M-Audio Revolution 7.1 manual Suggested DVD Viewing

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R E V I E W E R ’ S G U I D E

Suggested DVD Viewing

DVD Title

Scene

 

Chapter

 

Comments

Support*

Channels

 

 

 

 

 

 

(environmental only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U571

Depth Charge

15

 

Room shaking explosions

DD

5.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

and bass. Great environ-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mental audio.

 

 

 

IMAX Super

Michael An-

 

21/22

 

Great directional and

DD 5.1

5.1

 

Speedway

dretti Test

 

 

 

positional audio- Great

 

 

 

 

Drive

 

 

 

visuals.

 

 

 

Toy Story 2:

Opening 5

1

 

Great audio. Great Bass.

DD EX

6.1

 

Toybox Edition

Minutes

 

 

 

Little directional.

 

 

 

Toy Story 2

Balls bouncing

 

21

 

Great audio. Great Bass.

DD EX

6.1

 

 

in toy store

 

 

 

Great directional.

 

 

 

The Fast and

NOS Fest

4

 

Use of music in surrounds DD

5.1

 

the Furious

 

 

 

 

is unique.

 

 

 

Terminator

Chase

 

18

 

Light, but effective use of

DD EX

6.1

 

Two: Ultimate

 

 

 

 

surrounds.

 

 

 

DVD Edition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Matrix

Dodge This

30

 

Great directional audio.

DD

5.1

 

Pearl Harbor

Battle of Britain

 

11

 

Great directional audio

DD

5.1

 

 

Attack on Pearl

 

22

 

and room shaking bass.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ice Age

Opening

1

 

Great LFE effects. Subtle,

DD

5.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

but effective positional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

audio.

 

 

 

Moulin Rouge

Sparkling

 

6

 

Great ambient audio and

DD

5.1

 

 

Sad Diamonds

 

30

 

music. Oscar nominated

 

 

 

 

 

 

for best sound.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: M-Audio

 

 

 

 

*DD = Dolby Digital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contents Revolution V I E W E R ’ S G U I D E Contents V I E W E R ’ S G U I D E Key Editorial Contacts Today’s Audio Cards Pro Sound at Low Prices PartTop 5 Cool Things To Do With The Revolution T H U P T OKey Revolution 7.1 Features About The RevolutionWhat Makes It So Good? Outclasses Audigy 2 At a Lower Price Competitive MatrixProduct Info Box Revolution 7.1 Product SummaryTesting The Revolution Test BedAbout Consumer Multimedia Speakers C O R D I N G D O L B Y a N DHardware Set-Up Connection Color Coding Software Installation Surround Sound FormatsSpeaker Configurations Surround SoundSpeaker Placement Guide Revolution Control Panel L I S T Operating System Considerations Listening Tests Test 3 Stereo Music Test 4 Surround Sound on Stereo Speakers Test 5 DVD Surround Decode From the same site, audition a multichannel WMA 9 Pro file Test 9 Laboratory Audio Testing V I E W E R ’ S G U I D E RightMark Audio Analyzer Testing Product Specifications Hardware FeaturesProduct Specifications cont’d Bass Management Minimum System RequirementsL T H a N Surround Sound Receivers Receivers with 7.1 SupportDVD Test Scenes Suggested DVD ViewingSuggested DVD Viewing Music Listening Samples Suggested CD ListeningAdditional Resources Company Backgrounder Press Release V I E W E R ’ S G U I D E