Hi all,

We have just published a look at *Dolby Volume Technology*. If you could
post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated.

*Link:*
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/12/21/dolby-volume-technology-review/1


*Picture:*
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/12/dolby-volume-technology-review/fp_img.jpg


*Quote:
*/Arguably its greatest potential use - in mobile audio (read: MP3
players) - is furthest away from reality. Currently Dolby Mobile is a
miniaturisation of Dolby Headphone technology and goes someway to
correct the tins in your ears, but it also includes "tick box features"
like spatial surround, although it also does extend bass response which
is very important. What it doesn't do though is manage the bass in line
with the mid-tones without having to really crank the volume to compensate.

Some of you may enjoy deafening yourselves while completely ignoring the
world around you, and there is obviously an inherent limitation of
dynamic range depending what headphones you buy, but potentially Dolby
Volume could better stretch out the potential of any hardware, and its
on-off nature that's tied into the volume control directly makes it
completely intuitive.

We asked about getting it on the PC and unfortunately were told it was
pretty much the same as above. Currently PC Dolby technologies are
entirely software driven, but dependent on chipset support (to some
degree) whereas Dolby Volume currently requires specific hardware. We've
love to see it on some HTPC soundcards though and the sooner the better.
Like we said above, future versions will be more suitable and the
possibility of having them on a dedicated soundcard, whether software or
hardware driven, would be fantastic, but that still requires additional
software development to use it.

In conclusion, we love it, but c'mon Dolby, we can't wait a few years!
Please crank that development up a notch for those of us with PCs and
MP3 players!/
*

*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley
www.bit-tech.net