Taki

I've seen a lot of discussion over the time about the quality of Dolby vs. THX. I personally think THX has more spatial separation in its delivery in a surround sound setup, but that is just an opinion. What do you guys think?

Jay

I dig THX because Goerge Lucas (Mr. Star Wars) helped create it.

Anyone wanting to know about how a Dolby system, and a THX certified Dolby system work, here's a blurb from Dolby about THX:

Aaron62

Dolby is good enough for me. I don't understand why some people want to pay a premium for what the home theater elite have deemed "quality sound". I've been to a few demos where it was 5.1 dolby verses THX 7.1..........and it doesn't sound so impressive that I'd spend 50% more....

Plus who wants to see 7 speakers hung around my 15'x10' living room. My apartment living room likes like radio shack anyway with all the crap I have hanging around. lol

jack

All 5.1 is usually recorded in Dolby AC3. That is 448kbps 6 channel (5 sat +1 sub). THX is just a standart which gives the quality of sound. THX has some std rules for 5.1 if these are met then the sound quality is said to be at THX std. THX was George Lucas's first movie. So the name was given to the std because the 5.1 was first implemented by him, in his movie. 7.1 is a newer standard. Not supported by DVD yet. But most probably will be a part of HD.

stevezachtech

I vote for Dolby on this one, I find Dolby to have good surround sound quality in cinemas..

1inxs

Any time I have the choice I choose Dolby DTS over plain Dolby. I also notice that not many DVDs include the DTS any more.

Weeguy

What about THX? Come on, anything by George Lucas has to be good.

Of all the equipment I've bought in the last decade, my best investment has been my Dolby THX certified Yamaha receiver. Picked it up like 3 years ago, don't even know the model #, but it's definitely not going to be replaced for a while.