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Saturday, September 2, 2006

Little Known, Yet Cool Audio Features Coming in Vista

Posted by Jeremy Charette in "SOFTWARE" @ 04:00 PM

http://blog.seanalexander.com/PermaLink,guid,6de45104-b998-41be-b95f-242df6ebc461.aspx

"Microsoft Corporate Vice President Amir Majidimehr recently took time to post in AVSForum on the new digital audio features in Windows Vista that haven't really seen much publicity yet. Net-net is that when paired with the right audio drivers supporting the new features, you'll get customizable enhancements normally reserved for high-end AV receivers such as:..."



Hit the link for more details. The coolest new feature (in my opinion) has to be the automatic room calibration. By using a PC microphone, Vista can "listen" to each of your speakers from a particular location, and adjust the audio properties of each speaker to equalize them at that listening location. I'd only previously seen this feature in high-end Bose audio systems, and I think it's a brilliant idea. Imagine my surprise to see it built into the next version of Windows!

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