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Dolby Simplifies TV Atmos Sound With FlexConnect All Image Credit: Dolby Labs Dolby Labs has just announced a new technology that aims to let TV’s connect to compatible wireless speakers and accessories in order to offer Dolby Atmos surround sound experiences without the need for complex speaker placements, re-arranging your […]

Dolby Simplifies TV Atmos Sound With FlexConnect

September 5, 2023 in Audio / News tagged Atmos / Dolby / Dolby Atmos / Dolby Labs / FlexConnect by fromvinyltoplastic

Dolby US Survey Reveals Changes In Adult Listening Preferences Dolby has released its findings from a recently completed survey on the listening habits of adults in the US. So it looks like us golden oldie audiophiles are coming back into fashion. To be honest we were never out of fashion, […]

Dolby US Survey Reveals Changes In Adult Listening Preferences

January 3, 2022 in Audio / News tagged Audio Quality / Dolby / Dolby Atmos / Gen Z / Immersive Sound / Survey by fromvinyltoplastic

2.1 To 11.1.8 What Does It All Mean? – A Refresher Thru the years sound reproduction has really ratchet itself up. From the good old days of mono, on to stereo and now the skies the limit for the number of speakers that your want to surround yourself with to […]

2.1 To 11.1.8 What Does It All Mean? – A Refresher

December 1, 2021 in Audio tagged Audio Formats / Auro 3D / Dolby / Dolby Atmos / Dolby Vision / DTS / DTS:X / Immersive Configurations / Video Formats by fromvinyltoplastic

Dolby Withdraws Upmixing Restrictions — Dolby Withdraws Upmixing Restrictions Dolby has until recently restricted upmixing of non-native Dolby content using their Dolby Surround Upmixer (DSU) technologies. What is an up-mixer I hear you ask? An up-mixer takes an audio signal (like 2CH stereo) and processes it to utilize all of the speakers in your […]

Dolby Withdraws Upmixing Restrictions

September 1, 2019 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Dolby / DTS / Upmixing / Xperia by fromvinyltoplastic

Integra DRX-R1.1 and DRC-R1.1 11.2-Channel Atmos AV Receivers — Integra DRX-R1.1 and DRC-R1.1 11.2-Channel Atmos AV Receivers Introduction After building all my preamps and power amplifiers for decades, I was finally seduced by Onkyo Integra way back in the 80’s when I purchased my first stereo pre/power amplifier, an Onkyo Integra A-8190. Integra was founded as a sub-division of […]

Integra DRX-R1.1 and DRC-R1.1 11.2-Channel Atmos AV Receivers

March 31, 2018 in Equipment / News tagged Atmos / AV Receiver / Dolby / Dolby Vision / DRC-R1.1 / DRX-R1.1 / DTS:X / Integra / Onkyo / Pre-Amplifier / THX by fromvinyltoplastic