Alpine PXI-H990 owner manual Terminology, 106-EN

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Terminology

Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital is a digital audio compression technology developed by Dolby Laboratories that allows large quantities of audio data to be efficiently recorded on discs. It is compatible with audio signals from mono (1 channel) all the way up to 5.1-channel surround sound. The signals for the different channels are completely independent, and since the sound is high quality digital there is no loss of sound quality.

Center speaker

Front speakers

Rear speakers

Subwoofer

DTS

This is a home-use digital sound format of the DTS Sound System. This is a high quality sound system, developed by Digital Theater Systems, Inc. for use in movie theaters.

DTS has six independent sound tracks. The theater presentation is fully realized in the home and other settings. DTS is the abbreviation for Digital Theater Systems.

Dolby Pro Logic II

Dolby Pro Logic II provides multichannel surround sound from any 2 channel source. It reproduces extended bandwidth playback with 5.1 channels. This is made possible by an advanced matrix surround decoder. This new decoder is able to draw out spatial characteristics of the recording without adding tonal coloration or artificial delays that did not exist in the original.

Linear PCM audio (LPCM)

LPCM is a signal recording format used for music CDs. Whereas music CDs are recorded at 44.1 kHz/16 bits, DVDs are recorded at 48 kHz/16 bits to 96 kHz/24 bits, thereby achieving higher sound quality than music CDs.

Speaker layout for enjoying

Dolby Digital sound/DTS sound

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