Humax box sound?

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Thank you lkjdsaf,;,l settled an argument with the wife, known as ',The Boss'. I just let her think that, it keeps her happy.

Bob UK
September 2017

Its not peculiar to the Hummy box. Its something mindless advertisers do.

Its not actually that the ads are louder but the sound levels are compressed, making the quiet bits almost as loud as the loud bits - its something public address systems have been doing for ages in order to uniformly "punch" varying voice levels above the background.

Plenty about it on the Internet:

http://www.channel4.com/4viewers/faq/name/why-do-adverts-sound-louder-than-the-programme/id/400290070

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7388473.stm

https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2008/may/07/noisyadsthereisnothing

https://lifehacker.com/5984091/automatically-lower-the-volume-during-loud-commercials-with-an-arduino

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1498890/ITV-told-to-turn-down-the-volume-on-adverts.html

lkjdsaf;l
September 2017