THX^® Spatial Audio Rendering Engine

• Authentic immersive experience when enjoying entertainment, sports, gaming and mixed reality content through headphones and speakers across a range of consumer devices
• THX-exclusive high-performance general HRTF tuned by THX engineering for optimal spatial realism
• Flexible platform-optimized architecture can present stereo, multi-channel, higher-order Ambisonics, and object-based content in a realistic environment as intended by the creator
• THX Crosstalk Cancellation technology and acoustic widening enables realistic, immersive surround experiences of content over stereo loudspeakers

Device Tuning

• To provide accurate spatialization, THX designs a custom convolution filter to provide a neutral frequency response that compensates for non-linearity in individual models of headphones
• To improve stereo reproduction, THX designs custom stereo filters that modify individual headphone models to approximate the THX Certified frequency response curve
• To provide accurate stereo and spatial reproduction over speakers, THX measures loudspeaker performance and designs custom filters to achieve optimal frequency response
• THX EQ and dynamics compensation provides users with the ability to maintain consistent, audible tonal balance as the volume is adjusted

Content Optimization

• Specially designed content modes (music, movies, game, podcast) reproduce the size, reflections, and depth of THX designed virtual rooms to enable optimal content spatialization
• Content modes and EQ settings are customized by THX for each customer’s product; they can also be made available within the application for use by the end-user
• Custom game tunings allow gamers to gain a competitive edge with audio settings designed for game categories and/or specific titles
• THX can work with partners to create a limitless number of sub-settings for music, movies and other entertainment content

Features

• Positions sound sources accurately on a virtual 3D soundstage
• Accurately models room reflections and reverberation
• Moves hard-panned sounds away from the ear
• Works with all standard headphones

Benefits

• Heightened realism and envelopment create an ultra-memorable immersive experience
• Natural positioning moves sound perceptibly away from the head and eliminates listening fatigue
• Accurate modeling recreates the natural environment of the performance so users are enveloped by the content and feel like they’re there