ESPN2 audio sounds terrible

[ejb1980]

Is anyone else noticing that ESPN2's coverage of the Duke game sounds like a bad MP3? And not just Dick Vitale's noise/voice, it's constant and during the commercials and everything.

 

[tigerfan33]

I just checked.
Sounds normal on my HR24.

 

[ejb1980]

I swear I am not crazy! It just sounds awful. I am using the DD 5.1 audio, perhaps that's the issue. It sounds normal when this game is on Buzzer Beater.

 

[ejb1980]

Note: ESPN2 still sounds awful. Crowd noise is sounds distorted and "digitally" - like a bad mp3 or a FM HD2 station that doesn't have enough bandwidth. It's only on ESPN2, no other channel that I have noticed.

 

[raoul5788]

Try turning the Dolby Digital off and on.

 

[hancox]

Agreed on this one - the center channel always sounds crackly, too - and only on ESPN2.

 

[Zashel]

ever get a fix on this? i know someone who had this exact issue and best i figured was to turn the dolby digital off (it was an old rear projection with horrible sound anyway)

 

[teachsac]

I've noticed the audio garble, but I've also noticed it on other 720p channels. FoxNews, ABCFamily. I've never noticed it on a 1080i channel. Sometimes going to another channel helps, but usually a restart is required.

S~

 

[ejb1980]

I have tried all suggestions - ESPN2 is still sounding bad. With or without DD5.1, it's the same. ESPN2 is the only channel, nothing else I have noticed. If you have an HD radio, it sounds likes a bad HD2 that needs more bandwidth. Crowd noise sounds very digitally.