Dbx 1981

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When you decals «a upgrade your
sleron sysle-ne whe«her you add «he
lalesl com-rage, buy sepamles or ,
Ll eds 111 «he whole syslerc. you do u
lor one reason only Te ee« close: «a lhe
reahsrn el ahvc perlornrance

am has been deslanrrre audre prade
uc«s ence 197; «ha le« you do lusllha!

We slaned ln the prelessranal record
mg sludlos where «he malorobslucle
«a reelrsuc sound reoroducuen was
«ape norse Whrle Dclby sys«ems were
helping m «hrs ares, «hey dldn'l solve
lhe orehlem. So ubx developed a
new pm called lurear decibel
compandrna «hars many cares more
ellecllve lhan Dolby n r edueere «epe
horse,

Today dbx «ape neee reeucuen eye
«ears are used rn prolesslonal record
mg sludms umund lhc wazld

From men heornnrng. dhx has
mmmi us «echnelogy 'rllcl hornc
sys«en.swuha who;e ramlly cl audlo
eon-.penene.

They are na« crdlnazy componerus,
We le« orhercrrrupanres hurld reeenrers
umlellels preamphuers lurnlaples
and «ape recorders A« dbx, we
develop lugh «ech nolcgy p'oducL or
«he person who apprecrares haw hve
muslc sounds and how lar shon at lhar
scuna convenhonal eaurprnem rolls
m DOES LIVE MUSIC saw mm

A llve perlorraance sounds hve
because al rhree loasre charec«errsues
cl muslc: lorral balance, smllalperr
spoons and dynanucranae

Correcl ranaloalanm, or na« Lrer
quencyresponse reaulresunrzornr
reproducuon ol sound ucmss «he (1le
ole lreaueney range

scaual perspecuve ls the dunen
srenal quulny ol rnusrc «ha« allows you
«a recagnlze «ha« lnslrurnenls and
verses are reaching your ears a« cheer
en« «lanes and lrorn dullereru looauons

The lhlld dyncmlc range, 15 «he
dulerence .n volume, measured .11
decrhels, Lrelween lhe lauaesl end
qulelesl passages ol a rnuslcal seleCr
on. From «he 1le dB lhundenne uan
slen«s el en arehesha or rock group, «a
«he an «113 suolle nuances ol a lnanele
or llu«e

In order lor your s«erec synern [a
sound more llke a hve perlorrnance u
has «n aacurorely reproduce all «hree
or these haslc ohcraelcnsues el hve
muslc

When dbx eruered lhe hrah fdellty
scene, midro manuluclulexs had
already made a lal el progress In «anal
halance and spaual perspecuve. So
dbl: oegan by oddressrna «he prohlern
everyone else was lg'nonng. dynzmllc

The prolslern rs«har eonvenuonal
records have always bmn severely
hauled ndynurnl: range lus«ead ol
«he 50 dB cl a lure pelkxmunce, «hey
prevlde only on ea, or en dB «ronr rue
oesl audroprule dlscs. Any auernpr «a
record mus c wuh gremerdynarnrc
range on a vrnyl Tammi resuhs rn
groove excursrera amply «oo exlreme
lar «he uhunugmph srylus la «raclr

A srrnrlar problem emsls wnh «ape.
Tao wrde a dyuanuc range can and
role lhe «ape, cersrng ers«omor« o« «he
rnusre

so audro engrneers have been
loreed lo compress dynarnrc range
dunng recordrng lhey ac«ually
squeeze me musrc so «he leads don«
sound as loud as may should and «he
solls den | sound as sou Add «a «he«
«he problems ol record surlace nose
and lape hrss. whreh rn«erlere wuh
(Mel muslml passagesi and you can
apprecra«e how dynarruc range has
sullered m «he mme record-mg and
reprodueuon process

In lacl, even wuh \hehneslhleb
equronreru and lhe loes« eenvennanal
records and «apes you sull lose aooul
lo d lhe aynenucranac (mm was
oresenlln lhe ongrnal oerlornrances

11-1: an moves.

The hmklhrough came when an
apalred «he hnear decrhel (xunpandr
mg areoess «a home audre eaulpmem
Because «he mowed na« only reduces
norse, ll also allews«he lull dynarnre
range o4 «he source mmerml «o be
reproduced,

Our llrsl produce were «ape narse
reducuon syslevns used la. «ep ng lrva
rnusre wuheur lceng dynanuc range

Ta
moses, onvmull v
"Imp-d Manx
dim p-clealenal
«ape non.
reaualon

Then we odan«ed rhrs process «o
develop a new lamllv cl nroduds
whreh you can use «a gremlyrrrpreve
Lhe dynannc xange oz rnusrc lrorn canr
venuonal records and lanes as well as
raole preadcase The new [amlly ol
produos ls canal rlynernn- rungs
expanders

Eul «he malor aoal sull remarnod: lo
hear :he lull dy'namlc raneeelo hve
oerlormance lrorn records ln your own
heme.
Bax Discs: m smor-m-m m
mm: was.

Agmn llnear dmbelcompandmg
was «he answer

Very srrnply, dbx wem «o «he source
ol «he problem: rhe eeural eu««rng a«
«he rrras«er dssc lrarn whlch records are
evenlually made. lns«ead ol areuranly
complessmg o? llmlllng dynamlc
range ns«he rnuerc slg'na] rs «rare
lerrel Lrern rnas«er lope «o rnas«er drsc,
dbx preersely mmpmfies «he musu: by
a 2 lol rauo 'l'heresulung encoded
srenal he cornlenaloly wr«hrn rhe

dynarnrc range lrnulauons er vrnyl
records, Then when «he record rs
played haelrlhrougo a (fax Drsc
Decoder rhe muslc slgnal ls expanded
ln on exael rnurar unaee «ashrsnhy
a 1 lo 2 ra« o The ras«eres «he lull
sranal or «he muslc as camured on
«he masrer «ape

Nova wth dbx Dlscsr you can hear
rnusre wuh dynannc range caual la
lna« ol s«udlo mos«er rapes.

Andreoenuy dbx rnlreduced Dlgnul
dpx Dlscs, produced 1mm races made
by «he new dlgllul recordrna proccs.
The resull ls lhe lull 90 dB dynarruc
range al a hve per lorrnance

ln addmon, clox lhscs and Dlarlal
dbx Discs v.nually ehrrunale «heuele
pops and eurloce nose or convene
«renal records Solar «he «her rune, you
can hs«en «o are mllslc lns«eaa cl lhe
record ea raaror or m'KLhroL-gh m
rn usrc reproducuon
Pam-acme TON. BALANCE AND

mm.

Qan dbx ls allaclung lhe remarnrng
problems \n reproduclng sauna «hcl
approaches lne reohsrn cl a hve
Deflormcnce

Our Suhharrnenrc Synlheslzer can
enhance «he hoes response 05 YO.
sleree syslenr «e rnolude Lne nalural
s pharmanlcs o. lne are e «he land
a case you ac« lully I

And our Comprue 73d Eauahzer/
Analyzsr cen pruvlde an accuracy at
«onal balance rn a llslenlng area never
belore msslble

Take a look a« the lonely al dbx
auara componems and when hey can
do her yeur musrc. Then ask your uulhr
onzed dox re«a«ler «or a demcnsueuen.

llcauld be the mmtlmponmtslep
yen ever «alre «award some raahsrn.

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