Ni No Kuni Audio Problems

Wasn't too sure if this is the right forum to post this in, but here's the problem. I bought Ni No Kuni today for PS3 and for some reason, there is no voice audio in cutscenes. Everywhere else, there is audio, but not voice audio. In a few places, some voice acting comes through, but it is hollow sounding and muffled- like they are talking through a tin can or something. Not sure what the issue is here, but I would really like to know what's up!

Okay, not sure if I should just take the thread down now, or leave it up, but I found the solution to the problem with a bit of experimentation. First I went to my PS3 sound settings, changed the multidirectional sound to 2 channels. I then went into the audio sound setting menu within that menu. I selected my input setting (for me HDMI) and then chose manual. Here's where it gets interesting! It had selected a ton of check boxes on the list that appears. So I unchecked everything and set only the 2 Ch. boxes. And lo and behold I booted the game up and BAM, there is now voice acting. Hope this can help anyone else, if any, that are having this issue.