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• Adaptive Decorrelation
In a movie theat r e, a la r ge numbe r of su rr ound s p eake r s hel p c r eate
an envelo p ing su rr ound sound ex p e r ience, but in a home theat r e
the r e a r e usually only two s p eake r s. This can make the su rr ound
s p eake r s sound like head p hones that lack s p aciousness and
envelo p ment. The su rr ound sounds will also colla p se into the closest
s p eake r as you move away f r om the middle seating p osition. Ada p tive
Deco rr elation slightly changes one su rr ound channel’s time and
p hase r elationshi p with r es p ect to the othe r su rr ound channel. This
ex p ands the listening p osition and c r eates—with only two s p eake r s—
the same s p acious su rr ound ex p e r ience as in a movie theat r e.
• THX Select2 Plus
Befo r e any home theat r e com p onent can be THX Select2 Plus
ce r tified, it must inco rp o r ate all the featu r es above and also p ass a
r igo r ous se r ies of quality and p e r fo r mance tests. Only then can a
pr oduct featu r e the THX Select2 Plus logo, which is you r gua r antee
that the Home Theat r e pr oducts you p u r chase will give you su p e r b
p e r fo r mance fo r many yea r s to come. THX Select2 Plus r equi r ements
cove r eve r y as p ect of the pr oduct including pr e-am p lifie r and p owe r
am p lifie r p e r fo r mance and o p e r ation, and hund r eds of othe r
p a r amete r s in both the digital and analog domain.
• THX Surround EX
THX Su rr ound EX - Dolby Digital Su rr ound EX is a joint develo p ment
of Dolby Labo r ato r ies and the THX Ltd. In a movie theate r , film
soundt r acks that have been encoded with Dolby Digital Su rr ound EX
technology a r e able to r e pr oduce an ext r a channel which has been
added du r ing the mixing of the pr og r am. This channel, called
Su rr ound Back, p laces sounds behind the listene r in addition to the
cu rr ently available f r ont left, f r ont cente r , f r ont r ight, su rr ound r ight,
su rr ound left and subwoofe r channels. This additional channel
pr ovides the o pp o r tunity fo r mo r e detailed imaging behind the
listene r and b r ings mo r e de p th, s p acious ambience and sound
localization than eve r befo r e. Movies that we r e c r eated using the
Dolby Digital Su rr ound EX technology, when r eleased into the home
consume r ma r ket may exhibit wo r ding to that effect on the
p ackaging. A list of movies c r eated using this technology can be
found on the Dolby web site at www.dolby.com.
Only am
p lifie r and cont r olle r pr oducts bea r ing the THX Su rr ound EX
logo, when in the THX Su rr ound EX mode, faithfully r e pr oduce this
new technology in the home.
This
pr oduct may also engage the “THX Su rr ound EX” mode du r ing
the p layback of 5.1 channel mate r ial that is not Dolby Digital
Su rr ound EX encoded. In such case the info r mation delive r ed to the
Su rr ound Back channel will be pr og r am de p endent and may o r may
not be ve r y p leasing de p ending on the p a r ticula r soundt r ack and the
tastes of the individual listene r .
• Advanced Speaker Array (ASA)
ASA is a pr o pr ieta r y THX technology which pr ocesses the sound fed
to 2 side and 2 back su rr ound s p eake r s to pr ovide the o p timal
su rr ound sound ex p e r ience. When you set u p you r home theate r
system using all eight s p eake r out p uts (Left, Cente r , Right, Su rr ound
Right, Su rr ound Back Right, Su rr ound Back Left, Su rr ound Left and
Subwoofe r ) p lacing the two Su rr ound Back s p eake r s close togethe r
facing the f r ont of the r oom will pr ovide the la r gest sweet s p ot. If fo r
pr actical r easons you have to p lace the Su rr ound Back s p eake r s
a p a r t, you will need to go THX Audio Set-u p sc r een and choose the
setting that most closely co rr es p onds to the s p eake r s p acing, which
will r e-o p timize the su rr ound sound-field.
ASA is used in th r ee new modes; THX Select2 CINEMA, THX Select2
MUSIC and THX Select2 GAMES.
• Boundary Gain Compensation™
De p ending on the listene r ’s and the subwoofe r ’s p osition, the listene r
may ex p e r ience an excessive bass effect. This featu r e com p ensates
fo r excessive bass r esulting f r om a bounda r y gain effect. This featu r e
is designed to o p e r ate when used with a subwoofe r ce r tified to THX
Select2™ s p ecifications.
• THX Music
Fo r the r e p lay of multi-channel music the THX MusicMode should be
selected. In this mode THX ASA pr ocessing is a pp lied to the su rr ound
channels of all 5.1 encoded music sou r ces such as DTS, Dolby Digital
and DVD-Audio to pr ovide a wide stable r ea r soundstage.
• THX Games
Fo r the r e p lay of ste r eo and multi-channel game audio the THX
Games Mode should be selected. In this mode THX ASA pr ocessing
is a pp lied to the su rr ound channels of all 5.1 and 2.0 encoded game
sou r ces such as analog, PCM, DTS and Dolby Digital. This accu r ately
p laces all game audio su rr ound info r mation, pr oviding a full 360
deg r ee p layback envi r onment. THX Games Mode is unique as it gives
you a smooth t r ansition of audio in all p oints of the su rr ound field.
• THX Loudness Plus Description
THX Loudness Plus is a new volume cont r ol technology featu r ed in
THX Select2 Plus™ Ce r tified am p lifie r s. With THX Loudness Plus,
home theate r audiences can now ex p e r ience the r ich details in a
su rr ound mix at any volume level. A consequence of tu r ning the
volume below Refe r ence Level is that ce r tain sound elements can be
lost o r p e r ceived diffe r ently by the listene r . THX Loudness Plus
com p ensates fo r the tonal and s p atial shifts that occu r when the
volume is r educed by intelligently adjusting ambient su rr ound
channel levels and f r equency r es p onse. This enables use r s to
ex p e r ience the t r ue im p act of soundt r acks r ega r dless of the volume
setting. THX Loudness Plus is automatically a pp lied when listening in
any THX listening mode. The new THX Cinema, THX Music, and THX
Games modes a
r e tailo r ed to a pp ly the pr o p e r THX Loudness Plus
settings fo r each ty p e of content.
• THX Select2 Cinema
THX Select2 Cinema mode p lays 5.1 movies using all 8 s p eake r s
giving you the best p ossible movie watching ex p e r ience. In this mode,
ASA pr ocessing blends the side su rr ound s p eake r s and back
su rr ound s p eake r s pr oviding the o p timal mix of ambient and
di r ectional su rr ound sounds.
DTS-ES (Mat r ix and 6.1 Disc r ete) and Dolby Digital Su rr ound EX
encoded soundt r acks will be automatically detected in Select2
Cinema mode if the a ppr o pr iate flag has been encoded.
Some Dolby Digital Su rr ound EX soundt r acks a r e missing the digital
flag that allows automatic switching. If you know that the movie that
you a
r e watching is encoded in Su rr ound EX, you can manually select
the THX Su rr ound EX p layback mode, othe r wise THX Select2 Cinema
mode will a pp ly ASA pr ocessing to pr ovide o p timum r e p lay.
• THX Select2 Music
Fo r the p layback of multi-channel music the THX Select2 Music mode
should be selected. In this mode THX ASA pr ocessing is a pp lied to the
su rr ound channels of all 5.1 encoded music sou r ces such as DTS,
Dolby Digital and DVD-Audio to pr ovide a wide stable r ea r
soundstage.
• THX Select2 Games
Fo r the p layback of ste r eo and multi-channel game audio the THX
Select2 Games mode should be selected. In this mode THX ASA
pr ocessing is a pp lied to the su rr ound channels of all 5.1 and 2.0
encoded game sou r ces such as analog, PCM, DTS and Dolby Digital.
This accu r ately p laces all game audio su rr ound info r mation,
pr oviding a full 360 deg r ee p layback envi r onment. THX Select2 Games
mode is unique as it gives you a smooth t r ansition of audio in all
p oints of the su rr ound field.
THX, the THX logo and Select2 Plus are trademarks of THX Ltd. which
may be registered in some jurisdictions. All rights reserved. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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