On Wednesday, 19 February 2020 15:25:39 UTC, Thomas Prufer wrote:
On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:07:09 +0000, Tim Lamb
wrote:

If I have my TV volume set to overcome my hearing deficiencies, the
adverts are then a bit loud. I was thinking earphones would be a way out
particularly if the upper frequencies could be tweaked a bit.

Errrr -- the adverts are always louder,

No they aren;t apparently well the absolute volume isnl;t increased
but the compression ratio is change so the averafge amplitude is raised,
because there;s few if any low volumes such as whipsering in an add,
and there;s few if any explosions so the auto level rises.
Well that is what I was told by a sound engineer.

curse them.

Yeah that still appl.ies and I still have to mute them .

And where they aren't
allowed to be, they are made more noticeable acoustically. Making the less loud
bits louder, and other tricks to make the ads stand out.

Yep, that's what the advertisers pay for so I can hear their ads while I'm
walking out to make a cup of tea in the ad break.



Headphones with a volume knob or a mute button on the headset itself would help
with this, maybe?


Thomas Prufer