DTS has been working on object-based sound formats under different names for several years and we believe that DTS:X will also prove to be an object-based immersive surround sound format.ĭolby Atmos can use speakers that bounce sound off the ceiling or actual ceiling-mounted speakers (pictured) to create its immersive surround field, AURO-3D is channel-based, while Dolby Atmos is object-based. Immersive Sound can be channel-based (content is mixed for a specific pre-defined speaker layout) or object-based (sounds are stored with meta data that defines the sound's position in space along with speed and direction if the sound is moving).

The company released a demo disc at CES this year with some tracks purported to be encoded in DTS:X (but we have no way of verifying that yet). At this point, details on DTS:X are a bit sketchy thought the company promises that there will be more details available at the official DTS:X launch in March of this year. Three's company? The immersive sound market is expected to grow by one (DTS:X) in March, 2015.ĭTS:X will be the third major immersive sound format to hit the market, though to date there are no theatrical titles released or announced in the format. Dolby Atmos was the first to enter the consumer market in the US in any real numbers when the format became available on mass market home theater receivers and processors beginning in August, 2014. But AURO-3D really hit the US home market in December of 2014 when a software upgrade became available for select Denon and Marantz receivers.ĭolby Atmos came to theaters a bit later (2012) but made a much bigger splash with over 230 titles announced or released in its first two and a half years.

The first product announced to include AURO-3D support for the home was their Auriga receiver ($17,000) announced in May, 2014. According to Auro, there are approximately 100 theatrical titles released or committed in the AURO-3D format, but a fairly small number of these are global release major films that most viewers would have heard of. AURO-3D was the first immersive sound format in theaters (2011) but hasn't caught on that widely in the U.S. Immersive sound (or immersive surround) is a term used to describe any of the new '3D' surround sound formats which include height speakers to augment the listening experience. We'd like to address some of the questions about these formats as they exist today. We've had a few readers write in asking questions or leaving comments about the new 'immersive sound' or 'immersive surround' height-enhanced surround sound formats: Dolby Atmos, AURO-3D and DTS:X.

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