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PulseEffects VS Dolby Home Theater

Compare PulseEffects VS Dolby Home Theater and see what are their differences

PulseEffects logo PulseEffects

Limiter, compressor, reverberation, stereo equalizer and auto volume effects for Pulseaudio...

Dolby Home Theater logo Dolby Home Theater

Dolby Home Theater v4 delivers a surround sound experience through a PCs built-in speakers, any pair of headphones, or a connected home theater system.
  • PulseEffects Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-10-04
  • Dolby Home Theater Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-10-17

PulseEffects videos

Pokemon White 2 by PulseEffects in 3:40:17 - GDQx 2019

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to PulseEffects and Dolby Home Theater)
Audio
59 59%
41% 41
Audio & Music
58 58%
42% 42
Sound Equalizers
55 55%
45% 45
Social Networks
100 100%
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, PulseEffects seems to be a lot more popular than Dolby Home Theater. While we know about 82 links to PulseEffects, we've tracked only 1 mention of Dolby Home Theater. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

PulseEffects mentions (82)

  • Improving perceived sound quality on the FW13.
    Linux: EasyEffects (free and open-source). Source: 5 months ago
  • Speaker Support in Asahi Linux
    For DSP, we already can do that using something like Easy Effects[1][2]. The biggest issue is acquiring proper impulse-response data. In theory, it has to be tuned per-model, so turning basically require pro-grade equipment and a recording studio. However, apparently many people assume Dolby is using the same profile for all laptops, so just copy-paste the same file here and there. Not really sure which is the... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
  • [Recommendation] Not necessary, but cool software to tweak your devices (webcam, keyboard etc.)
    - Easy Effects: Effects for PipeWire applications; configure your speakers & microphones (e.g. Noise reduction filter). Source: 8 months ago
  • set a pre-amp for mic pipewire
    EasyEffects could be a replacement for EqualizerAPO. You can do some gain staging there if you want, as well as a bunch of other stuff. Source: 10 months ago
  • I'm Sick of This Every Time Windows Updates
    However if you want a one size fits all audio processor like the proprietary systems there are those as well - check out EasyEffects for Pipewire - https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects It's almost guaranteed to be in your distros repository as well. Source: 12 months ago
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Dolby Home Theater mentions (1)

  • FiiO E10K type DAC compared with Lenovo sound card's earphone socket
    Lenovo laptops (used to at least) have a few DSP filters in effect. Try disabling any Dolby setting you can find. I know they used to use this https://professional.dolby.com/tv/dolby-home-theater-v4/ during the Win7 era, and it had lots of settings. Source: over 1 year ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing PulseEffects and Dolby Home Theater, you can also consider the following products

Equalizer APO - A system-wide equalizer for Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 with channel remapping/copying capabilities

FxSound - Clearer Sound for Your PC. The new FxSound boosts your sound quality, volume, clarity and bass.

DFX Audio Enhancer - Formerly known as DFX Audio Enhancer, FxSound Enhancer instantly boosts the sound quality of the music on your PC.

Boom 3D - Audio enhancer with 3D surround sound

Hesuvi - Hesuvi imitates the binaural sound effect of many surround virtualizations by making use of...

Hajo's Headphone Enhancer - Your Headphones, made more awesome!