A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the only way to enjoy good sound was to go to the movies. The talkies, which arrived in the 1920s, set new standards for audio fidelity. Movies with soun… ...

Q: Please provide a brief historical perspective of THX. A: In the early 1980s, many commercial cinema auditoriums in the U.S. suffered from poor acoustics and had inadequate audio systems. Cinema ...

It includes a THX audio test on it. I'm playing this on my pc with PowerDVD 3.0 (6 channel version) with 4.1 computer speakers and a Diamond MX300 sound card (capable of 4 channel output).

Audio titan THX has released its very first mobile app, and it's aimed at helping folks fine tune their home theater experience. Dubbed "THX tune-up," the app slings videos, photos and test ...

THX was born out of George Lucas’s disappointment at the quality of audio systems in theatres showing his Star Wars movies. Members of his Lucasfilm team, including sound engineer Tomlinson Holman, ...

It's used as a sort of barometer test of the sound in a motion picture. While the THX deep note has seen variations over time, the new one is a wholesale overhaul. The difference is the ...