Dolby Digital or DTS? Dolby Atmos or DTS:X? How are they different and how are they similar?

I have the Xonar DG sound card. I am trying to get Dolby Digital and DTS over optical, but after trying and reading, it appears all I can get is 2 channel PCM. But, when I go to the windows sound in ...

I've recently bought a Nakamichi soundwafe Pro 7.1 soundbar and have an odd problem. Hopefully someone here has a solution. The Soundwafe only manages to handle bitstream/compressed multi-channel ...

Early home theater audio gear delivered sound in just two dimensions: Audio events could be played only in the front left, right, and front center, and in the rear left and right of a room. The ...