Surround sound formats

The AKURATE KONTROL is equipped with a wide range of surround sound formats to enhance your audio experience.

To change the surround sound format:

•Repeatedly press SURR on the handset until the desired format is shown on the front panel display.

The available surround sound formats, and a brief description of each, is as follows:

Surround	Description
sound format

Dolby Digital	A standard for storing 5.1 channels of audio
	signal on to discs such as DVD-Videos

Dolby Digital EX	Spreads the surround speaker portion of a Dolby
	Digital 5.1 audio signal to two back loudspeakers
	- converting 5.1 audio to 7.1 audio

Dolby Pro Logic II*	Converts any non-surround sound audio signal
	into a surround sound 5.0 signal

Dolby Pro Logic II	Same as Dolby Pro Logic II but is particularly
Music*	suited to music. Features three user-adjustable
	parameters that are accessed via the AKURATE
	KONTROL’s setup menus

DTS Digital	A standard for storing 5.1 channels of audio
Surround	signal on to discs such as DVD-Videos

DTS 96/24	Same as DTS Digital Surround but offers better
	audio quality

DTS ES Matrix	Spreads the surround speaker portion of a DTS
	5.1 audio signal to two back loudspeakers -
	converting 5.1 audio to 7.1 audio

Surround	Description
sound format

DTS ES Discrete	A standard for storing 6.1 channels of audio
	signal on to discs such as DVD-Videos. On the
	AKURATE KONTROL the extra channel can be
	spread over two back loudspeakers - converting
	6.1 audio to 7.1 audio

DTS 96/24 ES	Higher quality of DTS Digital Surround with the
Matrix	addition of the surround sound speaker portion of
	the signal being spread to two back loudspeakers
	- converting 5.1 audio to 7.1 audio

Phantom	Passes the centre channel portion of a 5.1 or 7.1
	audio signal to the front left and right
	loudspeakers

3 Stereo	Downmixes a 5.1 or 7.1 audio signal and passes
	it to the front and centre loudspeakers only

Stereo Sub	Downmixes a 5.1 audio signal to a two-channel
	signal and then routes the signal to the front
	loudspeakers and subwoofer. Routes a stereo
	signal to the front loudspeakers and subwoofer

MPEG Stereo	A standard for storing two-channel audio in
	MPEG files

MPEG Surround	A standard for storing surround sound audio in
	MPEG files

AAC Stereo	A standard for storing two-channel audio

AAC Surround	A standard for storing surround sound audio

LIMBIK Party	A Linn algorithm that sends essentially the same
	audio signal to all loudspeakers in your system

*You do not need a full surround sound loudspeaker system to hear these formats. If you have more than front loudspeakers (and a subwoofer) in your system, when you select either of these formats the signal will be converted into a 5.0 signal then downmixed to match the number of loudspeakers in your system.

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