Anthem AVM 20 Operation - 5. Front Panel Operation
THX Options:
Provided you are using two Rear speakers (in addition to Surrounds), all THX modes are available for Dolby
Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 source material. THX Cinema is the only THX mode available for Stereo, Pro Logic, Pro
Logic II Movie and Neo:6-Cinema source material (THX is covered in detail in section 5.8.6).
Note: Certain surround modes and THX modes offer 6.1 or 7.1 channels of output. These extra channels
are for one or two Rear speakers. If you are using a 5.1 system and have Rears set to ‘None’
(Speaker Configuration menu – section 7.4.4), rear channel information will not be lost, but will
remain in the L/R Surround speakers.
5.8.1 AnthemLogic
™
These are proprietary surround modes developed by Anthem that offer outstanding surround performance
and can be applied to any 2-channel source material:
AnthemLogic-Music
™
AnthemLogic-Music
™
enhances the stereo listening experience without detracting from the
stereo soundstage. Through extensive listening tests a very effective design was developed.
This is a minimalist design that uses no echo or reverberation effects that could negatively
affect the purity of the sound.
Aside from AnthemLogic
™
(and all-channel modes), all other surround modes for stereo source material do
not use Rear speakers, AnthemLogic-Music
™
automatically provides up to 6.1 channels of output, depending
on your speaker configuration – L/R Fronts, L/R Surrounds, L/R Rears and Subwoofer. AnthemLogic-Music
™
does not utilize the Center Channel, thereby ensuring that the purity of the stereo music soundstage will in
no way be compromised.
AnthemLogic-Music
™
is very effective in creating an expansive musical soundstage that psychoacoustically
helps to remove the barrier of the listening room itself, and it does so in a completely non-intrusive, natural
and very compelling way.
AnthemLogic-Cinema
™
AnthemLogic-Cinema
™
provides a large, enveloping and dynamic movie listening experience
that makes 2-channel movies sound more like what is experienced in a state-of-the art movie
theater. Again through extensive listening tests a very effective design was developed. This
is also a minimalist design that avoids the use of echo effects, which could otherwise
negatively affect the purity of the sound.
Whereas other movie surround modes offer 5.1 channels of output, AnthemLogic-Cinema
™
uses the rear
speakers to provide up to 7.1 channels of output, depending on your speaker configuration.
AnthemLogic-Cinema
™
provides the missing link that lets you experience 7.1 channels of output for full
impact home theater sound, from any 2-channel stereo analog source such as VCR or TV, or any Dolby Digital
(DD-2.0) source, such as DVD or satellite.
Note: The ‘.1’ output channel indicated above refers to a derived subwoofer channel (not LFE) and
depends on your speaker configuration settings (see section 7.4.4).
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LOGIC
6.1
CHANNEL
OUTPUT
7.1
CHANNEL
OUTPUT