[hisagishi]

Basically my speakers are really cheap ones (USB ones, about 5 bucks) and the volume is super quiet when people are whispering and extremely freakin' loud when actions going on.
 
I never have this problem with headphones, and I don't have any other speakers to test it with. Is this normal?

 

[kraken2109]

Films usually have large dynamic range. It could be that you have your settings incorrect and you've selected 5.1 for stereo speakers so dialogue is going to a non-existent centre channel.

 

[hisagishi]

That might be it, I'll have to check that. Basically all I want to do is listen to things at a low volume at night while everything stays atleast kind of consistent. I want to know people are whispering but I don't want it to be inaudible and I want to know people are yelling without increasing the volume by 800%

 

[cel4145]

Films usually have large dynamic range. It could be that you have your settings incorrect and you've selected 5.1 for stereo speakers so dialogue is going to a non-existent centre channel.

+1

This would definitely create your problem. Set Windows to 2 channel.