I currently have a Denon TX-NR777, no idea on age but we've had it a while. I've searched the series of tubes (can't find the manual) and the menu's within the unti itself to no avail.
Is there an A/V receiver that will equalize volume level? Let me expound, I don't mean room correction, custom EQs for music, etc. I think a lot of you know what I'm talking about. Remember when we had cable and those obnoxious commercials would come on that were DRAMATICALLY louder than the program you were just to "grab your attention."
I'm looking for something slightly different. So for the sake of discussion, I'm going to use simple numbers that aren't necessarily realistic.
Let's say I want whatever I'm watching/listening to, to be output at 100db. Whether signal comes in at 115db or 85db (or somewhere in between), is there a receiver out there (possibly with an on/off) feature that has something like this?
Here are the manuals for your receiver. Support.OnkyouUSA: TX-NR777 Owner's Manual
Your mute button only cuts out the volume 100% as far as I see. Sorry, all of my A/V receivers are obsolete old Yamaha tanks, I have no idea what the new ones can do.
Don't they make DVR recorders that can skip commercials although you would have to record everything before hand? sorry, those are totally out of my realm of knowledge.
You're looking for dynamic range compression, I think. You can find stand-alone limiters, but full standalone real time compressors are pretty rare in the audiophile world afaik. I'll bet you'll find something at a place like Sweetwater intended for music production, with prices to match.
This Behringer compressor might do what you're looking for. Better yet, call up Sweetwater and tell them what you're actually trying to do and they can probably steer you right. Sweetwater's customer service/support is fantastic. Most of this sort of thing is done in software these days, but there is hardware available.
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MDX2600--behringer-composer-pro-xl-mdx2600
In reply to VolvoHeretic :
Thank you for finding the link for me! That will be a good reference since I couldn't find my physical copy. We don't have cable anymore I was just using it as a reference. We've noticed even between programs on the same streaming service there can be wildly differing volumes.
In reply to Keith Tanner :
Yeah, I didn't figure anything like that existed but figured this would be the best place to start. Also, why I was curious about a possible on/off, so you could turn it off when say watching a sitcom. And it randomly goes to some loudass club scene or something, but be able to leave it on when watching an action movie.
Currently, our system is Amazon Fire Cube > HDMI > Denon A/V > HDMI > TV. Then separately PS5 > HDMI > Denon A/V > HDMI > TV. So two separate inputs into the A/V, one single output to the TV.
All of our streaming services are on the Fire Cube, so I don't see any way to hook up something like that compressor.
Ah, I forget that not everyone runs standalone speakers. Check to see if your TV (which is acting as your amp) has a dynamic range setting. Looks like Sonys do, and I just discovered my Samsung TV has something that appears similar when I let it handle audio.
Haven't hear of this in a while. My old Carver had this I think, fun when listening to Pink Floyd's Final Cut so you can hear all the background but not get blown up by in coming rockets. Ruins the song but lets you keep the volume down and still hear details.
Nothing of value to add but interesting.
Keith Tanner said:
Ah, I forget that not everyone runs standalone speakers. Check to see if your TV (which is acting as your amp) has a dynamic range setting. Looks like Sonys do, and I just discovered my Samsung TV has something that appears similar when I let it handle audio.
Nope, the Denon A/V is the amp. 7.2, have the front pair bi-amped at the moment. Essentially running 3.1 out of the A/V since I haven't wanted to pull up the carpet at the edges to run surround sound.
The TV is essentially just a dumb display. We don't use any of the apps, speakers or anything.
The two towers and center channel are OLD polk. The towers are 3 6.5" and 1" tweeter, hence having it bi-amped.
I've been waiting to redo our entire set up in the living room until I can do everything at once and make space for our turntable.
