Sound Formats EXPLAINED

[@badbirdkc]

Working at a theater is the 90s, we were all over this stuff. We had a theater with one auditorium that was THX, and it was a pretty big deal. It was formally a United Artist theater. Back in the day, they had a lot of clout and could get big, exclusive movies. When companies changed hands, they still had the equipment and eventually let the THX license lapse, but it still sounded amazing. When Cinemark came to town, they made a really big deal about promoting their THX houses. I saw tons of movies back then, and had my favorite theaters. The CInemark with the DTS/THX combo was my favorite.

[@SebastianSegura1138]

Cinemark unfortunately doesn't care anymore. They don't even play THX Trailers before shows in their THX auditoriums.

[@Shantae-June22002]

@@SebastianSegura1138They should

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

The Tomlinson Holman Experiment sounds like a phenomenal prog rock band.

[@joegigs4999]

That was really interesting. As an audiophile I hope we get more content like this!

[@timestamp3919]

In surround sound: Have a seat.

[@iNeverHadMercy]

11:54 and also in cars! My 2014 Lincoln MKS has the 14-speaker THX Audio system. It has a dedicated center channel and trunk mounted subwoofer that is ported through the rear deck. Sounds absolutely incredible

[@lapisphilosophorum2313]

Subscribed. I love your work, Joe. Keep it up.

[@JugandoConNetbooks]

i remember the THX logo in the beginning of the NFS Underground games on PC

[@DukeDudeston]

And the GameCube and PS2. Which as Joe said just seems that EA paid a license to get that on the game for flex reasons?

[@Bakuzone2312]

Yeah most early 2000's EA games were THX certified and there were some games that were THX certfied weren't EA

[@phunq9087]

Joe I am loving the content for this new channel and I learned a lot from this video! I can't wait to see what content you have lined up for the future!

[@kadosho02]

That was excellent coverage of each sound format. There have been so many over time. It's great to have a primer on what each one is capable of in presentation & performance.

[@Teknoman]

Thank you, i've always had questions about sound formats, but there really arent many pieces of content that provide simple descriptions and all in one

[@user-bj1mx2ip1c]

Same here, i dont know what to choose for my surround sound in my xbox. Like I have blu rays w dts-HD and Dolby True-HD but there is no option on the xbox. Do I just choose uncompressed 7.1 or just choose Atmos for dolby content and DTS:X for all DTS content as I heard they might be backwards compatible w all their lesser formats. Do you know what I am supposesbto do. I cant find anything on this and like 50 plus million people use the xbox as their blu raybplayer but not 1 explaination on the whole darn internet.

[@InvertedGamez]

Awesome video! Super interesting and helpful to have all of these formats laid out like this. Also loved hearing the Super Monkey Ball music!

[@Scott-fj9uf]

Joe! I love this new channel! I’ve long been interested in audio formats and this truly was illuminating!!

[@killervacuum]

i love all these film promo animations

[@Gorkab]

Excellent stuff! I would love for you to break down what the sound is on different formats as well, from VHS, LaserDisc, DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD, perhaps in the future?

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Really, thank you. This was one of the most confusing thing for the longest that I'm slightly more confident about.

[@nfugitt89]

That conductor THX pre-roll scared the hell out of me as a kid

[@quibquatch3975]

I think whatever you do is entertaining Joe. Very informative, thank you! I hope you expand upon this and offer some optimal equipment solutions to specific consoles, kind of how My Life in Gaming does for getting the best possible video quality for each individual video game system. I have always wondered if my audio setup is "incorrect" and if I can get better sound from where I position my speakers, what receiver to use, going into options within games/consoles and choosing the correct format, etc. Looking forward to more!

[@criativoscopio]

Great video, i always wanted to know more about SDDS. Also, if you check the War of The Worlds DVD with Tom Cruise, there are 2 tracks: Dolby Digital and DTS, and OH BOY you can tell the difference on the bitrate right from the beginning. It’s pretty abysmal mainly on high notes, like the back fence on the house shaking just before the lightning strikes.

[@jacobedwards5376]

Ah another way to get my sack fix...

[@ZappahVideo]

Awesome work, Joe! Great subject and a great new channel. Subscribed. A real shame that KZbin only lets me hear it in simple-ass stereo, and not the 7.1 you intended!

[@Bakuzone2312]

Love the Super Monkey Ball music. Miss that game

[@theflyingninja1]

Where's Dave?? Oh.. sorry, wrong channel.

[@yoshimajestic1666]

Awesome! I want to see more of this!

[@qbaseden]

This is indeed very well put...beyond the reach of most though. Still, (digitally) knowing Joe I can understand why he needed to get this on record. Nice. Thanks.

[@sonicsju]

By far the most educational video Ive seen about sound format. One format that was missing, the RSS “Roland Surround Sound” which was used in “Snatcher” for PCE CD & SEGA CD. Was that a true format or just a fancy name for a sound gimmick??

[@soundsack5400]

Ah yes, to my knowledge that was just another thing like Qsound... an attempt to expand stereo into a "virtual" 3D space. Forgot about that one!

[@JoystickVersusMachine]

Dracula X and Ys 4 also have this and I can’t really tell any difference. RSS was supposed to make the soundstage a bit wider, maybe?

[@Kiba_Fox]

This is the perfect explanation period.

[@Danhanado]

Love this new channel, Monkey Target 2 is a great choice of bgm

[@altaybadirov9993]

Fantastic summary. Clarified alot of my guesses and questions.. Thanks alot!

[@blazingsoulhunter2862]

Hey Joe, do you know that most Disney VHS tapes releases used “Lucasfilm Ltd.” instead of “Digitally Mastered”? Just about every THX certified VHS known to man has the dreaded THX Broadway trailer except one. The DVD’s had mostly Broadway, sometimes different THX trailers such as Cavalcade, Tex 1/2, Broadway 2000 and Amazing Life. As for laserdiscs, mostly Broadway and sometimes Cimarron, JFYI. (Just for your information).

[@timestamp3919]

Wow, just found bonus Game Sack content!

[@dyllburg]

How have I only just found out about this channel!?

[@mbe102]

This is really good. I'm enjoying these a lot!

[@TOOTKS]

I'm currently using Dolby Atmos trough Razer Nari Ultimate X headset on a Xbox Series X. For some reason, DTS X and Microsoft's equivalent causes me to suffer from migraines. Which is a shame as DTS X seems to have more clarity. Great video again.

[@lucymorrison]

when im in a launching shittons of confusing formats competition and my opponent is dolby

[@Designsbyg]

Thank you very much for this. I run 35mm as a hobby. Its good information as I consider myself a rookie. I am running a CP500 and have DTS along with Dolby Digital.

[@fruit_smoovie]

Never took ya as an audio guy, instant subscribe.

[@mahoro5437]

Great video! Thanks 🙌🏾

[@JM-ii2yk]

Thanks i didn't know y'all did these

[@SebastianSegura1138]

Where were the THX trailers from? They very clear and the best scans I've seen!

[@bf0189]

I'm an audio nerd and have a 5.1 set up so this is great! Does KZbin support multichannel yet?

[@soundsack5400]

It's still stereo only, sadly.

[@hersnab]

Learnt a bunch from this and was thoroughly entertained. Thanks so much :-)

[@alyx4436]

KZbin, Can I like this video 4,000 times please? Not just because the video is that amazing, but because the total number of likes would be 5.1k and everyone knows 5.1 is really really cool.

[@jackofallgamesTV]

Yeah I'm having trouble getting all my movies converted into headphones surround. My first love of surround formats came when the The TV salesman looked at our media room which is very asymmetrical and in 2008 said it would cost $10,000 in labor alone plus the equipment to get it working in one particular place for surround sound. Luckily my friend was a competitor on WCG Ultimate Gamer season 1 and he never played his headphones before he listened to the Triton sponsored headphones and it's the games that use them well he said he could pick out sounds in 3D and make decisions a lot quicker and Do a lot more blind dodging and blind aiming than a normal stereo set. I got a Turtle Beach DSS1 which works great for the movie or video game.... As long as the movie or video game is encoded in some form of Dolby. Every Dolby movie sounded great through that every DTS movie was silent. Every LPCM movie sounded lackluster. The PlayStation 3 had auto conversions to any of the three formats based on what you told that your sound system could do. The Xbox One S came really close to the perfect audio system for movies that You could buy Dolby Atmos headphone for 15 bucks or DTS X headphone for 20 bucks or both and also use window Sonic which converts LPCM into a headphone surround track. The problem with that is it doesn't auto switch for some strange reason. I asked Dolby and DTS representatives why would anyone want to listen to all Dolby even on DTS movies and vice versa and both of them admitted you want to keep the headphone format and original movie format hand in glove. Mixing formats is the worst thing you could do in home theater. In our communal surround sound room we have to make compromises we have a Turtle Beach DSS1 but It only works on TV shows on Dish Network and on movies that are encoded in Dolby. No one makes a universal headphone adapter that could be spread to three or more users on headphones that could convert every movie accurately into 3D surround sound. The closest thing I found was the Xbox One S. The problem is I need to keep my One S for the 3D movies because the series S doesn't do 3D movies or blu-rays in general because it doesn't have a physical disc. But it couldn't do 3D digital movies either. What would be the best solution to this problem?

[@GeoFavTech]

Definitely need more views for this very informative. Sony receivers still have the sddr format still in its membrane for some reason Sony receivers apart from the high end. Tend to miss certain sounds, I changed my Sony amp for a pioneer 7.2.2 and clearly the sound of ocean and near field sound was more noticeable. Now I could have gone with yah mama or Denon. Pioneer Elites never fail. Has all the resources I listen too.

[@user-bj1mx2ip1c]

i dont know what to choose for my surround sound in my xbox. Like I have blu rays w dts-HD and Dolby True-HD but there is no option on the xbox. Do I just choose uncompressed 7.1 or just choose Atmos for dolby content and DTS:X for all DTS content as I heard they might be backwards compatible w all their lesser formats. Do you know what I am supposesbto do. I cant find anything on this and like 50 plus million people use the xbox as their blu raybplayer but not 1 explaination on the whole darn internet.

[@GeoFavTech]

@@user-bj1mx2ip1c don’t choose uncompressed some receivers have a mode that lets DTs true hd atmos passthrough. On the Xbox there’s stereo or digital audio that passes through hdmi. Just get a 7.2 amp you should be good. Most streaming use digital HD. Some Amazon movies have atmos not all VUDU has atmos you need a good internet stream atleast 12 MPs.

[@user-bj1mx2ip1c]

@@GeoFavTech i have 200 megabit internet so im good. I have a q950a samsung sound bar setup and no reciever. You mentioned DTs true HD but DTS is DTS-HD and dolbys is dolby True HD. The xbox one x options are: 5.1 or 7.1 uncompressed, dolby digital, DTS digital, Dolby Atmos, and DTX. My issue is which one do I choose if my blu rays is either dolby true hd or DTS-HD as xbox has neither but has the older formats and newest formats but not those formats which are the most popular on blurays from reg HD movies. I been going by ear and i used a DTS HD blue ray and went back and forth between DTS digital, DTX, and 7.1 and it seems the 7.1 sounds the best, and since dts hd and dolby true hd are 7.1 maybe thats why theybdidnt include it fugured we would maybe know better as it is uncompressed sound vs dts and dolbys compressed 7.1 sound formats. The 7.1 did sound better than the dts digital and better than the dtx. Thats my take but im new to this. If you could give any pointers i would be extremely greatful. And i have everything connected to soundbar and eARC to tv from soundbar so i have good bandwidth

[@GeoFavTech]

@@user-bj1mx2ip1c soundbars don’t have all the audio formats unless you atleast 1500$. Now your question which one you set it on that depends on you setting it from the bluray audio settings menu if u choose Dts-HD that’s what the Xbox one sends to your soundbar speakers. If your speakers are Dolby Atmos means you have a pair of upward firing speakers. Problem with soundbars u can’t turn off speakers and listen to the Atmos audio only. To be honest Atmos audio in a movie is 15% of the movie. that’s why Dolby Atmos sample videos are so popular you get all the juicy video sound in 30 sec to 2 minute video. I play those when visitors come over to explain the new video sound format.

[@user-bj1mx2ip1c]

@@GeoFavTech i have a $1800 soundbar set. Im just sticking w uncompressesed 7.1, as said before, the odd thing is my soundbar gives the xbox the option to choose dts digital (5.1), but it doesnt show dts HD (7.1) but it shows 7.1 uncompressed. Soundbar on xbox does show DTX as a option which is the newest 3d surround format from DTS. So why would the soundbar or xbox show the older DTs and newest but not the middle which is the majority of 1080p blurays. So I don't know rather to choose the newest or older format but I've deducted it must be 7.1 uncompressed.

[@samuelg7673]

The Pink Floyd Immersion Box Sets have the original Quadrophonic Pink Floyd album mixes on them.

[@xmaverickhunterkx]

This is the video I always wanted but didn't know where or how to find.

[@bondosho]

Doesn't like QSound, yet puts Ecco in the closing scene, which is in QSound, lol. Good stuff Joe!

[@j7ndominica051]

This was a compact and clear summary. My perception is that Dolby usually was the first to invent a technology first, then DTS tried to one-up it at a higher bitrate, and we need to pay license fees to both and often have duplicate tracks on discs. A gaming computer could output separate channels, why would it choose a compressed format to send the signal a few meters to an amp?

[@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii]

I would think it's to save on storage space media.

[@techtinker5089]

Love this Sound Sack thing you are doing. Keep them coming please! You should do a video explaining how to properly use surround. For example, when I watch a vhs which has the “Dolby Surround” logo on it. Which mode should I set my receiver to? Would the “PLIIX” setting give me the proper sound?

[@StrtSlct]

I'm triggered by the double-error "Thanks for watching!" at the end

[@StrtSlct]

But seriously, good video. Always wondered why there was a ".1" at the end of certain render settings in Premiere Pro, this'll be why.

[@soundsack5400]

That was the intent. Did you see it fix itself?

[@jeffroberts9693]

Somehow I missed this 7 months ago. Interesting episode! I feel less ignorant. About sound formats anyway. Still ignorant overall though.

[@MrKrimstah]

Thanks for the show, are you going to go through every console and explain the best way to extract sound from it?

[@catube6915]

Nice explanation, thx

[@Atlink]

Something tells me that the "low pass" audio was edited in... Can't quite put my finger on why though...

[@gamesdog9067]

I’ve only just discovered how many older dvds and Blu-rays use DTS especially DTS master audio. And I discovered this only after buying a new OLED tv… which doesn’t support DTS! I think this will be a problem going forward, the more new sound formats created, the more companies will ditch others due to licensing fees.

[@j7ndominica051]

As patents for the older compression formats expire, manufacturers can put open source software codecs in a TV. AC-3 is now free. I'm not sure where DTS stands as it is newer. Patents last about 20 years. Now Dolby invents newer formats and convinces everyone that we need them to keep a revenue stream coming.

[@darkwingdave79]

I'm going to LOVE this new channel from the creator of Game Sack. Sound in film was important to me since I was a young teen growing up. I can pinpoint my love for a film soundtrack: Jurassic Park in THX!!! I was in jr high when I saw it. That classic demo started and I was all "that the fuck is a.... WOAH!!!!!!!". I... LOVE... THX!!!!!! The theater roared with excitement. Ever since, my mother hated when I watched a movie for THAT, our home theater (2 speakers) at the time had to be cranked and felt with the bass. She still doesn't get why it has to be "loud". I'm still THAT nerd yesterday, today and tomorrow. It's paying off though... my buddies, my family watch movies at my place because of Covid-19 shutting down the theaters. The HBO Max streaming is awesome as well as every streaming platform out there. I host "Movie Night" with eatz, beers and awesomeness. I recently scored a 2.1 THX computer set-up from Wal-Mart (sounds amazing) for my projector that I set up for what I call it "Movies Under The Stars". I can't wait to get tips from this channel. Stay awesome, stay amazing and stay safe... all of yous.

[@tentativeentertainment3363]

Thank you

[@jbird_inc]

IMAX theatrically has its own audio format that films are mixed for to play in these theaters. There is the older 6 track format and the modern 12 track. What makes the format unique is that it does not have an LFE channel at all as all IMAX speakers are full range meaning they can reproduce low frequencies.

[@soundsack5400]

Well all normal theater speakers are full range as well. The LFE is its own independent channel and not there just to pick up the slack from the main channels. Very very few cinemas have their low frequencies crossed over with a subwoofer. IMAX is a different beast (don't take that to mean "better" because it isn't).

[@jbird_inc]

@@soundsack5400 That's interesting to know, I was not aware of this fact, IMAX propaganda probably got to me lol. BTW great video, I loved how you explained all audio formats including Dolby Stereo which always confused me. I also appreciate mentioning video games as gaming audio/sound formats/ surround sound is not talked about at all.

[@Nordlicht05]

I think I try hook up my spare speakers again. Do use a 3.1 audio. I do not have high end audio. It is a 5.1 set from a rel. small builder in Berlin "Teufel" Is optical hooked up to an receiver and than to the sub and from there to the speakers.

[@middle_pickup]

So if you're trying to play older consoles in surround sound, what do you need? Do modern surround receivers decode older formats that Playstation and Playstation 2 games would output correctly?

[@chrisfratz]

I figured THX have a game certification because they're owned by Razer. Which makes a lot of gaming periferals.

[@mahdyfouad4822]

very educational. thanks sir

[@RickyMcSpanish]

What does everybody use in their 5.1 home theatre set up? Genuinely interested as I can never decide

[@Namibal204]

is there any software that can simulate surround sound, or convert a file to surround, i know one would be boom3d, and one could be the razer surround, but those are live feeds, i was wondering if there was something for converting?

[@nighttimevideo]

What's the music during the Binaural Sound segment?

[@GameSack]

That's Ecco the Dolphin on the Sega CD, which was recorded in QSound... very effectively I might add. Especially it's sequel, Tides of Time.

[@antonmansa]

Actually, as reported by WSR many many moons ago, Tomlinson Holman Experiment was a term coined by the press and George Lucas being the considerate person he was never denied nor confirmed it. Find the very elaborate WSR article regarding THX, any true videophile will find it a fastenating

[@Monacomaverick]

I feel as though Q Sound is most noticeable in Sonic CD. Certain sounds seem brighter and more dynamic than others. It's hard to describe in words, but there is a difference.

[@JoystickVersusMachine]

The best use of QSound remains Madonna’s Immaculate Collection album. La Isla Bonita (Immaculate Version) was used to sell stereos for a long time.

[@mmojdeenettfsavecanadathxt191]

I wonder what Dolby City DTS Trailer and SDDS Trailer THX Broadway And Cimarron Trailers Was from

[@MrRom92DAW]

Q-sound at the end of the day IS totally normal stereo, on a technical basis. It’s just very widely mixed with some occasional phase tricks employed by the processor in the mixing stage. I don’t like to look at Q-sound from the perspective of “Q-sound is better or worse than no Q-sound” but rather, it just is what it is. Some things used it and some things didn’t, but ultimately they sound how they sound. At the end of the day there really IS no basis for comparison. Some things were mixed with it and some (most) things weren’t. The US soundtracks for Sonic CD and Ecco The Dolphin CD are mixed with Q sound, as were many of the titles worked on by that composer (his name escapes me) They both have a very particular, high-gloss sheen to them typical of late 80’s/early 90’s pop/funk (in the case of sonic) or New Age music (in the case of Ecco.) I think the Q sound mixing is complementary to that style that was particularly in vogue at the time. They sound right to me. And it’s not like there is a non-Q Sound version, so again, they sound how they sound whether you ignore the fact they used Q-sound or not. For another great Q-sound demonstration album, - excellent on headphones - and something a bit more popular/mainstream than game music, look for the original 1990 CD release of Madonna’s “Immaculate Collection”. It’s a compilation album of practically all her biggest hits up to that point, all newly remixed in Q-sound. Since some of the remixes are so drastically different to the originals I think it is able to stand on its own merits as a great listening experience without an apples-to-oranges comparison to the originals.

[@soundsack5400]

Not entirely sure what you're getting at. But Q-Sound is a thing just like Dolby Pro-Logic is a thing. Both are delivered via normal stereo connection and both require stereo. Q-Sound is worth discussing, and people wonder how it can envelop you and how you should place your speakers to take advantage of it, etc.

[@MrRom92DAW]

@@soundsack5400 I would say the distinction between Q-sound and Pro-Logic is that with pro-logic, there are multiple channels of audio going into the processor at the studio to matrix them into a 2 channel format, and then on the listener’s end there is another layer of processing that attempts to re-separate those channels as originally input. There is something there that has to be encoded, and then de-coded. Q-sound on the other hand from every step in the studio to the end listener is only stereo. It’s a very enveloping use of those 2 channels, but from beginning to end, still stereo. The Q-sound processor in the studio would be patched in during the mixing stage and applied to individual channels on the board, but it just affected their phase relationship between those 2 channels. Similar tricks have existed since the 60’s but Q-sound was an effort to give the process a cool name, standardize it and market it as such. I think it’s cool. It’s a shame it didn’t really make it past the mid-90’s! It’s worth noting that there were also more advanced implementations of Q-sound that were a bit closer technically to what pro-logic achieved, but the one used for on some music CDs (and by extension, some Sega CD games with redbook CD audio) was the earlier, more basic implementation.

[@angelfire2023]

Mono speaker gigachads, where you at?

[@eduardoanonimo3031]

Dolby Virtual?

[@ErinGoBragh0930]

But, what about home tv sound formats like SRS and BBE that was popular on Sony Trinitrons years ago? What are they and what do they do exactly? I think Sony might still be using SRS on its current LCD/LED tvs or, at least, a newer variant

[@brucewallace1600]

Is my head phone set good

[@DiGiTyDarKMaN]

You need a channel with standalone Greendog videos next.

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

Greendog Sack?

[@DiGiTyDarKMaN]

@@tommylakindasorta3068 Greeeeeeennnnn Dawg.

[@v1deo.hunter.d317]

DTS Master Race!

[@JDA89]

If this helps anyone...I recently watched Cruella on Blu Ray. This has DTS Master Audio in it. I am running PS4 to Soundbar to Projector. I played with the sound settings both in The PS4 and Blue Ray settings. With "Bitstream(Direct)" Selected in Blue Ray along with Bitstream Dolby selected in PS4 I got Dolby Digital. With Bitstream DTS selected on PS4 setting I got DTS Surround. BUT with LPCM selected on both PS4 and Blue Ray the display on the blue ray(press pause for this display to show) I got the DTS Master 7.1 audio fed into my setup. I only have a 5.1 setup so idk what happens to the those other 2 channels 🤣🤷. Also in LPCM the dialogue was alot better from the center channel. However I believe video games get downgraded to stereo in lpcm possibly. The action scenes and object sounds actually sounded surround (Horizon Zero Dawn) but whenever you speak to someone I heard voice in the 3 front channels. So theres that.

[@laartwork]

For Qsound it was permanently in the mix. It was never utilized well. You can hear it's potential at 1:07 of the Sting song Mad About You even on your stereo phone. Put phone close to your face with the stereo positioned left and right. If you hold the phone so left and right are vertical it doesn't work and the slide bass almost dissappears. But when positioned properly the bass is to the left and slightly behind. Back in 1990 you could see how can engineer is worried it will mess up the mono mix or sub par listening. But it Eleven works from KZbin video kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6nXiq2lZbR_jtUsi=s-PRhV4Jc2NYz-8t

[@CiccioImberlicchio]

So wait, Q Sound wasn't made by Capcom? i always thought it was something they made for their games since back in the arcades a game had to be loud and flashy to stand out

[@lilbshull]

Can you do a video on the DSD format? I've always had hard time wrapping my head around it. True original PS3 release was able to decode SACDs and re-encode to LPCM 192kHz (I think that was the highest but rate). It's one feature people don't talk about much when they talk about the ways Sony downgraded the PS3 to make it more affordable.

[@williammarston1861]

Hi there, Do you prefer the AVR for a home cinema kind of approach or do you rather have the preamp / mono block kind of route??

[@Arrozconchopsticks]

Still using Dolby Digital with my Series X until I can upgrade my AVR.

[@AndyDo]

I'm going to use a "laser" to separate the soundscape of Dark Side of the Moon. A plan I've dubbed the "Alan Parsons Project." - Dr. Aural

[@johneygd]

Interesting ,i never tout dolby prologic could distinguisch out of phase audio with regular audio while saperating mono from stereo,dolby prologic 2 has stereo out of phase audio, now am surprised that dolby stereo uses noise filtering and dolby prologic not,but i guess dolby stereo just uses a agressive lowpass filter to reduce noise.

[@tatsumasa6332]

No ultra stereo? 1986 Cobra was.

[@GameSack]

Ultra Stereo is basically the same matrix as Dolby Surround (center and surround derived from a stereo signal ie Pro-Logic). We had several of their processors back in my cinema days. I'm amazed that Ultra Stereo got anyone to slap their logo on their movie. They were mainly just a hardware manufacturer for cinema. Ultra Stereo processors went into the smaller auditoriums that the theater chain didn't wanna spend the money to put the more expensive Dolby processors into. And you could definitely see and feel their cheapness, but they sounded OK.

[@Fla5thgenTryMe]

I like Q sound.

[@joezegers]

I have a thing for Auro 3D :P

[@suttipayal-gz7se]

Y more people not explained ultra streos

[@romulino]

it was entertaining

[@Laissez_Faire]

To me DTS always sounded best and was always the most dynamic

[@cheesebusiness]

Dolbyt normalno

[@DeanThomson]

Naww xenosaga music

[@bennyrosa9103]

So THX is nothing more than a licensing fee and having a potentially lazy technician to ok your system? Interesting

[@joncarlos716]

Thx got greedy they put themselves out of business.

[@tltoan0s300]

👍

[@stopmotionking49]

DTS is better then dolby digital SDDS

[@jeaninneoliver14]

Too bad you never heard of Les Paul.Ask your wife.

[@Laissez_Faire]

You forgot super audio cd 💿

[@audiosex]

How much do you know about sound.....I'll stay subscribed to this if you can fill us with your knowledge. I mean you should do a explained on soundchips on video games like the Genesis or the SNES :)

[@richardsix4473]

Very interesting video, I learned a lot! Just one question: what happens it I listen to True HD with an 5.1 setup? Am I missing something there? Is the audio replay corrupted or so?

[@csciacchitano]

Love this new channel. Just got my first semi-surround system (A soundbar with subwoofer and rear speakers) for Christmas, and I'm already amazed at how much I was missing for so long. Looking forward to more videos and going back to games that I didn't have a chance to experience properly!

[@MaidenHell1977]

I've been a huge fan of surround sound since getting my PS3 back in 2009. Before that I experimented with non discreet Quadraphonic sound and JVC's Hyper Surround Sound. But I bought a Yamaha 5.1 Dolby Digital made in 1999 and hooked it up to 4 speakers, a center speaker and powered subwoofer to my PS3 and I haven't looked back. I think I'm gonna really like this channel a lot. Cheer's Joe.