THX Certified Studio Specifications



THX Certified Studios and pm3 rooms are designed to offer the world’s premier standard for quality.

THX pm3 and Studio Specifications

  • Listening and Viewing Environment
  • Acoustic performance
  • Structural isolation
  • Reverberation time
  • Preferred dimensions
  • Color scheme and ambient light for optimum video monitoring
  • Working Area Layout and Equipment
  • Loudspeaker position
  • Video monitor position
  • Optimum listening positions
  • Site lines
  • Speaker focus angle
  • Audio and Video Equipment
  • Front and surround speakers
  • Subwoofers
  • Power amplifiers
  • Bass management system for multi-channel monitoring (applies only to THX Certified pm3 rooms)
  • Multi-channel equalizers and digital delays
  • Video monitoring
  • Calibration
  • Audio and video calibration
  • Specific test equipment and signals
  • Performance requirements