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For example: movie soundtracks are created in highly-standardized environments, in
order to offer excellent performance in large, commercial theaters. Acoustically, your
home is a radically different environment than that for which the movie soundtracks
were optimized. Therefore it makes sense that you might want to compensate for the
differences between the intended environment (a commercial theater) and your actual
environment (a domestic living room or family room).
This compensation is provided by engaging the THX Ultra 2 Cinema mode. It works
in combination with any of the multichannel formats described in the previous section:
Dolby Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, etc. You should consider using it when watching
any movie that was originally created for theatrical release, whether on DVD, broadcast
television, or any other medium.
Here is a list of post-processing options provided by your surround processor.
multichannel formats Name Description
Dolby Pro Logic II An improved version of the original Pro Logic matrix, which
provides better perceived separation between channels and compatibility with both
Dolby Surround encoded movies and unencoded music.
Try listening to some of your CDs with DPL II – you may be surprised how well it creates
a multichannel experience from a two-channel recording.
DTS Neo:6 Conceptually, DTS Neo:6 is similar to DPL II. However, the
subjective differences are noticeable. People often prefer one to the other, though in our
experience it is worth trying both on most recordings. Each seems to work better with
some recordings than with others. Pick whichever you prefer.
Experiment with Neo:6 when listening to regular CDs and other stereo music sources.
THX Ultra 2 Cinema THX essentially created the standards for high-performance
home theater back in 1991. THX Ultra 2 Cinema is the latest incarnation of their
technology, designed to maximize your movie experience while minimizing the hassles.
Use this for any movies originally created for theatrical release, and even for prime-time
television that seems a little “bright” sounding – it was likely produced in a movie-
standards mixing studio.
THX Ultra 2 Music The needs of optimal multichannel music reproduction are
somewhat different than those of movie reproduction. This post-processing option
addresses those needs and is a great place to start when listening to almost any music
source.
Note: The THX Ultra 2 modes require the presence of rear channels in addition
to the side “surround” channels. These speakers take advantage of THX’s
ASA technology to provide a higher-performance, particularly flexible
and seamless surround soundfield.