Yamaha YAS-70BL Owners Manual - Page 32

Additional information Glossary ■ Air Surround Front surround sound system which is developed by Yamaha enables the surround sound field. In comparison with traditional front surround technologies, the Air Surround system enables a wide range of natural surround sound field. ■ Channel (ch) A channel is an audio type that has been divided based on range and other characteristics. Ex. 5.1 channel • Front speakers, Left (1ch), Right (1ch) • Center speaker (1 ch) • Surround speakers, Left (1ch), Right (1ch) • Subwoofer (1 ch x 0.1* = 0.1 ch) * In contrast to a full 1-channel band, a component designed to enhance low frequency sound for added effect. ■ CINEMA DSP (Digital Sound Field Processor) Since the Dolby Surround and DTS systems were originally designed for use in movie theaters, their effect is best felt in a theater having many speakers and designed for acoustic effects. Since home conditions, such as room size, wall material, number of speakers, and so on, can differ so widely, it's inevitable that there are differences in the sound heard as well. Based on a wealth of actually measured data, Yamaha CINEMA DSP uses Yamaha original sound field technology to combine Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Digital and DTS systems to provide the visual and audio experience of movie theater in the listening room of your own home. ■ Dolby Digital Digital surround sound system which is developed by Dolby Laboratories provides completely independent multi-channel audio. With 3 front channels (left, center, and right) and 2 surround stereo channels, Dolby Digital provides five full-range audio channels. With an additional channel especially for bass effects (called LFE, or low frequency effect), the system has a total of 5.1-channels (LFE is counted as 0.1 channel). By using 2-channel stereo for the surround speakers, more accurate moving sound effects and surround sound environment are possible than with Dolby Surround. ■ Dolby Pro Logic II It is an improved matrix decoding technology that provides better spatiality and directionality on Dolby Surround programmed material; provides a convincing three-dimensional sound field on conventional stereo music recordings; and is ideally suited to bring the surround experience to automotive sound. While conventional surround programming is fully compatible with Dolby Surround Pro Logic II decoders, soundtracks will be able to be encoded specifically to take full advantage of Pro Logic II playback, including separate left and right surround channels. ■ DTS Digital surround sound system developed by DTS, Inc., which provides 5.1 channel audio. With an abundance of audio data, it is able to provide authentic-sounding effects. ■ PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) A signal that is changed to digital format without compression. A CD is recorded with 16-bit sound at 44.1 kHz, while DVD recording is anywhere from 16 bits at 48 kHz to 24 bits at 192 kHz, which makes it a higher quality sound than CD. ■ Sampling frequency The number of sampling (process for digitalizing analog signals) per second. In principle, the higher the sampling rate, the wider the frequency range that can be played back, and the higher the quantized bit rate, the finer the sound that can be reproduced. 28 En