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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

Acoustics 101-Designing Porous, Resonant and Reflective Sound Treatments — Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 3 In Loudspeaker Basics 101 part 3, this final post in the series, we examine where your stereo/satellite speakers should be placed, and in particular the optimum locations for your sub-woofers. Introduction Life was so much easier years ago when we just had monophonic reproduction […]

Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 3

October 18, 2019 in Audio / Technical Posts tagged Atmos / Auro 3D / DTS:X / Immersive Sound / Loudspeaker Basics 101 / Multi-Channel Audio / Satellite Speakers / Stereo / Sub Placement / Subwoofers 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