The innovative "listener-adaptive" soundbar project was originally introduced during CES 2017, still as a research project on adaptive beam steering and binaural reproduction with loudspeaker arrays, expanding on the work of Marcos Felipe Simón and Filipio Maria Fazi, from the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton in the UK. Marcos Simón co-founded Audioscenic and is now the company's CTO, where Filippo Fazi is currently chief scientist.
AudioScenic has been diligently working to expand the technology into a viable concept for home audio, and demonstrated an evolved prototype with advanced head tracking at CES 2020 in partnership with 3nod Acousticlink. The concept - which also offers interesting possibilities for personal audio zoning in automotive and public spaces - generates an expanded area for binaural listening using speakers and is not restricted to a very narrow ideal "sweet spot," as it happened with all previous attempts for binaural reproduction. According to Audioscenic, the implementation eliminates this restriction, and "provides a natural-sounding audio experience from anywhere in the room."
The Audioscenic soundbar system is also intended to create a superior experience from what is today the standard with conventional loudspeaker systems, and replacing the use of headphones for binaural reproduction of spatial audio content. The company's technology delivers controlled and independent sound beams direct to the left and right ears of the listener, generating spatial audio or "sounds positioned in 3D space" all around the listener.
In addition, a proprietary head tracking technology enables the independent beams of sound to follow the ears of a listener, "delivering perfect reproduction no matter what position they occupy or whether they move either whilst playing a computer game or watching a movie."
"Audioscenic technology delivers personalized and immersive audio," states Marcos Simón. “We believe your audio system should adapt to you. You should not need to change where you sit or how you arrange your furniture to experience the best possible 3D audio. We are thrilled to partner with Tectonic to demonstrate the future of living room audio.”
For the past two years, Audioscenic has been working on improving the prototype implementation and optimize the number and types of drivers used in the soundbar, which led the company to work with Tectonic Audio Labs and explore the possibilities with the latest generation of Balanced Mode Radiator (BMR) flat-panel products. The results will be demonstrated for the first time during CES 2022 in Las Vegas, NV.
“The BMR drive unit offers full-frequency audio with the industry’s widest soundstage, a perfect match with Audioscenic’s impressive 3D audio system,” says David Stokes, GM of OEM and Product at Tectonic Audio Labs.
The Audioscenic soundbar can be experienced in The Venetian, Suite 29-230. To schedule a demo, send an email here. CES2022@tectonicaudiolabs.com.
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