Meridian Audio 565 manual Glossary

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Absolute phase

 

Controller

 

DTS

A control which changes the phase of the signals to all the speakers.

AC-3

An alternative name for the Dolby Digital format.

Ambisonic

A music encoding and decoding system designed to recreate the original soundfield using an array of loudspeakers.

Aspect ratio

The overall shape of the speaker layout.

Compress

A DSP parameter providing dynamic range control for Dolby Digital sources.

The product in a Meridian system that uses the infra-red signals from the remote to control the system. The controller is normally chosen automatically, but the installer can override this.

Dolby Digital

A digital surround-sound which provides five full-frequency range channels (left, centre, right, left surround, and right surround) and an additional Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel which is band limited to 120Hz.

Dolby Surround

The encoding system used for the majority of movies on video and many TV broadcasts. Dolby Surround encoded material can be replayed with a surround decoder connected to an array of loudspeakers which normally include at least left, centre, right, and rear surround.

Digital Theatre Systems originally produced digital audio tracks for motion pictures. A version of this format adapted for consumer video and audio products is referred to as DTS Entertainment. Like Dolby Digital it provides five full-frequency range channels (left, centre, right, left surround, and right surround) and an additional Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel.

DVD

Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc, a CD-sized disc with nearly 30 times the storage capacity of CD. It is capable of storing digital video, high-quality multi- channel audio, or computer data.

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