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Dirac Live Bass Control And HEOS Updates For Denon & Marantz! Dirac Live Bass Control is now available for select Denon and Marantz products! Masimo also overhauled their HEOS app for a better wireless/streaming audio experience. Read on

Dirac Live Active Room Treatment On StormAudio Gear! Dirac Live Active Room Treatment, available on StormAudio processors, promises to minimize the need for bulky low frequency acoustic room treatments and uses All of your speakers to fix the bass.

Dirac Live Bass Control Available On Select Receivers From Onkyo, Pioneer Elite, and Integra Onkyo, Pioneer, and Integra began offering Dirac Live room correction on mid-priced AVRs in 2021. Now the brands’ latest receivers offer Dirac Live Bass Control as an optional add-on! Read on.

Trinnov Reveals Details of WaveForming Redefines Low Frequency Reproduction Trinnov’s new WaveForming technology seems remarkably similar in capabilities to DIRAC ART. This editorial illustrates the differences and how to plan your speaker and subwoofer system accordingly.

Spears & Munsil NEW Ultra HD Calibration Disc Has Pop Up Help Spears & Munsil released their NEW 2023 Ultra High Definition calibration Blu-ray disc series to help installers and home theater enthusiasts calibrate their displays for the best possible picture.

Trinnov Strikes Back at Dirac with New ‘Active Acoustics’ Technology Shortly after Dirac announced Dirac Live Active Room Treatment, Trinnov has responded with its own announcement: a groundbreaking “active acoustics” technology that promises similar results! Read on.

Dirac Live Active Room Treatment: One Giant Leap for Room EQ, Coming Spring ‘23 Dirac is set to revolutionize with Live Active Room Treatment Spring of 2023. Utilizing ALL of your speakers, ART spatially optimizes your system for every seat, reducing the need for passive room treatments.

Dolby Atmos Best Speaker Setup Practices In the Home The inner workings of Dolby Atmos and how best to set up your home theater with the right number of speakers for a successful Atmos experience, common mistakes and misconceptions are all revealed.

History of Surround Sound Processing: The Battle for Dolby Pro Logic II This is a historical perspective on 6-Axis surround originally developed by Jim Fosgate (who recently passed away) and how it battled Harman's very own Logic 7 format to become Dolby Pro Logic II.

Sennheiser Powers New Spatial Audio Experience on Netflix Netflix now has Spatial Audio for subscribers listening on two-channel devices. Sennheiser’s AMBEO Spatial Audio technology converts immersive sound formats into an enhanced version of stereo.