[jadeboy]

I am out putting to HDMI, when playing movie, the sound and bass is great.

But when playing music, the bass seems lacking. I have tried foobar/youtube and the sound quality especially the bass is far better.

Have anyone notice this and know how to fix it?

[argh!]

What equipment are you using?

Setting XBMC to stereo will be a good start.

[jadeboy]

Intel I3, with Intel chipset outputing HDMI to a 5.1 Onkyo TX-NR3009 receiver with PMC FB1i front speakers.

I have set "Output all speaker to stereo", the bass is much louder, but maybe too much now.

The receiver get a "Multichannel" output, but I am afraid some video may not output properly to get the 5.1 audio... will wait a few day of testing.

[wes paich]

make sure you are using 2.1 with a subwoofer for stereo, not 2.0. otherwise you will hear a difference from movies in 5.1. the setting should be in the reciever

[seanpatrick1976]

Intel I3, with Intel chipset outputing HDMI to a 5.1 Onkyo TX-NR3009 receiver with PMC FB1i front speakers.

I have set "Output all speaker to stereo", the bass is much louder, but maybe too much now.

The receiver get a "Multichannel" output, but I am afraid some video may not output properly to get the 5.1 audio... will wait a few day of testing.

Did you ever find a reason for this? I've posted the same question and had no responses.