Watched a lot of Tv over xmas and noticed that in order to get clarity on speech i have to dial the sound levels up a fair bit, especially with deep voices . Never noticed before but i didnt have neighbours to think about before so probably whacked things up without giving a thought.
It could be imaging problems maybe. I use a big toe in firing the speakers directly at my seating position to avoid room reflection but this works well with music.
Got me thinking, the DAC in my freeview humax is probably a bit rubbish and i might get an improvement with an external one ( maybe one of those cheap CYP dacs) or maybe speech might sound better with a sub. I know its difficult thing to evaluate without hearing my system but id appreciate any comments