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Arnis Sound Technologies offers a range of 3D sound solutions based on “S+”, our proprietary 3D sound technology. With S+ you can now experience 3D sound through headphones or stereo speakers regardless of the type of sound source, whether it be monaural, stereo or multichannel
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About Arnis’3D sound

■Why 3D sound?

Listening environments have steadily evolved from public places, such as concert halls and theatres, to more personal environments such as mp3 players.

With recent advances in technology, listening to music and even watching movies has become portable, and more and more people are starting to enjoy digital media in their own personal environments.

◆Eliminating the restrictions on the personal listening environment

There are a number of limitations associated with listening to music in a personal environment. For example, you have to listen through headphones, and using a multi speaker system isn’t possible.

Even though producers put a lot of effort into creating high quality multichannel audio content, standard headphones or stereo speaker systems often can’t reproduce even half of the original source content.

These restrictions apply not only to multichannel audio sources but also to stereo audio as well. Many people feel a slightly oppressive sensation when listening through headphones, or a loss “stereo-ness” when listening with small stereo speakers.

Our focus is to bring about an end to such restrictions on the personal listening environment.


◆More Fun

In the gaming world, recent advances in technology mean we can now enjoy incredibly detailed 3D graphics. However, even with this amazing technology, you can’t see anything outside the actual console display. Imagine the fun you could have if, through three dimensional sound, you could feel an object coming from right, left, up or down from outside the screen!

“Fun” is our second major focus.

■What you need for 3D sound.

So what do you need for 3D sound production?
We reckon:

◆No restrictions on the audio source.

We believe you must be able to create 3D sound regardless of the sound source, whether it be monaural, stereo, multichannel or any other audio input source. This is essential because you need to be able to apply 3D sound technology not just to music but also to games, DVDs and other media environments.

◆It must work for both headphones and speakers

In the personal listening environment, it is essential for 3D sound to be supported by both standard headphones and by stereo speakers.

◆Ease to production

As 3D sound technology becomes more widespread, there is a growing need for 3D sound content. Creators therefore need to be able to easily develop 3D sound, without having to understand the theory or the complex algorithms involved.

◆It must sound good

As well as meeting all the above criteria, at the end of the day it has to sound good. It also has to sound good over an extended period of listening. Above everything else this quality of sound is perhaps the most important factor of all.

 

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