Back in March 2012, Kelly Industries provided several surround sound audio files in Dolby Surround Pro-Logic RealAudio files, Dolby Pro-Logic II WAV files, and DTS and Dolby Digital encoded discrete formats. A couple of years later, they switched to audio gear reviews, and now, the site is gone for good! I managed to rescue these files off of my DVD-RW discs and uploaded them to the Internet Archive for future generations to come! I'll post a link so that you can check out the audio files after this paragraph.
Dolby Digital 5.1 Sound Test Download For Windows 10
So how do you play these audio files? Well, for playing the Dolby Surround Pro-Logic RealAudio files, you would need RealAudio Player 3.0 or later on a Windows 3.1 or later computer and a Sound Blaster 16 compatible stereo sound card, or on a Power Macintosh running System 7 or later, with a Dolby Surround Pro-Logic decoder going from the Line Output of your sound card using an RCA to Eighth-inch Stereo cord.
Again, this is a field test, for use in deciding if a 5.1 Surround micrphone, such as the Holophone series, is good, or if you want to use monaural microphones scattered about a room to get a good cinematic or field recording for 5.1 Surround sound. Dolby Digital (AC-3) is the digital audio standard for DVDs and is the audio standard for digital broadcast television in many countries all over the world. Dolby Digital supports several audio channel configurations, but the most common ones are 5.1-ch and stereo.
For playing back the Dolby Pro-Logic II WAV files, any audio player capable of playing these files will work just fine on a majority of systems. You can also burn these files onto an audio CD if needed. Pioneer chainsaw manual. You can also download these files in MP3 and FLAC format for playing on portable devices for instance.
For playing back the Dolby Digital (AC3) files, you will need a player capable of playing back those files (e.g. CyberLink PowerDVD), but back in the early 2000s, they usually come bundled with certain sound cards like the Sound Blaster Live 5.1, or even on DVD-ROM drives like the Creative PC-DVD Encore.
For DTS encoded files, you will need a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS the minimum and Windows 98SE or later to play them back correctly. They come in both CPT and DTS encoded files at 48 kHz, but the WAV files at 44 kHz would be an alternative option if you can't play the 48 kHz files correctly.
Dolby Digital Test
Modern implementations for playing back the RealAudio, DTS, and AC3 files on current systems are CyberLink PowerDVD (as mentioned before, but no RealAudio support), VLC Media Player, and Media Player Classic (in both Black Edition and Home Cinema versions), the latter two use the open-source FFMPEG and libavcodec frameworks and plugins, so you won't need to use the proprietary players anymore just because, well, open-source media players are still being developed!
Dolby Digital 5.1 Sound Test Downloadd
Once everything is set up, you are ready to go and download some surround sound audio! You can also listen to these files online, even if you don't have the RealAudio Player or an AC3 (Dolby Digital) or DTS compatible decoder. Only the Dolby Pro-Logic files are listenable online. However, you can download the ZIP files if you have a discrete 5.1 surround sound system installed (with a proper sound device) for the best experience possible! You can also download the RealAudio files in MP3 format too!
Dolby Digital - Hd Surround Sound Test Download
So after you bought that cool 5.1 surround sound system you've always dreamed of, get out there and download already! And if you like this post, stay tuned for more! For now take care!
P.S. I've tested the 48 kHz DTS audio files using Media Player Classic Home Cinema Edition and a Sound Blaster Z on my Custom Built High Performance Windows 10 PC with a VIZIO 5.1 Sound Bar, and the results were spectacular! May vary on some systems and audio components.
