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DIRAC SENSAROUND®
Music is usually mixed with loudspeakers in mind, not headphones. As a result, headphone
listening is often plagued by a distorted soundstage—instruments and voices may seem
incorrectly placed and trapped inside your head, causing an unnatural listening experience
that can result in listener fatigue.
Dirac Sensaround® takes a different approach by using advanced algorithms to reproduce a
sound field similar to that of a professional listening room. Using a pair of ordinary
headphones, you can enjoy your favorite media in a way that seems to spread instruments,
voices, and objects out into space, enveloping you exactly as the artist intended.
Dirac® studies the way sound moves and is reflected by the environment, as well as how
human ears perceive sound in space, in order to innovate beyond the limitations of
conventional surround sound effects. By carefully measuring and modeling a preferred
listening space, Dirac Sensaround® reproduces key acoustic properties associated with
high fidelity stereo/home cinema listening within the headphones themselves.
You will notice that the result sounds vastly different from so-called virtual surround
techniques that color the sound and take the edge away from the recording. Dirac
Sensaround® is not a sound effect to grow tired of, it is a headphone sound field
optimization that you will not want to be without once you have tried it.
Perform the following steps to use Direc Sensaround®.
1.
Momentarily press the Menu Button. The Display will show EQ [1/4].
2.
Rotate the Value Knob clockwise until the Display shows DIRAC [3/4].
3.
Momentarily press the Enter Button. The Display will show Dirac Sensaround with
either ON or OFF to the right of the label.
4.
Rotate the Value Knob clockwise until the Display value for Dirac Sensaround is ON.
5.
Momentarily press the Menu Button two times to return to the Home Screen.
Alternatively, wait about 30 seconds and the Display will automatically return to the
Home Screen. The Home Screen will display a DIRAC label, indicating that Dirac
Sensaround® is enabled.