# Does anybody else have a problem with Netflix's audio?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 2, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-else-have-a-problem-with-netflixs-audio/764784 "2016-09-02T15:10:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-else-have-a-problem-with-netflixs-audio/764784/1 "2016-09-02T15:10:51Z")

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All summer long, I’ve been attempting to watch Netflix shows. I made it through “Stranger Things” but gave up on “Longmire” simply because I could not HEAR what was ever being said.

Initially, I thought the problem was the AC going full blast (it being close to 100 F even in the evenings.) Even with the volume up on max, I was straining to hear.

After the weather cooled off and I didn’t need the AC, I realized I was still straining to hear through my headphones. I bought a new set, but nothing doing.

Then, I was chalking it up to lousy audio of my off-brand pad I was using (an Acer – I was desperately poor last year when I had to buy one.) But last night, I was looking at some youtube videos and almost went deaf with the sound of people speaking in a normal tone of voice.

On a hunch, I checked out the documentary “Room 327” on youtube. I had previously tried to watch it on Netflix, but could not hear it. Sure enough, with my audio set at the midway point, I could hear it very well.

So it seems to be a problem solely with Netflix. Does anybody else run into this?

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**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-else-have-a-problem-with-netflixs-audio/764784/2 "2016-09-02T15:28:38Z")

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Yep.  
Not as extreme as yours but I have to at least double the volume selection when watching Netflix through my TV App.