http://www.audioholics.comWhere audio and video equipment undergoes rigorous objective and subjective tests by our staff, ensuring that marketing slogans aren't the only guidelines for your home theater choices.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:12:52 -0000http://www.audioholics.com/education/surround-sound/7-1-surround-soundAlmost everyone loves surround sound, (except for an eccentric actor whom I know who actually prefers mono!) and what’s not to love? Our ears are on each side of our head, canted forward, but we hear sounds from every direction with almost equal precision. For that reason multi-channel sound reproduction is intrinsically more realistic and believable. But how many surround speakers are required to present a plausible illusion of the real thing?Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:12:52 -0000/education/surround-sound/7-1-surround-soundSurround SoundAV Universityhttp://www.audioholics.com/education/surround-sound/audyssey-dsx-10.2Audyssey as a company is sort of a brain trust that creates and licenses signal processing solutions. They employ the sciences of psychoacoustics, acoustics, signal processing and use highly complex mathematical algorithms to put those Mega Flop DSP chips to work to do dynamic equalization and derive extra channels for surround sound. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:26:35 -0000/education/surround-sound/audyssey-dsx-10.2Surround SoundAV Universityhttp://www.audioholics.com/education/surround-sound/dolby-digital-liveWe are consistently asked about connecting a PC to a home theater system. It's not as easy as it sounds. For example, while many sound cards on the market can pass Dolby Digital and DTS "raw" signals for decoding by the receiver, most EAX/A3D surround games are only able to be output via the sound card's analogue outputs.Fri, 05 Aug 2005 01:00:00 -0000/education/surround-sound/dolby-digital-liveSurround SoundAV Universityhttp://www.audioholics.com/education/surround-sound/dts-interactive-technologyMany people have asked us about connecting a PC to a home theater system. It's not as easy as it sounds. For example, while many sound cards on the market can pass Dolby Digital and DTS "raw" signals for decoding by the receiver, most EAX/A3D surround games are only able to be output via the sound card's analogue outputs. Dolby Digital and DTS have both offered solutions to allow for a real-time, digital 5.1 encoded signal from a PC to be made to your home theater system.Fri, 05 Aug 2005 01:00:00 -0000/education/surround-sound/dts-interactive-technologySurround SoundAV Universityhttp://www.audioholics.com/education/surround-sound/dolby-digital-vs-dts-a-guide-to-the-strengths-of-the-formatsWith the advent of home theater, consumers are continually demand higher performance. As technology improves and becomes more competitive, increased performance is realized at lower cost to the consumer. The market floods with newer and newer technology, allowing consumers to be less easily impressed and more picky, sometimes loosing touch with what was involved in producing this marvel of technology that only a few years ago, would have been a nearly impossible feat.Tue, 31 Aug 2004 01:00:00 -0000/education/surround-sound/dolby-digital-vs-dts-a-guide-to-the-strengths-of-the-formatsSurround SoundAV Universityhttp://www.audioholics.com/education/surround-sound/thx-games-modeTHX' new Games Mode is a brand new audio post-processing technology and listening feature for THX Certified Home Theatre components. Games Mode enables video game enthusiasts to experience truly immersive sound presentations on home theatre systems when their system is properly configured for ASA (Advanced Speaker Array).Tue, 31 Aug 2004 01:00:00 -0000/education/surround-sound/thx-games-modeSurround SoundAV Universityhttp://www.audioholics.com/education/surround-sound/what-is-dolby-digital-surroundDolby Digital is the next step forward in sonic realism and listener involvement. It has already changed the way you experience your favorite films in movie theaters, and is now doing the same for video programming at home.Tue, 31 Aug 2004 01:00:00 -0000/education/surround-sound/what-is-dolby-digital-surroundSurround SoundAV University