DFX was the first plug-in to make truly professional-quality audio processing available to
Internet audio users.
Audio Problem
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DFX Solution
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Data compressed Internet audio suffers from two major problems:
- loss of high frequency fidelity (causing a muffled sound)
- loss of stereo separation and depth
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DFX enhances your listening experience by correcting for the sonic limitations
of nearly all the popular data compressed Internet audio formats. DFX compensates
for the loss of high frequency fidelity by carefully regenerating the missing
high frequency harmonics in the audio. DFX then compensates for the reduced
stereo imaging and depth by carefully generating ambience and stereo depth.
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An additional factor limiting the quality of Internet audio playback is the
use of speakers that are narrowly spaced and located close to the listener's
ears. These location constraints reduce the perceived stereo field and
reduce the natural room ambience which is important to good sounding audio.
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In addition to compensating for reduced stereo depth in the audio source,
DFX's added ambience and stereo imaging works amazingly well in correcting
for the limitations of closely spaced and located speakers.
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Typical PC-based multimedia playback systems and even home stereo playback
systems also suffer from limited dynamic range and headroom (i.e., limited
loudness and volume).
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DFX compensates for this limited headroom by carefully processing the audio to
increase the perceived loudness of the sound without altering the perceived
dynamic range. This can dramatically increase the undistorted playback level
available when listening to MP3 and other streaming audio files. More about DFX features...
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DFX performs all audio processing with 32-bit floating point precision, yielding
truly professional audio quality. Since Internet audio playback systems currently
only support 16-bit audio playback, as a final processing step DFX carefully
re-dithers the audio signal to the final 16-bit resolution using Power Technology's
proprietary high quality dithering technology. Re-dithering allows a dynamic range in
the playback signal that actually exceeds the theoretical limit of a 16-bit playback
system. More about DFX performance...
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