`Friends' DVD Sound.

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Hi,

My daughter has the FRIENDS boxed set of DVD's, sent over from Canada. Region coding is not an issue, but the sound quality is. What I'm finding is that ambient sound, off screen effects and musical accompaniment with or without vocals sound good with excellent stereo imaging but dialogue can sound mushy or harsh (I know this sounds like mushy would counter harsh but it doesn't). It almost sounds as if the dialogue is out of phase with the ambient sound. Is this possible? Or is it more likely to be a problem with the DVD player, receiver or speakers? The DVD player is an average quality Panasonic multi region combi VCR/DVD unit, connected to an SX-1980 via its AUX socket driving a pair of CS99A speakers. The 1980 was overhauled by Echowars, so I'm using it as a benchmark and building my system around it. I re-capped the speakers myself a few months ago; values are as original or (in one case) very close. From what I've read, good full range speech reproduction can be more of a test of a speaker system than music and shows up any crossover problems.

My thoughts are to re-cap the crossovers again with the best caps I can get my hands on and try to exactly match original values. I've tested all six drivers in each speaker and they're good but having said that, am I right in thinking that any speaker with six drivers and a five way crossover is maybe asking for trouble?