The addition
of height channels to a surround sound mix takes your sense of immersion in a movie's world to a phenomenal new level.
Of course, installing a string
of height channels and lining your living room walls with surround speakers may prove a tad more challenging...
It's designed to let you feel closer to the action than before with the help
of height channels, which just like the name indicates, are speakers shooting sound upwards.
On the other hand, one comparison I could make is how the Dolby Surround Upmixer and DTS Neural: X surround sound processing formats made use
of height channels with non-Dolby Atmos / DTS: X encoded content.
The downmix was still very immersive and spacious, with objects placed at points in space similar to a true Atmos mix (helicopters and drones are the best examples), but lacking some of the location preciseness and, of course, some loss
of the height channel experience (although the Dolby TrueHD downmix still produced a better - than - traditional «horizontal» 5.1 or 7.1 channel mix).
Not exact matches
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The researchers set the
height of the fluid
channel to be comparable to a few
of the pairing distance lengths, so that interaction between the pairs and the walls alters the balance toward the A phase over the B phase.
All
of the directional,
height, and ambiance information contained in the Dolby Atmos soundtrack is placed within a 7.1 or 5.1
channel framework (whichever is being used).
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Through the addition
of dedicated
height channels, the sense
of cabin space is expanded to a 3D experience, for a supreme sense
of scale and definition to your music.
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Based on micro-level control
of fluids through tiny
channels, the Tactile Layer technology makes the display not only rise but also exhibit different levels
of size,
height, and firmness, while also morphing into various shapes as well.
I actually have a fear
of heights, but with daughter and wife laughing at me in front
of everyone, either because they knew I was scared or because the harness belt barely went around my stomach, I
channeled my inner Indiana Jones and dove right off.
The double -
height bay windows allow for plenty
of light into the lounge with TV and international
channels and free Wifi.
These hollows are almost identical in width and
height, but the configuration
of the indents themselves alternates between hollows with a flat plane at the bottom and a curve at the top, and hollows with a curve at the bottom and a flat plane on top, giving an undulating, wave - like appearance to the
channel of vertical concaves engraved in the wood.
Stereo cloud - top
heights obtained with the 11 µm and 1.6 µm
channels of ATSR2 were compared with ground - based millimeter - wave cloud radar measurements at both sites.
On average ATSR2 11 µm
channel cloud - top
height retrievals were 350 m higher than those from radar with a standard deviation
of 1 km.
These and cloud - top
height are compared with the same quantities as retrieved by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) level - 2B algorithm applied to four
channels of GOES - 8 imagery measurements.
While high - end receivers offer the full complement
of four
height channels, «entry - level» receivers like the NR646 have just two, and in this case those are the fronts.
There are a number
of ways to get Atmos
height channels into your living room.
The front left and right speakers have additional speakers on top
of the cabinets that perform as Dolby Atmos
height channels, bouncing sound off your ceiling.
Dolby Atmos and DTS: X: Some
of today's top -
of - the - line soundbars will let you take advantage
of the latest object - oriented audio technologies, such as Dolby Atmos and DTS: X. Soundbars that feature object - oriented audio, are typically limited to 5.1.2 or 7.1.2 configuration, where they only reproduce the front two
height effects
channels.
And you'll be topped out at that point: You won't be able to expand to a 7.1 -
channel system (with a pair
of rear surround speakers) or a 5.1.2 -
channel system (with a pair
of height speakers that can take advantage
of something like Dolby Atmos).
Samsung's first Atmos bar — which uses
height channels that bounce sound off your ceiling for another dimension
of immersion — may be pricey, but it offers a ton
of features, including separate wireless speakers (though they must be plugged in) to elevate your sound for a thrilling experience.
Dolby Atmos adds an extra
height channel to programmes, instead
of having «regular» surround sound at ear level.
The bar houses dual 2.5 - inch midrange drivers and a single 1 - inch tweeter for each
of its three
channels, along with dual 2.5 - inch
height drivers for Atmos.
The left, right, and center
channels use two 2.75 - inch x 1.5 - inch drivers apiece, while each
of the dual
height channels boast just a single 2.3 - inch driver.
Each
of the satellite speakers boasts a 2.5 - inch speaker each for the
height and surround
channels, and an eight - inch side - firing driver sits inside the sub cabinet.
Atmos, for the uninitiated, is a scalable object - based sound system available with seven
channels of amplification, in a 5.1.2 (five surround
channels, one subwoofer output and two
height channels) speaker configuration.
The surround speakers are what produce the
height channels of the audio mix.
The Prime Elevation were primarily designed as
height channel speakers for immersive audio but they'll work in any
of a number
of configurations.
The two primary
channel speakers, left and right, should be placed roughly 3 - 4 feet off the center
of the viewing screen (feel free to shrink these offsets if you have a particularly large screen to contend with) and at roughly ear
height with the listener.
A next - generation audio format, Atmos effectively adds
height to the traditional flatbed
of surround sound, but it's more than just another
channel.
We particularly missed the «sphere
of sound» effect you get with Atmos when you've got rear
height channels married up with front
height channels.
The
height channels combine with an arsenal
of 32 front - loaded beam drivers.
Integra today introduced one
of the very first object - based surround sound bars to support the latest DTS: X and Dolby Atmos home theater formats which provide a
height -
channel.
HBO has decided to remaster series one to four
of Game
of Thrones to include the extra
height channels and is putting the Dolby Atmos mixes onto special edition Blu - ray box - sets.
On top
of it all (literally) there are two «
height channel» speakers that make this a perfect centerpiece in your Dolby Atmos or DTS: X home theater.
With the addition
of front width and front
height channels on top
of a 7.1 system, Audyssey allows for 11.1
channels of surround sound.
«The Elevations are just too good to use only as
height channels... Highly recommended... A 10 out
of 10 from me on this one.»
The recent development
of 9 and 11
channel surround sound processors brings Wide and
Height «presence»
channels into the system to even further enhance sound stage spaciousness and immersion.
An additional four - inch, up - firing driver hides beneath a metal speaker guard on top to bounce sound off your ceiling for
height channels, with a claimed frequency response
of 90Hz to 20kHz.
If using Fig 5 wheels, install a second rail board halfway up the
height of the board to create a wheel
channel.