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THX
Founded by George Lucas, THX develops stringent standards that ensure
movies are reproduced in movie theaters and home theaters just as the direc-
tor intended. THX Modes carefully optimize the tonal and spatial character-
istics of the soundtrack for reproduction in the home-theater environment.
They can be used with 2-channel matrixed and multichannel sources. Sur-
round back speaker output depends on the source material and the selected
listening mode.
• THX Cinema
THX Cinema mode corrects theatrical soundtracks for playback in a home
theater environment. In this mode, THX Loudness Plus is configured for
cinema levels and Re-EQ, Timbre Matching, and Adaptive Decorrelation
are active.
• THX Music
THX Music mode is tailored for listening to music, which is typically mas-
tered at significantly higher levels than movies. In this mode, THX Loud-
ness Plus is configured for music playback and only Timbre Matching is
active.
• THX Games
THX Games mode is meant for spatially accurate playback of game audio,
which is often mixed similarly to movies but in a smaller environment. THX
Loudness Plus is configured for game audio levels, with Timbre Matching
active.
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The combination of
Dolby Pro Logic II/IIx
and
THX Cinema/Music/
Games
modes can be used.
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The combination of
Dolby Pro Logic IIz Height
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THX Cinema/
Music/Games
modes can be used.
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The combination of
DTS Neo:6
and
THX Cinema/Music/Games
modes
can be used.
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• THX Ultra2 Cinema
This mode expands 5.1-channel sources for 7.1- channel playback. It does
this by analyzing the composition of the surround source, optimizing the
ambient and directional sounds to produce the surround back channel out-
put.
• THX Ultra2 Music
This mode is designed for use with music. It expands 5.1-channel sources
for 7.1-channel playback.
• THX Ultra2 Games
This mode is designed for use with video games. It can expand 5.1-channel
sources for 6.1/7.1-channel playback.
• THX Surround EX
This mode expands 5.1-channel sources for 6.1/7.1- channel playback. It’s
especially suited to Dolby Digital EX sources. THX Surround EX, also
known as Dolby Digital Surround EX, is a joint development between
Dolby Laboratories and THX Ltd.
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The combination of
Dolby Pro Logic IIz Height
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THX Ultra2 Cin-
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Listening Mode
Description
Input
Source
Speaker
Layout
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