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In 2014, DTS acquired Manzanita Systems,<ref>{{Cite press release |url=http://www.dts.com/corporate/press-releases/2014/09/dts-acquires-manzanita-systems.aspx |title=DTS Acquires Manzanita Systems |date=September 2014 |publisher=DTS, Inc. |access-date=2016-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313125547/http://www.dts.com/corporate/press-releases/2014/09/dts-acquires-manzanita-systems.aspx |archive-date=2016-03-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a provider of MPEG software for digital television, VOD, and digital ad insertion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manzanitasystems.com/index.html|title=Manzanita Systems - Essential MPEG Solutions|website=www.manzanitasystems.com|access-date=2016-03-13|archive-date=2017-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915112429/http://www.manzanitasystems.com/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

'''DTS-HD Master Audio''', previously known as ''DTS++'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/107453.html|title=DTD Unveils DTS-HD Brand For High Definition Media Formats - ecoustics.com|date=1 November 2004}}</ref> is the second of two DTS-HD audio formats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dts.com/~/media/D84CFDAD4E534E32920F80A5A3B7D4CC.ashx|title=Box|website=www.dts.com|access-date=2009-01-19|archive-date=2011-12-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202124800/http://www.dts.com/~/media/D84CFDAD4E534E32920F80A5A3B7D4CC.ashx|url-status=dead}}</ref> It supports a virtually unlimited number of surround sound channels, can deliver audio quality at bit rates extending from lossless (24-bit, 192&nbsp;kHz) down to DTS Digital Surround and, like Neo, [[downmixing|downmix]] to 5.1 or 2.1 systems.

For each speaker, '''DTS:X''' allows the "location" (direction from the listener) of "objects" (audio tracks) to be specified as [[Polar coordinate system|polar coordinates]]. The audio processor is then responsible for dynamically rendering sound output depending on the number and position of speakers available. [[Dolby Atmos]] uses a similar technique,<ref name="CNETX">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnet.com/news/dtsx-takes-on-dolby-atmos/ |title=DTS:X takes on Dolby Atmos from on high |first=Ty |last=Pendlebury |website=[[CNET]] |date=April 9, 2015 |access-date=April 10, 2015}}</ref><ref name="twice">{{cite web |url=http://www.twice.com/dts-makes-case-dtsx-surround/56814 |title=DTS Makes The Case For DTS:X Surround |first=Joseph |last=Palenchar |work=[[Twice (magazine)|TWICE]] |date=April 20, 2015 |access-date=April 21, 2015 |archive-date=April 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423093243/http://www.twice.com/dts-makes-case-dtsx-surround/56814 |url-status=dead }}</ref> although the speaker layout employed by cinema DTS:X is the sum of Dolby Atmos and [[Auro-3D]]. The layout showcased at AMC Burbank theatre number 8 has a standard eight channel base layer, a five channel height layer on top of the base layer (on the front and side walls) and three rows of speakers on the ceiling. The surround arrays are bass managed by woofers suspended from the ceiling.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.editorsguild.com/fromtheguild.cfm?FromTheGuildid=454|title=From the Guild: Toward an Open-Standard Surround-Sound Format |website=MPEG |access-date=2016-06-09 }}</ref> A first public demonstration was performed at CES 2015 on a Trinnov Altitude32 processor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/trinnov/dtsx/CEDIA/trinnov-set-to-demo-1146-dtsx-pro-immersive-audio-system-at-cedia-2019/44753|title=From highdefdigest.com : Trinnov Set to Demo 11.4.6 DTS:X Pro Immersive Audio System at CEDIA 2019|website=MPEG|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref>