SRS Labs, Inc. was a
Santa Ana, California-based audio technology engineering company that specialized in audio enhancement solutions for wide variety of consumer electronic devices. Originally a part of
Hughes Aircraft Company, the audio division developed the
Sound Retrieval System
Sound Retrieval System (SRS) is a patented psychoacoustic 3D audio processing technology originally invented by Arnold Klayman in the early 1980s. The SRS technology applies head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) to create an immersive 3D soundf ...
technology, and in 1993 was separated off to form SRS Labs, Inc. In 1996 SRS Labs became a publicly traded company on Nasdaq, SRSL.
The company developed audio enhancement solutions and licenses those products to companies including
Microsoft
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,
Samsung Group
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,
LG Group,
Toshiba
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Vizio
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Dell
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,
Hewlett-Packard,
Sony
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,
ViewSonic,
Sharp Corporation
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Haier
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, and
Hisense
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.
In 2008, approximately 36 million SRS-equipped flat-panel TVs were shipped, representing a 30-percent estimated market share.
SRS Labs had more than three hundred consumer electronics manufacturing partners, and more than 150 patents for its technologies.
SRS manufactured its own products, including, MyVolume - Volume Leveling Adaptor, SRS iWOW for iTunes, SRS Audio Sandbox for PC, and SRS iWOW Adaptor for
iPod
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.
In 2012, SRS Labs was acquired by DTS, Inc. and was run as a subsidiary but has now been fully absorbed into the DTS parent company.
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Products
The company licensed and produced a number of products including:
* TruVolume
* StudioSound HD
* TruSurround HD
* TruSurround XT
* TheaterSound (Equipped only on high-end Samsung 2010 Televisions.(Series 6 and above) and Samsung 2011 Televisions.(Series 5 and below)
* TheaterSound HD (Equipped only on high-end Samsung 2011 Televisions.(Series 6 and above) and T27A950 3D TV monitor.)
* Headphone 360
* TruSurround HD4
* TruBass
* Dialog Clarity
* WOW HD
* TruMedia (for Android devices based on Qualcomm MS7x27 series)
* Circle Surround
* CS Headphone
* CS Auto
See also
*
Sound Retrieval System
Sound Retrieval System (SRS) is a patented psychoacoustic 3D audio processing technology originally invented by Arnold Klayman in the early 1980s. The SRS technology applies head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) to create an immersive 3D soundf ...
*
DTS (sound system)
DTS, Inc. (originally Digital Theater Systems) is an American company that makes multichannel audio technologies for film and video. Based in Calabasas, California, the company introduced its DTS technology in 1993 as a competitor to Dolby Labo ...
References
External links
*
Official Site'.
*
SRS' Sounding Off Blog'.
Hughes Aircraft Company
Xperi
Companies established in 1993
Companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq
Companies based in California