Technical Description - Marantz SR6004 Service Manual

2. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

DTS Neural Surround has been chosen as the
surround sound format for XM Satellite Radio's
"XM HD Surround, " TV sports broadcasting, 7.1
games, Music Direct Internet streaming as well as
leading FM/HD radio stations. It delivers the rich
envelopment and discrete image detail of surround
sound by unmasking the audio details, typically lost
by other playback modes audiences will experience
the deep ambience and subtle details of movies,
music and games.
DTS Manufactured under license from DTS
Licensing Limited. DTS is a registered trademark &
the DTS Logos and Symbol are trademarks of DTS,
Inc. © 1996-2008 DTS, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent
No's: 5,451,942; 5,956,674; 5,974,380; 5,978,762;
6,226,616; 6,487,535; 7,003,467; 7,212,872 & other
U.S. and worldwide patents issued & pending. DTS,
DTS Digital Surround, ES, and Neo:6 are registered
trademarks and the DTS logos, Symbol and DTS
96/24 are trademarks of DTS, Inc. © 1996-2008
DTS, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
• dts Digital Surround
DTS was introduced in 1994 to provide 5.1 channels
of discrete digital audio into home theater systems.
DTS brings you premium quality discrete multichannel
digital sound to both movies and music.
DTS is a multichannel sound system designed to
create full range digital sound reproduction.
The no compromise DTS digital process sets the
standard of quality for cinema sound by delivering
an exact copy of the studio master recordings to
neighborhood and home theaters.
Now, every moviegoer can hear the sound exactly
as the moviemaker intended.
DTS can be enjoyed in the home for either movies
or music on of DVD's, LD's, and CD's.
• dts Neo:6 ®
The advantages of discrete multichannel systems
over matrix are well known.
But even in homes equipped for discrete
multichannel, there remains a need for high-quality
matrix decoding. This is because of the large library
of matrix surround motion pictures available on disc
and on VHS tape; and analog television broadcasts.
The typical matrix decoder of today derives a center
channel and a mono surround channel from two-
channel matrix stereo material. It is better than a
simple matrix in that it includes steering logic to
improve separation, but because of its mono, band-
limited surround it can be disappointing to users
accustomed to discrete multichannel.
Neo:6 offers several important improvements as
follow,
• Neo:6 provides up to six full-band channels of
matrix decoding from stereo matrix material.
Users with 6.1 and 5.1 systems will derive
six and five separate channels, respectively,
corresponding to the standard home-theater
speaker layouts.
• Neo:6 technology allows various sound elements
within a channel or channels to be steered
separately, and in a way which follows naturally
from the original presentation.
• Neo:6 offers a music mode to expand stereo
nonmatrix recordings into the fi ve- or six-channel
layout, in a way which does not diminish the
subtlety and integrity of the original stereo
recording.
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