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DaLurker said:What does it mean when a set of speakers are THX certified? Does it just mean that the speakers meet a certain benchmark? Or do they have a certain functionality that other speakers lack?
XSNiper said:It's marketing.
Circuitbreaker8 said:
XSNiper said:thanks thats almost the least i've ever wrote...
Nothing.DaLurker said:What does it mean when a set of speakers are THX certified?
indeed... if Bose got THX badges they'd be unstoppable... it'd be a marketing giant!XSNiper said:It's marketing.
lol! nice oneemorphien said:if Bose got THX badges they'd be unstoppable...
emorphien said:indeed... if Bose got THX badges they'd be unstoppable... it'd be a marketing giant!
As it is THX means next to nothing, although in home audio you usually find it on products that are at least halfway decent but it's far from being a legitimate badge of quality anymore. If it was ever worth much.
Good for him i say!Archaea said:Just another actually quite effective way for George Lucas to reel in some more money.
There is a THX surround format,Archaea said:THX isn't a compression algorithm, or anything of the sort
http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/ISEO-rgbtcspd/learningcenter/home/hometheater_surround.htmlTHX Surround EX and Dolby Digital EX
These playback formats are a collaboration between THX and Dolby Labs designed to give surround sound improved directionality. They do essentially the same exact thing, both adding another one or two "back surround" speakers to the speakers already present in a 5.1-channel system in order to provide a more fully 360° wraparound experience. The added channels, rather than being discrete, simply share a matrixed channel of sound composed of information from the regular surround channels.
Currently, many newer DVDs are encoded for Dolby Digital EX, and have that extra channel of surround information ready to go. Also, if you're playing a regular Dolby Digital 5.1-channel DVD, a THX Surround EX or Dolby Digital EX decoder will simulate 6.1- or 7.1-channel surround by processing the audio information in the regular surround channels and sending it to your back surround speaker(s).
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Well, no one really knows what it means because they won't say. If it meant that the unit met certain performance characteristics, that would be great, but without knowing what the criteria are that they are checking for, the rating is useless.mustang_steve said:THX for home audio has certain criteria...first is audio quality, second is the max SPL in a certain environment that the system can put out....third is user friendliness...it has to be something that can be used by someone the first or second time they read the effin manual.
I disagree. The best soundcards perform well above any consumer-level audio equipment, because after all, they are used at the high end for mastering. Even high-end consumer soundcards perform with the rest of the high-end home audio components, because of high-end DACs and good DSP design. Still, soundcards are plagued by a lack of EMI shielding and a pretty poor power supply setup.mustang_steve said:First off....a computer is not a peice of hi-fidelity HT gear....soundcards have a hell of a ways to go first.
xonik said:I disagree. The best soundcards perform well above any consumer-level audio equipment, because after all, they are used at the high end for mastering. Even high-end consumer soundcards perform with the rest of the high-end home audio components, because of high-end DACs and good DSP design. Still, soundcards are plagued by a lack of EMI shielding and a pretty poor power supply setup.
mustang_steve said:you have to remeber that there are two THX standards, home audio and the multimedia (whore's) standard...if you noticed, most THX recievers are rather good quality overall.