Listening Mode

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THX

 

 

 

 

Founded by George Lucas, THX develops stringent standards that ensure

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movies are reproduced in movie theaters and home theaters just as the direc-

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tor intended. THX Modes carefully optimize the tonal and spatial character-

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istics of the soundtrack for reproduction in the home-theater environment.

 

 

 

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They can be used with 2-channel matrixed and multichannel sources. Sur-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

round back speaker output depends on the source material and the selected

 

 

 

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listening mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• THX Cinema

 

 

 

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THX Cinema mode corrects theatrical soundtracks for playback in a home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

theater environment. In this mode, THX Loudness Plus is configured for

 

 

 

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cinema levels and Re-EQ, Timbre Matching, and Adaptive Decorrelation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

are active.

 

 

 

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• THX Music

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THX Music mode is tailored for listening to music, which is typically mas-

 

 

 

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tered at significantly higher levels than movies. In this mode, THX Loud-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ness Plus is configured for music playback and only Timbre Matching is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

active.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• THX Games

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THX Games mode is meant for spatially accurate playback of game audio,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

which is often mixed similarly to movies but in a smaller environment. THX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loudness Plus is configured for game audio levels, with Timbre Matching

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

active.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The combination of Dolby Pro Logic II/IIx*3 and THX Cinema/Music/

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Games modes can be used.

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The combination of Dolby Pro Logic IIz Height*4 and THX Cinema/

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Music/Games modes can be used.

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The combination of DTS Neo:6 and THX Cinema/Music/Games modes

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can be used.

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• THX Ultra2 Cinema

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This mode expands 5.1-channel sources for 7.1- channel playback. It does

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this by analyzing the composition of the surround source, optimizing the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ambient and directional sounds to produce the surround back channel out-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

put.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• THX Ultra2 Music

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This mode is designed for use with music. It expands 5.1-channel sources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for 7.1-channel playback.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• THX Ultra2 Games

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This mode is designed for use with video games. It can expand 5.1-channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sources for 6.1/7.1-channel playback.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• THX Surround EX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This mode expands 5.1-channel sources for 6.1/7.1- channel playback. It’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

especially suited to Dolby Digital EX sources. THX Surround EX, also

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

known as Dolby Digital Surround EX, is a joint development between

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dolby Laboratories and THX Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The combination of Dolby Pro Logic IIz Height*4 and THX Ultra2 Cin-

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ema/Music/Games modes can be used.

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Onkyo TX-NR3008 instruction manual Listening Mode Description Input Speaker Source Layout

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