
This morning, I ordered a pair of T1s to complete the front end.
Taking into account the reality that hearing capability can degrade as years add up, I have, of late, begun to be less satisfied with the ability of the Energy to deliver when actors choose to mumble and emote through wispers. I have long believed that many younger film actors have no appreciation of a responsibility to articulate or enunciate in a manner that ensures that the audience can actually hear the words rather than absorb the essense of the actor's experience by interpreting grunts, wheezes, whimpers and groans.
We rarely have problems hearing and understanding television productions. SitComs and crime dramas and the like seem to place a high value on communicating clearly to the audience. This fact tells me that my problem with hearing and understanding some of what is hopefully meant to be communicated to the audience lies mostly with the actor; garbage out, garbage in.
So, I decided to roll the dice once more and ordered a new Airmotiv C1 last week. It arrived this past Monday and I stopped a PBS begathon showing of a travel DVD of Italy to insert the C1 into the mix. Up to that point, the narrater's heavy italian accented voice had been a bit muddy and oddly lyrical and, while we could understand most of what she said, it was a bit of an effort. After swapping out the Energy for the C1, all that changed. Suddenly everything she said made sense. It didn't improve her sing song style, but you can't have everything.
I don't know what the Emo folks did in order to so accurately reproduce the human voice with such clarity, but the effect is remarkable. We went on to watch other sources that we knew had been difficult to understand in the past and they all came through with greater clarity.
This morning, I ordered a pair of T1s to complete the front end.
