B&K Reference 50 Owner's Manual page 10

DTS NEO:6 – DTS Neo:6 is an advanced matrix decoder. It will take any two-channel source and expand it into
five or six channels, depending on the user's speaker layout. Two-channel sources include VHS tapes, broadcast
television, stereo CDs and DVDs. DTS Neo:6 provides separate, optimized modes for stereo music materials and
matrix surround motion picture soundtracks. DTS Neo:6 also decodes a center-surround channel from Extended
Surround matrix soundtracks.
DTS-ES (Extended Surround) - Extended Surround adds a center-surround channel to the existing 5.1-channel
array. DTS-ES brings these soundtracks into the home in DTS quality and is the only home format that can
deliver all 6.1 channels as discrete. DTS-ES is fully compatible with all types of multi-channel systems. All sounds
will be heard, whether played back as discrete, matrix or on a 5.1 system.
DTS 96/24 – More recording is being done at a 96kHz sampling rate and at 24 bits. DTS has always had 24 bit
capability, and DTS 96/24 adds the 96kHz capability. It is fully compatible with existing DTS encoders, which will
output 96/24 tracks at 48 kHz. DTS 96/24 is the only system that provides 5.1 channels of 96/24 along with full-
motion video on DVD-Video and DVD-Audio (video zone). It is also compatible with all DVD-Video players, and is
accessible through the digital output.
DVD Audio (also referred to as MLP) - Meridian Lossless Packing (MLP) is a lossless coding system for high-
quality linear PCM audio. For DVD-Audio MLP performs lossless compression of up to 6 channels of up to 24-bit
material sampled at rates between 44.1kHz and 192kHz. Lossless coding does not alter the final signal; it 'packs'
the audio data into a smaller rate and space. Currently, DVD Audio can only be delivered to your processor via
the analog 5.1 inputs. Sound will normally come from all seven speakers in your system, but your processor can
produce sound in one (mono) to seven channels (see "Audio Modes under Operation").
Home THX Cinema Processing - THX is an exclusive set of standards and technologies established by the
world-renowned film production company, Lucasfilm Ltd. THX grew from George Lucas' personal desire to make
your experience of the film soundtrack, in both movies and in your home theater, as faithful as possible to
whatever the director intended.
Movie soundtracks are mixed in special movie theaters called dubbing stages and are designed for playback in
movie theaters using similar equipment and conditions. The soundtrack created for movie theaters is then directly
put onto reproducible media, DVD, VHS tape Laser disc, etc. with no changes to account for playback in a smaller
home theater environment.
THX engineers developed patented technologies to accurately translate the sound from the movie theater
environment into the home, correcting for the tonal and spatial errors that occur. While Home THX Cinema mode
is active, THX processing is added after the Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby Digital or DTS decoder.
Sound will normally come from all seven speakers in your system, but your processor can produce sound in one
(mono) to seven channels (see "Audio Mode").
Re-Equalization™ - restores the correct tonal balance for watching a movie soundtrack in a small home theater.
Timbre Matching™ - filters the information going to the surround speakers so that they more closely match the
tonal characteristics of the sound coming from the front speakers. This ensures seamless panning from the front
to surround speakers.
Adaptive Decorrelation™ - slightly changes one surround channel's time and phase relationship with respect to
the other surround channel. This expands the listening position and creates a more spatial sense using only two
speakers.
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