Enjoy Movies Without Disturbing Others

The SILENT CINEMA mode allows private listening enjoyment of multi-channel music or movie sound, including Dolby Digital and DTS Digital Surround, through ordinary headphones. Yamaha DSP and HRTF technology (explained below) make it possible.

All the listener needs to do is connect a pair of headphones and they will enjoy an accurate simulation of 5.1-channel surround sound in complete privacy. They can even select from among the many CINEMA and HiFi DSP programs to vary the sound field. Ideal for late night listening when you don’t want to disturb others, or if other noises are disturbing you.

HRTF (Head-Related Transfer Functions) Technology

Transfer functions refer to the transmission of sound to the ears and between the external ears and eardrums. Head-related refers to the method of measuring transfer functions by placing clinical probe microphones in the ear channels of people in anechoic chambers and recording measurements at many positions around their heads.

Using these “HRTF maps,” Yamaha engineers were able to direct sound into the ears via headphones that accurately reproduces speaker sound from various directions. This is the basis of SILENT CINEMA.

Note: Yamaha's DSP programs are available in the SILENT CINEMA mode.