Spatializer Audio Laboratories Inc. Introduces Its Next Generation Audio
Enhancement Technology, Spatializer(R) PCE(TM)
Spatializer PCE (Phase Corrected Equalization) Polishes and More Clearly
Defines Both Dialog and Music Through Any Ordinary Set of Television or
Home Theater Speakers, While Simultaneously Enveloping the Listener in
an Immersive Surround Sound Field
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct 15, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Accelerating its
efforts to address the needs of today's audio consumer by bringing impressive
next-generation audio enhancement solutions to market, Spatializer Audio
Laboratories Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SPAZ) announced today the availability of
Spatializer PCE for licensing to consumer electronics manufacturers and chip
foundries world-wide.
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With Spatializer PCE, high frequencies are clearer, crisper and more brilliant
while low frequencies are more dramatic, tighter and have more impact.
Spatializer PCE gives the manufacturer an inexpensive way to dramatically
improve the sound of low-end loudspeakers, such as the kind found in
televisions, boom boxes and computers.
Spatializer PCE is also ideal for improving the quality of Internet audio, which
can sound rather lackluster and dull due to compression or low bit rates. It can
be applied prior to encoding audio streams, and can just as easily enhance the
playback of the decompressed audio. In addition to improving the clarity,
intelligibility and impact of both dialog and music, Spatializer PCE includes
the Company's renowned surround sound technology used by both leading consumer
electronics manufacturers and award-winning recording engineers and artists. The
result is a listening experience that combines the best attributes to phase
distortion already present in many playback systems. The psycho-acoustic cues
are interpreted by the brain as sounds emanating from virtual speaker sources.
Spatializer PCE can be custom tailored for two or an array of speaker
configurations. Indeed, the technology, without a surround sound effect, can
enhance single speaker applications as well.
"This product marks a quantum leap in the evolution of our core surround sound
technology," stated Henry R. Mandell, Chairman and CEO of Spatializer Audio
Laboratories. "Consumers are asking for and expecting more natural, involving
and lifelike audio from the digital audio revolution. Manufacturers are keen on
delivering these benefits, but struggle with the cost or logistics of enhanced
speaker systems, particularly in televisions and small stereo systems. By
combining the latest developments in psycho-acoustics, dialog and music signal
polishing and definition, we have created a new product which we believe will
exceed our customer's expectation for both a "high definition" and immersive
audio experience in a single cost effective solution," concluded Mr. Mandell.
Spatializer PCE is a digital technology which has been ported and is available
on the Texas Instruments C55x DSP generation. Another advantage of the
Spatializer PCE algorithm is that it has very low processing requirements so
that it can readily be run on most leading DSPs or RISC processors.
Implementation in analog is also under development. More information is
available by contacting Randy Roscoe, Spatializer's Vice President, Sales and
Marketing at randyr@spatializer.com or at 408-296-0600, ext. 202. |
