Onkyo TX-RZ3100 - Page 64

ThiscannotbeselectedwhenusingtheMultizonefeature.Activatingthe
Multizonefeaturewhilethismodeisselectedautomaticallyswitchesthe
listeningmodetoDirect.
Stereo
Inthismode,soundisoutputfromthefrontleftandrightspeakersandsubwoofer.
StudioMix
Suitableforrockorpopmusic.Listeningtomusicinthismodecreatesalively
soundfieldwithapowerfulacousticimage,likebeingatacluborrockconcert.
TD(TheaterDimensional)
Inthismode,youcanenjoyavirtualplaybackofmultichannelsurroundsound
evenwithonlytwoorthreespeakers.Thisworksbycontrollinghowsoundsreach
thelistener'sleftandrightears.
THX
THXisaseriesofspecificationsfortheaccuratereproductionofmovies
propoundedbythefilmdirectorGeorgeLucas.THXlisteningmodesincludethe
THXCinemamode,andusingtechnologysuchasTHXLoudnessPlusand
TimbreMatching,thesoundofamovietheaterisreproducedaccurately.
THXtechnology:
Amoviesoundtrackismixedinlargescaletheaterspeciallymadeformixingthat
iscalledadubbingstageontheassumptionthatthesoundtrackisplayedinsuch
theaterswithsimilarequipmentandconditions.Thesesoundtracksarerecorded
asis,evenwhenrecordingtoaDVDVideo,forexample,withoutmakingany
modificationstosuitahometheater.THXtechnologyisabletoreproducethe
theatersoundinahometheaterenvironmentbyminimizingacousticandspatial
deviation.
THXLoudnessPlus
THXLoudnessPlusisanewvolumecontroltechnologyfeaturedinTHXUltra2
PlusandTHXSelect2PluscertifiedAVreceivers.WithTHXLoudnessPlus,home
theateraudiencescanexperiencetherichdetailsofsurroundsoundatany
volumelevel.Ifthevolumeisturneddownbelowthereferencelevel,elementsof
soundinacertainrangearelostorthesoundisperceiveddifferentlybyaudience.
THXLoudnessPluscompensatesforthetonalandspatialshiftsthatoccurwhen
thevolumelevelisreduced,byintelligentlycorrectingthelevelsofthesurround
channelsandtheirfrequencyresponseintheenvironment.
ReEQ
Thespeakersforthefrontchannelareinstalledbehindthescreeninamovie
theater.Forthisreasonthehighrangeisenhancedinthefrontchannelofthe
soundtracktotakeaccountofacousticcharacteristicssuchasthenecessityto