Free Dolby Home Theater Alternatives

The best free alternative to Dolby Home Theater is FxSound Enhancer. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Dolby Home Theater and ten of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Dolby Home Theater are Razer Surround, DeskFX Audio Enhancer Software, Hesuvi and SteelSeries Sonar.

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.

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Dolby Home Theater

Paid • Proprietary
Audio Player
Windows

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 alternatives to FxSound Enhancer
Boost the sound quality of your music with FxSound Enhancer powered by DFX.
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FxSound Enhancer Features
Sound Effects
Normalize Volume
Skin customization
Mix Music
Razer Surround
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
9 alternatives to Razer Surround
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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DeskFX Audio Enhancer Software
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Free • Proprietary
Audio Player
Windows
21 alternatives to DeskFX Audio Enhancer Software
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
Hesuvi
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Free • Open Source
Windows
3 alternatives to Hesuvi
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...

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SteelSeries Sonar
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Free • Proprietary
Sound Equalizer
Windows
21 alternatives to SteelSeries Sonar
An equalizer app from SteelSeries processes the sounds from being recorded or played. Unlike its counterpart applications, it also can process sound input from microphone. It's free and does not highly use system resources.

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WALE
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Free • Open Source
Volume Control Tool
Windows
4 alternatives to WALE
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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Ears: Bass Boost, EQ Any Audio!
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Freemium • Proprietary
Audio Player
Chrome OS
Google Chrome
23 alternatives to Ears: Bass Boost, EQ Any Audio!
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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Fidelizer
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
11 alternatives to Fidelizer
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.
Optimization
Spatial Sound Card
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Freemium • Proprietary
Audio Player
Windows
Steam
9 alternatives to Spatial Sound Card
Spatial Sound Card replaces the USB box that comes with 5.1 surround headphones, so that you can have surround sound on regular headphones for free. Also includes a volume booster and psycho-acoustic bass boost.
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Spatial Sound Card Features
Per-app volumen control
Surround sound
Music Library
Customizable
A.R.I.S.E. Sound Mod
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Free • Open Source
Android
22 alternatives to A.R.I.S.E. Sound Mod
ARISE puts together sound enhancements like VIPER4Android, Asus Zenfone 3 libraries with DTS effect, Huawei MedaiPad M2 Harman & Kardon sound effects, Huawei P9 sound libraries, Lenovo K3 Note MaxxAudio, LeTv Max 2 Dolby Atmos, Sony LDAC Bluetooth codec etc.
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A.R.I.S.E. Sound Mod Features
1. Root requiredRequires root to use A.R.I.S.E. Sound Mod, mainly relevant for Android apps.
Bass booster
Hi-Fi Sound