I use subtitles on everything these days, but I also found a big improvement in hearing/understanding from buying a cheap pair of studio monitors. For speech yo

I use subtitles on everything these days, but I also found a big improvement in hearing/understanding from buying a cheap pair of studio monitors. For speech you sort of want the flat response so the middle range where most speech is at doesn't get washed out. It sounded different at first but after a week I stopped noticing it and now pick up more sound effects and noises in the mix of media that for years I never noticed before. They are often used as the basis for audio mixing and what I want to hear is what the guy mixing the audio is hearing, so why not? Im not trying to replicate a rock concert in my house with earbleeding volumes and the "extra" bass and treble responce used to sell consumer audio equipment and speakers is counterproductive for clarity. Ill be integrating studio monitors into my audio setups for the rest of my life after buying my first cheap pair.