Low sound from rear speakers

[great_guns]

Hi,

I have a Panasonic PT75 basic 5.1 channel home theatre system (Panasonic SC-PT75 Specs - CNET). The rear speakers are connected via a long pair of wires running under my floor. The length of the wires would be around 20 feet. Is this the reason why the sound volume from the rear speakers is low or are these speakers supposed to have a lower volume in general?

My second question is whether I can do anything to change the volume of only the rear channels when playing from my laptop.

Regards
Ganesh

 

[greenhorn]

generally surround channels are supposed to be subtle, and not overwhelm the listener, so as long as you get some sound coming out of it, it should be fine

 

[great_guns]

Does having longer wires lead to a loss in fidelity or volume?

 

[greenhorn]

for speakers, no, unless you are talking hundreds of meters and very thin wire

 

[great_guns]

Thanks a lot. Unfortunately there is no way I can adjust the volume of individual channels in my receiver (its a basic home theatre system). Are there any test sounds available I can play and check whether the speakers volumes are correct?

 

[great_guns]

Can anyone recommend some test sounds that can be played to judge correct volumes of each channel?

 

[lanengons]

for speakers, no, unless you are talking hundreds of meters and very thin wire

 

[venkatcr]

Can anyone recommend some test sounds that can be played to judge correct volumes of each channel?

You should be able to get a number of downloadable tests files that are legal.

Try this for instance - Blue Sky

 

[great_guns]

Thanks a lot Venkat

 

[rahulpillai]

In general the rear channel speakers will play in low volume as its Sorround Speaker, If the sound card is Realtek then you can try something that worked for me. I have a desktop and had issues with low volume from the rear channel so in the Speaker Properties under Enhancement Tab tab there is an Option "Loudness Equalization" putting a check in that will make all the channels play in same volume.