Dolby Pro Logic DTS Neo6, Remote Fkeys

Classe Audio SSP-300 owner manual Dolby Pro Logic DTS Neo6, Remote Fkeys

Dolby Pro Logic II

DTS Neo:6

remote Fkeys

Dolby Pro Logic II has three user-adjustable parameters.

Panorama is a simple on/off toggle (highlighted means “on”) that will present a wider and deeper front soundstage. This effect is somewhat signal-dependant, meaning that it is more pronounced with some recordings and less so with others. With a good recording, however, the effect an be quite dramatic.

Center Width determines how much of the center-channel information is allowed to remain in the left and right speakers. A low setting places all the information that would create a phantom center image in a normal stereo system in the center channel speaker instead. (This is sometimes referred to as a “hard” center channel.) A high setting leaves this information in the left and right speakers, fading out the center channel speaker. Intermediate settings provide a great compromise between the seamless spaciousness of a great stereo system and the wide listening area of a multichannel system (where you don’t need to be in the “sweet spot” to hear a center image).

Dimension shifts the degree to which the overall balance of the processing is biased toward the back of the room. In very “dry” recordings that lack much recorded ambience, a higher dimension setting will restore a sense of space to the reproduced sound. In extremely “wet” recordings with lots of ambience, you may want to reduce the dimension setting so as to avoid excessive or distracting spaciousness.

By contrast, the DTS Neo:6 setting couldn’t be simpler. The only user-adjustable parameter for DTS Neo:6 is the center width control, which functions much as the center width control does for Dolby Pro Logic II.

The remote control supplied with the SSP-300 has four function keys (Fkeys) that allow you to have instant, easy access to speciﬁc system functions that might otherwise be buried in a menu somewhere.

For example, if you use the balance control frequently, you may want to consider programming one of the Fkeys to take you straight to that screen. Doing so will save you having to access the control menu, followed by pressing the balance button (which might be hard to see from across the room).