> when stuff in the movie goes boom my house starts to shake. That’s how it’s supposed to sound. Explosions are loud. This is not a problem with the source ma

> when stuff in the movie goes boom my house starts to shake. That’s how it’s supposed to sound. Explosions are loud. This is not a problem with the source material, it’s a problem with the setup of the playback equipment. The source contains all the original data, it’s the playback equipment’s job to render that information in the appropriate way considering the space and circumstances where it’s played. The ‘problem’ is that the sound is mixed to a cinema-level dynamic range. If you don’t want the full dynamic range you can compress it at playback. They store it at the full range since you can’t exactly un-compress it and the exact amount of compression depends on your setup and situation anyway. Any half-decent A/V receiver has this capability. If your receiver has Audyssey you may want to look into the “dynamic eq” and “dynamic volume” settings.