Dolby Home Theater Alternatives

Dolby Home Theater is described as 'v4 elevates PC audio and delivers a surround sound experience through a PC's built-in speakers, headphones, or a connected home theater' and is a Audio Player in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Dolby Home Theater for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone and Chrome OS apps. The best Dolby Home Theater alternative is FxSound Enhancer, which is free. Other great apps like Dolby Home Theater are RootlessJamesDSP, Boom 3D, SteelSeries GG and DeskFX Audio Enhancer Software.

Dolby Home Theater alternatives are mainly Audio Players but may also be Sound Equalizers or Volume Control Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Dolby Home Theater.

Dolby Home Theater

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Dolby Home Theater v4 elevates PC audio and delivers a surround sound experience through a PC's built-in speakers,...

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FxSound Enhancer
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Free • Proprietary
Sound Equalizer
Windows
17 FxSound Enhancer alternatives
Boost the sound quality of your music with FxSound Enhancer powered by DFX.
- - FxSound Enhancer is the most popular Windows alternative to Dolby Home Theater.
- - FxSound Enhancer is the most popular free alternative to Dolby Home Theater.
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FxSound Enhancer Features
Sound Effects
Normalize Volume
Skin customization
Mix Music
RootlessJamesDSP
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Free • Proprietary
Android
F-Droid
9 RootlessJamesDSP alternatives
An implementation of the system-wide JamesDSP audio processing engine for non-rooted Android devices.

It doesn't use the Android builtin Equalizer and has a lot more functionalities.
- - RootlessJamesDSP is the most popular Android alternative to Dolby Home Theater.
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Boom 3D
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
22 Boom 3D alternatives
Boom 3D is powered by our patented 3D Surround Sound technology that works on any headsets! From an incredible design to futuristic features like Volume Booster, advanced Equalizer Presets, in-built Audio Player, amazing Audio Effects.
- - Boom 3D is the most popular Mac, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Dolby Home Theater.
- - Boom 3D is the most popular commercial alternative to Dolby Home Theater.
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Boom 3D Features
Bass booster
Built-in Equalizer
Built-in player
Sound Effects
SteelSeries GG
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Free • Proprietary
Sound Equalizer
Background Noise Reduction Tool
Windows
32 SteelSeries GG alternatives
SteelSeries GG is a platform that helps you connect with your gear and people. It bundles all the SteelSeries apps into one simple platform. Use it to clip, tune, set up, and share your gaming moments. Some of the apps that you can use: sonar, moments, 3D Aim Trainer, engine.
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SteelSeries GG Features
Dynamic lighting
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DeskFX Audio Enhancer Software
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Free • Proprietary
Audio Player
Windows
21 DeskFX Audio Enhancer Software alternatives
DeskFX audio enhancer software is designed for you to modify and enhance the music and audio played through your speakers and headphones, to provide you with the best possible sound experience.
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DeskFX Audio Enhancer Software Features
Presets
Audio playback
Ears: Bass Boost, EQ Any Audio!
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Freemium • Proprietary
Audio Player
Chrome OS
Google Chrome
23 Ears: Bass Boost, EQ Any Audio! alternatives
EQ any audio you find on the web, live! Crank the bass, dim the highs, up the vocals: all with Ears!
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Ears: Bass Boost, EQ Any Audio! Features
1. PortableEars: Bass Boost, EQ Any Audio! can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsEars: Bass Boost, EQ Any Audio! can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
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Hesuvi
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Free • Open Source
Windows
4 Hesuvi alternatives
This tool imitates the 7.1 to binaural sound effect of many surround virtualizations by making use of Equalizer APO's convolution filter. Available are impulse response that were recorded with activated...
- - Hesuvi is the most popular Open Source alternative to Dolby Home Theater.
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Razer Surround
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
11 Razer Surround alternatives
Razer Surround audio software features 7.1 virtual surround sound, personalized settings in the cloud and compatible with any stereo headphones. It also brings in EQ for music.
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Razer Surround Features
Bass booster
Heads-Up Display
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WALE
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Free • Open Source
Volume Control Tool
Windows
4 WALE alternatives
Windows Audio Loudness Equalizer

Wale calculates appropriate volume of each app in real time from app's average peak level and try to equalize peak levels of each app to desired level.
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Breakaway Audio Enhancer
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Paid • Proprietary
Sound Equalizer
Windows
13 Breakaway Audio Enhancer alternatives
Breakaway Audio Enhancer dramatically improves the quality of the listening experience by digitally remastering audio in real-time with the same technology used by the pros in the music and broadcast business.
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Breakaway Audio Enhancer Features
Multiband audio compression
Sound Effects
Mix Music
Bongiovi DPS
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Paid • Proprietary
Audio Player
Mac
Windows
19 Bongiovi DPS alternatives
Instantaneously correct, improve and optimize the sound of any computer system with Bongiovi DPS.
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Customizable
Fidelizer
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
12 Fidelizer alternatives
Fidelizer will instantly turn your Windows XP/Vista/7/8 computer to audiophile workstation for sophisticated audiophile player like J River, XXHighEnd, HQPlayer, foobar, etc. It involves no permanent modifications so system will remain safe and sound after restart so even system...
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Fidelizer Features
1. PortableFidelizer can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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