Quote Originally Posted by JStudrawa
I've done ear-based calibrations for volume, and measurement settings for delay, and had no issues for the year I have been in this house. Granted, it may be a less than stellar mix on the DVD, I don't know.

I'm looking at the Denon AVR-590 at the moment, but as you say... if the player won't output HD thru toslink I'll research more of the cabling I'd have to do for HDMI. I was happy with Toslink for sound, HDMI for video but now if it's all HDMI, I need to go all to TV then TV to AVR I guess.

Thanks again, and wasn't sure if you'd recall who I was. Good stuff, and you and Adam and Woodman and the rest helped a ton.
Josh, doing calibration by ear is not a good thing. Our ears are not good measuring devices, as they lack the sensitivity to ascertain small gain changes. It is most likely a difference in volume from the center to the L/R speakers that is causing the problem. Constantine has a pretty good mix, so it is not the soundtrack that is the problem. I have this disc, and I have no issues with dull dialog. But then again, I am not using the toslink connection, I am using HDMI.

The TV to AVR route is not going to work. Your television internal decoding mixes the output down to 2.0, and that is all you will get to the AVR. The best route is to either get a Bluray player with 6 channel analog outs, or a receiver with HDMI. This is the only way you are going to get HD audio.

Good to see you again bro. It has been awhile.