Is there any way to change the way 5.1 audio sounds when playing back in stereo?

[morphinapg]

Specifically, the surround left and right channels appear to have significantly lower volume than the front channels, which makes it difficult to hear some dialogue happening in surround channels. I'm not editing the audio, so I want to preserve it on output, so I don't want to modify it in the edit, but I'd just like to be able to hear the surround channels clearer when playing the video back while editing.

[Mike Dziennik]

I'm assuming you actually have a 5.1 speaker kit? How do you have the audio set-up in your project?
Is the clip audio channels format set to 5.1, and you have it on a 5.1 sequence? Or is you sequence Stereo?
Dialogue on surround channels is often quieter as it is "off-screen" - are you sure it is not deliberately quieter?

[morphinapg]

I record gameplay with 5.1 sound, so yes I can hear the sound while playing the game, and the dialogue is just as loud and clear in the surround channels during those moments. If I export and play back in Windows default media player or MPC-HC while using my stereo speakers, the surround channel dialogue is once again as loud and clear as I heard it on my 5.1 setup. It's only in premiere when playing back on my stereo speakers that the surround channels are very clearly reduced in volume when downmixed to stereo. 

My footage is 4K ProRes with 5.1 LPCM audio and the sequence is set to 5.1, but the computer I edit on only has stereo speakers, so Premiere is outputting stereo. 

[Richard M Knight]

Make sure this option is set correctly:

[morphinapg]

It is, but I'm still having this issue.

[Richard M Knight]

If you want to change the levels you couod add the amplify effect to the track mixer:

[morphinapg]

Would that not impact the export as well? I want to leave the levels as they are for export. I only want the surround channels to be louder while editing.