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·         X-curve - An intentional roll-off in a theatrical system's playback response above ~2kHz at 3dB per octave.  A modern convention (standardized between 1975 and 1984) specified in ISO Bulletin 2969, it is measured at the rerecording position in a dubbing stage or two-thirds of the way back in a movie theater.  Pink noise should measure flat to 2kHz and then should roll-off above that.  Home THX processors add this roll-off, when engaged, so that a home video soundtrack will have the same response as it would in a theatrical setting.

·         Xmax - The maximum linear cone excursion of a driver, measured in inches or millimeters.

 

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