• Dolby Surround Sound Vs Dts Headphone X
• Dolby Surround Sound Vs Dts

I personally find DTS Headphone X sounds much better than Dolby when it comes to music. I haven't tested them out with games yet, so it may be a different story with different applications. 1) Dolby Surround is ANALOG encoding methods, since they work by encoding additional data into the spatial dimension in an analog output. What you are describing is dolby digital, which is different.

DTS 'blind' listening test to notice a change in sound quality when changing the playback equipment say between different brands, than when changing from a Dolby Digital to the DTS surround audio track. In other words, you need a thoroughly refined home theater audio playback setup to bring out the subtle difference in sound quality between these two formats. Readers Comments You may submit your comments on issues discussed in this article using the comments box here.

What is Surround Sound? What is surround sound – Dolby As Fast As Possible Modern slim TVs provide you with a depressingly lifeless, flat stereo sound experience with no bass at all, which dampens your blockbuster movie watching experience. Since most films are created with surround sound in mind, you are only getting a small portion of the picture. In fact, a surround sound system throws you into the heart of the action and brings the cinema experience closer to you.

A small number of Laserdiscs carry DTS soundtracks. The NTSC Laserdisc format allows for either analog audio only or both analog and digital audio tracks.

Watch for a review of this new model some time soon. One thing to remember is that when it comes to receivers and amplifiers, you can - and probably will - upgrade down the road. I'm sure I'm not the only one with a few old receivers, some of which have been repurposed to places like the game room, the bedroom, or the backyard for outdoor movie night. Granted, when you're dealing with flagship receivers that cost $1,000-$2,000 (or more), you're not going to want to upgrade too often. My point is simply that your speakers and wiring are a much longer-term decision, whereas you're apt to want to upgrade your AVR the next time a new technology as impressive as Dolby Atmos and DTS:X comes along.

Wireless Subwoofers are rated -3dB @ 30Hz. Nakamichi uses the industry standard LINEAR X SYSTEMS, LMS electroacoustic analyzer. The bass frequency is measured using swept sine wave at 2 meters, parallel to the subwoofer driver’s technique.

In addition, both systems breathe life into sports broadcasts, radically growing, and TV shows via home theaters. A basic surround sound system has five speakers and a subwoofer that provides a thumping bass. Apart from the speakers, the system includes a DVD or Blu-ray player and an AV receiver for decoding audio signals and sending the different sounds to the right speakers in the setup. What are Dolby and DTS? Ultimate surround sound guide: Different formats explained Today, surround sound is a standard inclusion you will find in most home theaters.

The new Dolby Atmos and DTS-X standards are meant to be 'channel free', but for transitioning purposes for people to understand, they are commonly referred to x.y.z. X being the number of speakers. From a computer, assuming you're connected via HDMI, there's no reason to ever use anything outside LPCM except space savings, in which cases Dolby and DTS both have lossless formats available for surround, and then we have FLAC more commonly for lossless stereo. Dolby Atmos and DTS:X soundtracks are recorded and mixed using a technology known as “object-based” surround sound. This means that the filmmaker can place individual sounds anywhere in your listening space and move them around in three dimensions. DTS Virtual:X is an addition to the DTS family of surround formats that provides an immersive experience without the need for a lot of speakers.

If you go to the theaters now, look up and you'll see speakers on the ceiling now. When you buy or download a movie and it says Atmos (not sure if there are any DTS-X blurays out yet) it is still playable on a 5.1 or 7.1 system, it just has an added audio encoding for systems that are Atmos and DTS-X enabled. As I said, they are meant to be 'channel free' because instead of being recorded and mixed as a 5.1 or 7.1 solution, they are specifically directional. New Atmos/DTS-X A/V receivers have that set up mic I mentioned earlier that measures what speakers you have and where they are in your 3D space (you have to move the mic around a few different places and it measures the distance for each by sound). Both Dolby Atmos and DTS-X support up to 32 speakers total, but a minimum is a 5.1.2 configuration, meaning you have to add the ceiling speakers. The sound is positional, not channel based. Now, as for headphones.

For example, the added rear surround channel in Dolby's extended surround format 'Dolby Digital EX', is matrixed over the two left and right surrounds, rather than discrete; instead the DTS counterpart uses a discrete channel. This also explains why DTS ES (Extended Surround) can provide a more precise location for the rear-effects soundstage than the Dolby EX format.

For movies, I pulled the blurays off into an MKV, pulled the audio tracks out, opened them up in Reaper, created a regular stereo downmix, and then muxed the 2ch PCM file into the mkv. This would allow me to switch back and forth between the multichannel mix and a two channel mix. Naturally, I chose the force awakens once again. With Dolby Surround, it was really difficult to tell the difference between the multichannel mix and the 2ch upmix.

Until that’s cleared up, it may be wise to disconnect those units from their internet connections and avoid making firmware updates. In the event that cross-upmixing is blocked, viewers watching movies on Blu-ray or Ultra HD discs can switch their players to outputting the soundtracks in PCM 5.1 or 7.1 form rather than Bitstream. Unfortunately, this workaround is unlikely to work for TV and cable broadcasts or streaming, where the receiver boxes typically limit PCM output to just basic stereo sound. To be frank, this seems like a major dick move to me, done for no apparent reason other than to spite the competition.

Conclusion Determining which format has superior sound quality is a very ambiguous matter, as there are many factors to consider besides bit rates and compression levels. So where does this DTS vs.

I haven't noticed a difference in volume level between D.Surround and Neural X. Also haven't noticed any differences in quality when upmixing 5.1 to 7.1. They're both good at that. I was only describing the differences I could hear when upmixing stereo movies. I was watching Clash of the Titans the other night (DTS MA Stereo), and noticed that Neural X was occasionally letting some of the dialog bleed into the rear channels, which sounded quite unnatural.

The main one is that the HT-Z9F lacks upward-firing drivers to bounce sound off the ceiling. Instead, the 3.1-channel bar uses Dolby Atmos virtual processing and the company’s own Vertical Surround Engine to simulate overhead speakers. The other main difference between the two bars is that, while the HT-ST5000 uses additional drivers to help convey virtual left-right surround information, the HT-Z9F relies on the company’s optional SA-Z9R wireless speakers ($300/pair) for surround sound. Sony supplied a pair of SA-Z9Rs, a speaker the size of a Pop-Tarts box with a 2-inch full-range driver powered by a 50-watt amp.

With the advent of 3D surround sound, immersive audio has moved into a whole new world of realism by creating the best possible audio experience for movies, TV, music and gaming. Coupled with 3D videos, these new and emerging 3D audio formats like DTS:X, Dolby Atmos and Auro 3D are creating invigorating experiences that’s making movie-going more exciting than ever before. However, with the emergence of multiple 3D surround sound formats, many audiophiles and home theater enthusiasts are now more confused than ever before about the pros and cons of each platform.

I'll attempt to cover a handful of titles in each one and the is coming soon. [UPDATE: is now online!] Like the move to high definition and Blu-ray Disc, I'm already getting disappointed when I see a new release that doesn't feature either Dolby Atmos or DTS:X. Get yourself set up and I guarantee you'll start doing the same thing. Now I just need to wait for Days of Thunder to get an Atmos soundtrack. More Information: • • • •.

Do you remember the first time you heard a home theater surround sound demo? I can still vividly recall standing in front of a blinking red button at Costco (then 'The Price Club'); the button sat beneath a large TV and was labeled 'Push For Demo.'

I clicked on the headline hoping to find out something relevant, but, this was rushed and incompletedisappointing.

The rear height speakers integrated nicely with the soffit. Note the round and square grilles, both included with Noble Fidelity's L-65 mkII speaker. Eight Is Enough?

I connected an Ultra HD Blu-ray player to one of the bar’s two HDMI inputs and a TV to an HDMI output with Audio Return Channel (ARC). After using the onscreen menu to link up to my home’s Wi-Fi, I could then use its Chromecast built-in feature to stream music via compatible apps.

The more the merrier, but not necessarily better. Don't listen to basroil, he's talking about something else entirely. Dolby Headphone and DTS Headphone X for Logitech G633 are software encoding methods. They convert surround sound from your movies or games into 2 channels so that your stereo headphones can simulate surround sound from just 2 drivers. Those 2 are competing companies, their simulation and sound signatures vary a little(even though they are trying to accomplish the same goals). You just have to pick a better sounding one to your ears(everyone's ears are different).

Configuring the SA-Z9R wireless surrounds was a simple matter of plugging them in, pressing a power button, and the speakers automatically linked up with the bar. Along with being compatible with both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, the HT-Z9F also supports the HDR10, Dolby Vision, and Hybrid-Log Gamma HDR formats. Discs with Dolby Vision and Atmos are readily available, so I grabbed two from my collection: Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season, and The Matrix. Watching episode two of Game of Thrones, in a scene where Daenerys Targaryen and Jorah Mormont discuss Dothraki customs (while munching horse jerky), the HT-Z9F had a wide, presentation that nicely conveyed the sound of horsemen traversing the grassland. Dialogue was crisp and natural, and the horse hooves had a full, powerful envelope. In another scene, the Lannister siblings share an uneasy breakfast in a large stone hall. The soundbar did an excellent job rendering the environment, with Tyrion’s booming voice seeming to resonate from well above the screen, though not necessarily from above my head.

It can be seen that frequencies above a masking frequency are easier to mask than frequencies below. This is mainly due to the human ear frequency response. At the higher frequencies, the sensitivity of the ear is reduced. Thus higher frequencies must produce stronger amplitude to be recognized.

• Installation-friendly Multi-Angle Wall Bracket (patent pending) included.

The official launch of DTS:X is planned for March 2015, and we’ll be able to tell you more about it at that time. “DTS was founded with the goal of making the world sound better through constant innovation.

This is a video comparing both object-based surround sound audio formats Dolby Atmos and DTS X. An in-depth look at the different formats and what separates them apart from each other and how they compare as well as technical specifications and other interesting facts on both Dolby and DTS as well as Dolby Laboratories demos and introductions over the years as well as DTS intros and demos. Both surround codecs require surround sound processors or AV receivers capable of decoding the new surround formats as well as source material encoded with either format.

Dolby Surround Sound Vs Dts Headphone X

And as I recently learned, they've also been fully trained by Dolby Laboratories in designing and laying out small-to-large scale Dolby Atmos systems. It should come as no surprise then that Noble Fidelity was my first phone call once I decided to embark on this project. Noble Fidelity took my theater sketch and gave me back a scaled diagram showing their recommended ceiling speaker locations. After telling the good folks at Noble Fidelity about my plan to add four ceiling speakers to my basement theater, I was asked to email them a few photos of my space along with a sketch indicating the key dimensions. The people at Noble Fidelity first confirmed that my existing 7.1 system was laid out in compliance with Dolby Labs' prescribed 7.1 geometry. Next I received from them a scaled diagram of my room indicating Noble's recommended installation locations for my four proposed ceiling speakers.

Placing audio content on the filmstrip itself has got its pros and cons. Having the Dolby Digital soundtrack direct on the film means that audio content is susceptible to physical damage due to film aging and mishandling. However, that there is no need for delivery of separate audio CD discs to theaters, thus simplifying distribution. In the case of a DTS soundtrack, audio information is not stored direct on the film strip itself, instead it is recorded in compressed form on a standard CD-ROM media at a bit rate of 1103 kbits/s. The DTS track on the film strip consists of a modified time-code that is optically imaged on the film strip (see film strip diagram above); this is used to synchronize the projected image with the DTS surround sound audio track on the CD. Additional information in the imprinted time-code includes identifying data to ensure that a certain film soundtrack will only run with that film. Because of the increased storage capacity available on CD-ROM, DTS digital soundtracks need only about 4:1 adaptive compression.

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Got a tech question for Sound & Vision? Email us at Q I'm a proud new owner of a Marantz AV7703 preamp/processor, which I use with a 7.0 speaker configuration (full-range fronts and no subwoofer). Here’s my question: When I play a Blu-ray disc with a 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack, the pre-pro’s auto surround mode outputs it as DTS-HD + Neural:X (see above picture). But why would the processor create an upmixed signal instead of passing on discrete channel information to the back surrounds? I’m using an Oppo BDP-103 Blu-ray player with the audio output set to bitstream. Bartelt A Let’s first review what DTS Neural:X is and what it does.

A higher bit rate must imply DTS will be superior sounding right? In theory, the less compression used in the encoding process, the more realistic the sound will be, as it will better represent the original source. DD tends to boast that its encoding method is more efficient than DTS and thus does not require the extra bit rates. However, even if DD is slightly more efficient, it is still not 1.5 /.448 = 3.35 times more efficient. However, both DD & DTS will boast data rates, efficiency, etc, but what actually translates to better sound is a very ambiguous matter as there are more factors involved here that goes beyond the scope of this article. Pros and Cons of Dolby Digital / DTS I have tabulated the pro's and con's of DD/DTS in the matrix below. So What Did We Learn from This?