"this app takes dull
tracks and massages them into full-on sonic amazingness."
Review May 21, 2013:
www.technologytell.com/apple/116863/appidemic-dirac-hd-player-for-iphone-ipod-touch-and-ipad/
"In a word, simply. The Dirac HD app displays your iDevice's
music library as playlists, artists, songs or albums, and it lets
you toggle the Dirac HD Sound on/off. That's it. But that's more
than enough, as this app takes dull tracks and massages them into
full-on sonic amazingness. "
"The closest I've ever
been to being in a concert hall."
Review April 14, 2013:
www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/viewpoint/0413/aa_chapter_163.htm
"By being able to manipulate the program's curves, I was able to
voice my speakers in such a way that I actually felt the closest
I've ever been to being in a concert hall."
Dirac HD Player DSP For
Apple´s Earphones
Review Nov 14, 2012: http://kenrockwell.com/audio/dirac/hd-player.htm
"I haven't heard anything this night-and-day amazing in about 30
years."
This new, free Dirac Player HD app for iPod,
iPhone and iPad
uses highly advanced DSP to optimize the sound of Apple's new EarPods (as well as the older ear
buds) to turn OK little earphones into something incredible,
especially if you're a skilled, careful listener.
Datasat RS20i Audio Processor with Dirac Live Room Optimization
wins EX!TE Award 2012
CustomRetailer
- Sep, 2012
CustomRetailer Magazine presented their annual EX!TE Awards to
the best products available to the industry this year. "This year's
winners stood out as particularly impressive, considering the
unique challenges custom installers face every day on the job. The
impact these products have on the industry is felt in the
installers' productivity, the dealers' profitability, the clients'
satisfaction and the industry's vitality."
Read about the award here
Topic of International CES 2012
Phileweb -
Feb 22, 2012
"International Consumer Electronics Show was held at Las Vegas
U.S. There were many companies who introduced their new
products, but one of the most interesting technology was announced
from Dirac Research, Sweden."
Read the whole article
here (Japanese)
Dirac Ditty
HI-FI WORLD -
Feb, 2012
"The whole system is sonically well enough balanced to sound
creidible to a critical listener such as me."
Read the
whole article here (PDF).
Dirac Dimensions™ in BMW 6 Series
Coupé feat. Bang & Olufsen sound system
BMW´s Channel -
Jan 24, 2012
"..The speakers in the car are usually located very close
to the passangers with varying distances. We can locate the
speakers with Dirac Dimensions™ outside the car which have a very
similiar distance to the seats just like in the living room, this
causes all over high-class acoustics.." (2:40)
Dirac Live Room Correction
Hometheater
magazine - Jan 20, 2012
"The difference was impressive in the first demo and
transformative in the second."
Read the whole article here (PDF).
2012 CES Show Report
Posted by
Robert Kozel - Jan 16, 2012
"ATI has entered into a licensing agreement with Dirac
Research AB which is located in Uppsala, Sweden. The Dirac
Live system reduces the effects of early room reflections and
improves the clarity and bass response in the listening room. The
user interface seemed very intuitive and was running on a Windows 7
laptop."
Read the whole article here
Review on CES 2012 Show Reports
SECRETS CES Coverage Team
- Jan 10, 2012
".. I should also mention that the Dirac Live Digital Room
Correction system was the most interesting home theater technology
that I saw at the show."
Read the whole article here
Best Newcomer
Review Dec, 2012
A very positive German review of the room correction suite and
our demo at the HiFi-Music-World in Stuttgart, written by Frank
Landmesser.
Read the whole article here (German)
Naim For Bentley On Song
What
Hi-Fi? Sound & Vision - Dec, 2011
Experienced hi-fi and technology journalist Andy Kerr took
the Bentley Continental GT out for a spin to test out its Naim For
Bentley system.
Kerr comments on how the Naim For Bentley system uses
innovative Dirac Dimensions™ digital processing technology and BMR
(Balanced Mode Radiator) drivers to create the experience of "the
performer, performing to you in your own Bentley auditorium" going
on to state that the Naim For Bentley System "Isn't just a car
stereo system, it's a serious mobile hi-fi."
Moving the Audio Experience Forward
Cinema
Technology Magazine - Dec 2011
"Each issue or problem has its own independent solution and path
forward as outlined. The key is to provide all the solutions in one
package and this is not where we ended up, it´s where we
started.
The future of
audio is here now."
Read the whole article here (PDF).
Dirac Bows Room Correction Technology
CustomRetailer
- Sep 26, 2011
"A movie theater-optimized version of the solution has
been launched by Datasat Digital Entertainment, formerly DTS.
Additionally, Dirac recently forged an agreement with Amplifier
Technologies Inc. (ATI), which plans to incorporate Dirac Live into
the Theta Digital Casablanca preamp/processor line. Also on board
as a licensee is Ken Kreisel, founder of Miller & Kreisel
Sound, who recently launched Ken Kreisel Professional Sound and
will use Dirac's high-end-speaker-focused Dirac HD Sound solution
in his new line of studio monitor speaker systems and subwoofers
available in early 2012."
Read the whole article here (PDF).
Factory-produced High-End
Debut this
fall for PC speakers
Phileweb - Aug
31, 2011
Article explains how Dirac's technology adjusts the sound to
achieve a sound that is faithful to the speaker drive signals.
Read the whole article here
Dirac Research Room Correction Technology
Posted by Piero
Gabucci - Sep 26, 2011
"The results were not night and day but rather sophisticated in
the end. What seemed like congestion and flat lifeless music
through bookshelf speakers without Dirac Live® activated became
clear and cohesive. What sounded terribly harsh (think of really
bad computer speakers trying to play too loud) without the
correction became delineated and voices sounded natural. And yes,
bass was fuller and present, in fact non-existent without Live®
active.
I'm sure you will hear more from Dirac very soon; room
correction keeps getting better and better!"
Read the whole article here
CEDIA 2011 Post Show Report
Posted by David
A Rich - Sep 23, 2011
"The room-correction system is by Dirac Research. Dirac
also supplies room correction for the ATI products discussed above,
although the differences may exist in the filter banks and thus the
coefficient loaded into the hardware. The Datasat ships with twelve
channels of Dirac Live room correction, and sixteen will be
forthcoming."
Read the whole article here
VÖLLIG LOSGELÖST
(Totally Decoupled)
Alexanderos
Mitropoulos - Sep, 2011
"Would it not be good thing if one could adjust the loudspeaker
to the acoustics caused by its position, just by clicking a
button? XTZ follows this concept with its newly introduced
DSP-supported PC loudspeakers MH-800. The result is something to
hear. "
Read the whole article here (PDF).
Schwedische Kronen
(Swedish Crowns)
einsnull - Sep,
2011
"You would not believe how much the dynamics is improved, when
the chassi is hundred percent syncronized, and produces
time-aligned sound.
Already without processor support, the sound set produces grown up
sound,
spacey and true, thanks to the broadband loudspeaker element. With
the DSP turned on, the sun rises. This finally reveals the joy of
play and the potential of this very good Chassi. Voices are
unbelievably expressive, the reproduction is absolutely
rythmic and direct. After a few minutes, one does not want to live
without the DSP filter support."
Read the whole article here (PDF).
World Premiere: 2012 BMW 6 Series Coupe
BMWBLOG - March
12, 2011
"The Bang & Olufsen High-End Surround Sound System
uses Dirac Dimensions™ technology to recreate the acoustics of a
reference listening room in the passenger compartment."
Read the whole article here
Full Correction
(Full Korrigering)
Hifi &
Musik - No.11, 2010
"The reason for our visit is the new, small XTZ speakers, which
thanks to the Dirac software can perform at a level which only can
be described as shocking."
Read the whole article here (PDF).
New Continental GT:Audio
The Bentley
Magazine - No.35 AUTUMN 2010
"There is the impression of a whole blanket of sound, which is
very realistic."
The picture below shows a tuning session at Bentley, and how the
legendary recording engineer Andy Rose discusses the sound tuning
of the Bentley Continental GT, with the combined Naim, Dirac and
Bentley Audio team.
To the far right Dr. Lars-Johan Brännmark of Dirac is
working the Dirac Dimensions™ tuning software.
Read the whole article here (PDF).
Bentley Mulsanne
TopGear - June
2010
Regarding the Naim for Bentley sound system with Dirac Live®
technology:
"...the system reproduces sound so beautifully that you find
yourself hearing things on favourite tracks that you've never heard
before. And it's not necessarily all about power; even at low
volume levels, the mellowest of audiophiles can tell the
difference. If you're serious, you might buy a Mulsanne just for
that."
Read the whole article here
Pistons at dawn - fire when ready, gentlemen
The Times - 2
May 2010
Regarding the Naim for Bentley sound system with Dirac Live®
technology:
"...is perhaps the finest stereo I've heard in a car. Everything
from drum'n'bass to the most delicate classical music sounds
ridiculously good."
Read the whole article here
DATASAT AP20 - a cinema sound processor with several
significant differences...
Cinema
Technology Magazine - Vol.23, No 2, June 2010
- "It is these techniques that Datasat Digital Entertainment has
now incorporated for the cinema, based on cutting edge research
from Dirac Research AB"
- "One of the most compelling features of the AP20 is the
inclusion of Dirac Live® room optimisation technology"
Read
the whole article here (PDF).
BMW Commercial
Factory-produced High-End
(HIGH-END AB WERK)
AutoHifi, issue
3/2009, March-April 2009
Review in German of the Individual High End Sound System in the
BMW M3:
- "As a matter of fact, this Individual-System is the best
factory-designed sound system that AutoHifi has ever listened
to."
- "And this has been accomplished exclusively by using
high-quality components and precise tuning, completely without
special effects."
Read the whole
article here (PDF).
Read the English translation here (PDF).
Invisible loudspeakers elevate the car stereo
(Osynliga högtalare lyfter bilstereon)
Ny Teknik - 5
May 2007
Dirac Center Stage, one of the revolutionary technologies from
Dirac Research, was demonstrated in a 4-channel car audio system
(using only door-mounted loudspeakers) to Hans Dahlquist,
audiophile and reporter from Swedish technology newspaper Ny
Teknik: "During a short demonstration of the algorithm, […] all
doubts of its influence vanish. The sound stage elevates, becomes
centered, more spacious, and more accurate - even when sitting in
the rear seats."
Read the whole article here
Jazz Proof
Sport auto,
issue 10/2007, September 2007
Review in German of the Individual High End Sound System in the
new BMW M5:
- "purely astonishing, extremely stable, spatial image of
the sound stage"
- "The sound quality offered by the BMW Individual High
End System in a parked car is hard to surpass with respect to
resolution and bass distinctness even with expensive home
systems."
Street Musician
Auto Motor und
Sport, issue 8/2007, March 2007
Review in German of the Individual
High End Sound System in BMW M5 Touring. The article concludes "the
most impressive sound system in the world with respect to stereo
reproduction".
Swedish Defense aims for silent hovercrafts
(Försvaret vill
tysta nya svävare med motljud)
Ny Teknik - 4
December 2006
The Swedish Defense Material Administration has signed a contract
for an Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) pilot project with Dirac
Research.
Sound from uppsala in new SUV from BMW
(Uppsalaljud i
BMW:s nya stadsjeep)
Ny Teknik - 22
November 2006
Article in Swedish about the launch of the new BMW X5, the first
car to feature Dirac Live™. This is the starting point for the
company's commercial breakthrough in automotive audio.
Swedish company behind premium sound in the new BMW X5
(Svenskt företag
fixar toppljud i nya BMW X5)
Auto motor & sport -
21 November 2006
Article in the Swedish magazine AutoMotorSport
describing the launch of the new sound system in BMW X5.
Read the whole article here
Use the audio
system to cancel unwanted sound inside a car
(Stereon dämpar
bullret i bilen)
Ny Teknik - 4 October
2006
Dirac Research in Uppsala is developing a new system to
cancel unwanted sound inside the car.
Innovative
sound solution from Uppsala in German premium car
(Tysk prestigebil
skall få ljud från Uppsala)
Ny Teknik - 16
March 2005
Audi, BMW or Mercedes? One of these car manufacturers includes new
technology from the company Dirac Research in Uppsala.
Major car
manufacturer includes sound technology from Uppsala
(Stor
biltillverkare satsar på Uppsalaljud)
Ny Teknik - 14
September 2004
One of the major car manufacturers in the world believes in
filtering technology from the company Dirac Research in Uppsala
Dirac
Research: Magic box gives golden sound from computer
speakers
(Dirac Research:
Hemlig låda ger guldljud från plastburkar)
Ny Teknik - 8
April 2003
Dirac Research in Uppsala has developed a filtering technology
that improves the sound quality in HiFi systems.
Moderne Elektronikk
Nr 14, 2001
Upsala Nya Tidning
2001-05-11
Dagens Industri
2001-05-10