All items tagged with Dirac (132)
Dirac Research Equips New Tritton Gaming Headset With Breakthrough 3D Audio Immersion
January 16, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Dirac Research Equips New Tritton Gaming Headset With Breakthrough 3D Audio Immersion

Dirac Research announced that gaming headset brand Tritton is equipping its all-new Kunai Pro with Dirac 3D Audio – a pioneering digital audio solution that enables an unparalleled level of 360-degree immersion and externalization over headphones. The Dirac-enabled Tritton Kunai Pro debuted at CES 2019 and marks the first gaming headset to feature Dirac 3D Audio, and the Swedish company’s official debut into the gaming market.
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Dirac Research Appoints Armin Prommersberger as Company’s Chief Technology Officer
January 3, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Dirac Research Appoints Armin Prommersberger as Company’s Chief Technology Officer

Swedish sound pioneer Dirac Research announced the appointment of Armin Prommersberger to serve as the company’s Chief Technology Officer. Armin joins Dirac from Harman International, a Samsung division, where he has held several senior management positions, most recently as Senior Vice President of Research & Development for its Professional Solutions Division. Prior to this, he served as SVP of Technology of the Harman Lifestyle Audio division and VP & General Manager of Harman’s Automotive Audio business in Europe.
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Dirac Research To Debut New Multi-Subwoofer Dirac Live Bass Management Module at CES 2019
December 18, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Dirac Research To Debut New Multi-Subwoofer Dirac Live Bass Management Module at CES 2019

Swedish sound pioneer Dirac Research announced its all-new Dirac Live Bass Management Module that improves bass performance and, according to the company, "Provides the most sophisticated, easy-to-use multi-subwoofer optimization solution for both consumers and professional technology integrators." The solution leverages a proprietary approach to subwoofer system optimization to produce "far smoother and tighter bass than existing solutions," the company adds. Dirac will debut the new module at CES 2019.
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Dirac Research Appoints Lars Carlsson General Manager of Automotive Audio
October 15, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Dirac Research Appoints Lars Carlsson General Manager of Automotive Audio

Underscoring the on-going dramatic growth of its High Performance Audio business unit under the leadership of Niklas Thorin, Dirac Research announced the appointment of Lars Carlsson as General Manager of Automotive Audio, a new business unit that was previously contained within High Performance Audio. Lars joins Dirac with more than 25-years of experience in product engineering for the transportation industry.
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Dirac Research Appoints Peter Cedmer to Head of Product Management XR Audio
September 28, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Dirac Research Appoints Peter Cedmer to Head of Product Management XR Audio

Continuing the expansion of its XR Business Unit, Dirac Research announced the appointment of Peter Cedmer as Head of Product Management, XR Audio. The former Chief Technology Officer of Jays Headphones brings years of audio experience and a valuable consumer perspective to the company’s young and fast-growing XR business unit. Peter will be responsible for managing the company’s current XR product portfolio and developing future product roadmaps.
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Beta Version of New Dirac Live Now Available
August 16, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Beta Version of New Dirac Live Now Available

Dirac Research announced the immediate availability of the beta version of its new Dirac Live room correction solution for owners of Arcam, Lexicon, Audio Control and NAD units, with broader availability to follow shortly. Those interested can visit www.dirac.com/diraclivebeta to be added to a list to receive the Dirac Live beta installation package via email. The new software will be demonstrated at CEDIA 2018 in September at Dirac Research Booth 2530.
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Dirac Powers All-New Aesthetically Designed MEIZU Gravity Speaker
August 10, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Dirac Powers All-New Aesthetically Designed MEIZU Gravity Speaker

Dirac Research announced that its Dirac Power Sound solution is embedded in the all-new, aesthetically designed MEIZU Gravity portable speaker that began shipping this week. Originally announced in 2016 and promoted with a crowdfunding Indiegogo campaign, the Chinese company was not able to manufacture the ambitious product with its bold “floating” display concept as advertised. Apparently, the problem was not so much on the display or the design itself but with the promised sound quality. Enter Dirac Research to the rescue.
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All-New miniDSP Streaming HD Series Debuts with Dirac Live
July 27, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

All-New miniDSP Streaming HD Series Debuts with Dirac Live

The new miniDSP Streaming HD (SHD) series stereo processor combines leading digital signal processing, network streaming, and premier digital room correction in one device that sets a new benchmark for streamed high-definition audio. Featuring Dirac Research's Dirac Live room correction platform, miniDSP’s SHD series affordable yet powerful DSP-based network streamers are enabled by the latest embedded SHARC and ARM processors, combined with the Volumio open-source music player
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Dirac Research Enters the Gaming Headset Market
June 15, 2018 by Joao Martins

Dirac Research Enters the Gaming Headset Market

Sweden’s Dirac Research has developed a breakthrough 3D audio solution for gaming headsets that creates for an intensely immersive and lifelike aural experience. Now the company confirmed that the Dirac audio surround sound technology has already been licensed by a leading Chinese consumer technology manufacturer – with more to come. The Chinese manufacturer has licensed Dirac’s technology for a gaming headset that will debut in the second half of 2018.
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Dirac Research Announces Smartphone Debut of its ‘Dirac Panorama Sound’ Audio Solution
May 30, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Dirac Research Announces Smartphone Debut of its ‘Dirac Panorama Sound’ Audio Solution

Dirac Research announced that its Dirac Panorama Sound solution will finally make its smartphone debut in the Smartisan Nut R1 smartphone. Dirac Panorama Sound is a pioneering speaker-optimization solution that produces immersive surround sound audio from embedded speakers positioned only a few inches apart from one another in products such as smartphones and portable speakers. Surprisingly, this brilliant digital sound optimization technology only now is getting to actual products.
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