Is it all phasing or is it something more?


Hi everyone. Just watched one of my old time favorite movies Bottle Shock. I streamed it on Amazon as usual and I always love the story line and the scenery given I was born in SF and grew up 1 hour away from Napa. One thing I always dislike about this viewing is the audio. It is horrible. It sounds crazy out of phase with some weird tonal transients. Is this because it is the way it was recorded or prepared for steaming?  Why did I post this in the Amps / Preamps group? I was wondering if this could all be fixed if my Audio Refinement / YBA preamp had a phase inversion switch (which it doesn’t and not many do)? Or is it something more? Does anyone own a DVD / Bluray version that does not have this problem that I can play on my Oppo player still in my system?

TIA

sbrownnw

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Previous responses have hinted at this but didn't quite get there. Stream the movie again and wire your speakers out of phase and see what happens. It sounds like the stereo soundtrack may be out of phase and it is easy to test this.