Category: Uncategorized

Alpine (Alps Alpine North America, Inc.) have announced their new OPTIM™8 8-Channel Sound Processor and Amplifier with Automatic Sound Tuning. A highlighted feature of this new product is the Auto-EQ technology powered by Eilex PRISM. This integration brings together the capabilities of these innovative tools to deliver enhanced sound clarity and precision.

Eilex PRISM: Raising the Bar for Car Audio

Eilex PRISM™ technology presents a fresh approach to perfecting car audio. It measures and equalizes Acoustic Power Volume Density (APVD) frequency response, simultaneously correcting time and phase alignment errors in speaker systems. The technology aims to ensure that the output sound is as close as possible to the original source, offering remarkable musicality and intelligibility. Key benefits of Eilex PRISM™ include:

Dependable measurement results, independent of operator or environment. Flexibility in terms of speaker layout and acoustic situations. Fast measurement and tuning process.

A User-Friendly Approach to Tuning

Alpine’s Auto-EQ, powered by Eilex PRISM™, simplifies the sound tuning process. It provides on-screen instructions, using either an iPhone app or PC app, so the user can easily make a precise measurement of the car’s system.

One of the features of Eilex PRISM is its resilience to irregularities and human error in making measurements. During the measurement process, the user moves the microphone (or iPhone) throughout the car’s cabin, capturing hundreds of measurement points. The Auto-EQ process is intelligent enough to ignore outlier information. The result is a consistent and highly objective analysis of the car’s system every time, even when different users make the measurement.

After measurement, the app’s graphical tuning interface provides real-time results so that users can quickly and intuitively perfect their system’s audio. The interface is far more flexible than a traditional EQ; the user is not restricted to moving sliders up and down. The interface powered by Eilex PRISM allows the user to place control points exactly where they want them across the audio spectrum. Getting the exact sound you want is as easy as clicking and dragging.

Versatility of Eilex PRISM

This integration of Eilex PRISM into car audio is a demonstration of the software’s flexibility and versatility. A car cabin is a unique and often difficult environment in which to produce good sound, but Eilex PRISM was up to the challenge. With use cases for TVs, headphones/earphones, high end audio, and now for automotive sound, Eilex PRISM is a nearly universal solution for getting the best sound out of any given system.

Hisense Japan has announced the release of the new 65S6E and 58S6E models of their 4K UHD TV line — which utilize Eilex PRISM® and VIR Filter® technologies. These TV models also feature Eilex’ Focus, Dialogue, Auto-Volume, and SoundSpace processes for an outstanding sound experience whether the user is watching a movie or listening to music.

Eilex PRISM is the foundation for superior audio quality in a TV. This cutting-edge audio technology equalizes the sound energy throughout the entire frontal space of the TV. This eliminates inconsistencies in sound energy across the audio spectrum, bringing the TV’s sound as close to optimal as possible. This is made possible by Eilex’ VIR Filter, a modern audio filter which surpasses the limitations of IIR and FIR filters.

Hisense has further enhanced the performance of these TV models with a suite of Eilex audio processes. They have deployed Eilex Focus to recover harmonics lost in the compressed audio formats commonly used (especially for streaming). Eilex’ SoundSpace technology raises and widens the sound image from the speakers to match the height and width of the screen. Eilex PRISM Dialogue optimizes dialogue in movies for clarity and intelligibility. Finally, Eilex Auto-Volume performs intelligent dynamic range compression to eliminate the need for end users to adjust the TV’s volume even when the content changes.

Hisense has published further explanations of the benefits of Eilex’ technologies on their website.

Toshiba’s new 2019 4K TV models Z730X, RZ630X and M530X feature a range of Eilex audio technologies including Eilex PRISM (with VIR Filter), Eilex Focus, Eilex SoundSpace, Eilex Dialogue and Eilex Auto-Volume.

An overview of Eilex audio technologies available on select Toshiba 2019 TV models and what they do to improve the sound of these systems:

• Eilex PRISM® brings the overall sound of these TVs closer to perfection by equalizing their Acoustic Power Volume Density (APVD). Eilex PRISM achieves its outstanding performance by using VIR Filter™.
• Eilex Focus restores harmonics lost through lossy compression often used in TV content, resulting in richer sound.
• Eilex PRISM SoundSpace produces a natural, comfortable three-dimensional sound image when used in TVs.
• Eilex PRISM Dialogue is an important feature of any TV because it improves the intelligibility of speech/dialogue in movies and other programming.
• Eilex Auto-Volume intelligently maintains the user’s desired volume level, eliminating the need to adjust the volume level when the loudness of the viewing material changes.

Audio Accessories Magazine in Japan has awarded Eilex HD Remaster with its Special Award 2018 for audio excellence. This award is part of its annual Audio Meiki Awards, meaning “audio excellence” or “audio masterpiece.” This year, the magazine arranged a Special Award to recognize HD Remaster for its outstanding contribution to the audio world.

Eilex HD Remaster is a high definition audio process which brings standard-definition audio as close as possible to how it would sound if it were true HD. Upsampling audio to high definition alone does not improve the sound. A smart process is required in order to generate the details and harmonics which would have been recorded if the original material were HD. This is where Eilex HD Remaster comes in.

High definition information added by Eilex HD Remaster is based on the existing audio (while noise is ignored). By carefully adding only meaningful data, Eilex HD Remaster achieves the smooth texture and natural character we have come to expect from HD audio.

For more information, visit the Eilex HD Remaster page on our website.

SHARP announced their new AQUOS X500 series 8K TV. The incredible detail of this monitor, with “about 33 million pixels (7,680 × 4,320 pixels)” — or four times the visual information of the 4K specification — required an equally impressive audio experience. For sound performance worthy of the beautiful and stunning 8K display, SHARP turned to Eilex PRISM^® and VIR Filter^®. Selected models are to be sold in Japan, China, Taiwan and Europe.

Variable-resolution Impulse Response (VIR) Filter is a modern audio filter which outperforms FIR and IIR filters in every aspect: it provides superior control over a system’s sound while requiring less computing power. A detailed explanation of how VIR Filter works can be found on the VIR Filter page.

Eilex PRISM (Primary Sound Measurement) is an equalization technology which uses VIR Filter. Unlike traditional audio equalizers, PRISM corrects the Acoustic Power Volume Density (APVD) of a system. APVD is a measurement of how sound energy is distributed throughout the frontal space of the speaker. It maps the strength of a wide range of frequencies at hundreds of points in front of the system. Based on this repeatable and objective measurement, PRISM corrects the sound output of the system to ideal levels. More information is available on the Eilex PRISM page.

Sources:

• SHARP X500 Line Product Details (Japanese)

Naxos’ Hi-Res classical album “The First Selection” has been ranked as one of the top downloaded albums in the e-Onkyo music store for the first half of 2017. Ranked at number one for the most downloads in the classical music category, and number three in the store overall. This album’s popularity has been extended by Eilex’ HD Remaster process.

The album was originally recorded at 96 KHz (24-bit). Thanks to Eilex HD Remaster, “The First Selection” is now enjoyed at 192 KHz (available in both 24- and 32-bit).

Eilex HD Remaster is, of course, much more than just upsampling. Upsampling provides canvas space for increased detail in sound, but an intelligent and thoughtful process is required in order to fill in this area. Based on knowledge about how sound behaves in the real world, Eilex HD Remaster creates meaningful data which bears relation to the recorded audio signal.

Eilex’ remastered material has more than just the polished texture we have come to expect from HD audio. In “The First Selection” it can be clearly heard how Eilex HD Remaster improves the expression and nuance of each instrument, as well as the acoustic characteristics of the venue. Yet at no point is the result too harsh or exaggerated; the remastered sound is very natural.

Resources:

• First half of 2017 announced Ranking TOP 100 most listened!
• Eilex HD Remaster

Sharp Corporation have announced their new AQUOS U45 4K TV line for the Japanese domestic market, featuring Eilex’ two main technologies: (1) Eilex PRISM® equalization which uses (2) the VIR Filter® filtering technology.

These two key Eilex audio technologies provide the foundation of natural, realistic sound for movies, music, and video games. Eilex PRISM stands at the cutting edge in audio equalization technology, with the most sophisticated measurement method in the world. Eilex PRISM utilizes data from the entire frontal space of the TV to reproduce the sound of your favorite film or album to what the artists intended.

Eilex PRISM uniquely relies not on FIR or IIR filtering, but on a Variable-resolution Impulse Response filter: a VIR Filter. VIR filtering goes far beyond the capabilities of FIR or IIR filtering in terms of effectiveness with a given amount of computing power. No other audio filter comes close to what VIR Filter’s computing efficiency. The precision fine-tuning that VIR Filter provides has allowed SHARP’s engineers to create the best possible sound experience for the end user.

Visual information is only half the experience of a movie or video game — the sound is equally important. Advances in audio technology must provide high-quality sound to match the ever-improving picture. Eilex PRISM and VIR Filter are the basis of a perfect audio experience.

The AQUOS U45 line comes in 40”, 50” and 55” models.

FiiL released new DIVA Bluetooth headphones on August 9th. DIVA employed Eilex’ headphone technology MaxWide and audio-specific VIR Filter.

Eilex MaxWide provides theater-like sound experience to the users with headphones.

VIR Filter is specifically designed for audio applications. It delivers high resolution and sound quality while reducing the MIPS size. VIR Filter contributes for longer battery life.

FiiL press release show:

On July 1, e-Onkyo’s down-load webstore started to carry 192-KHz 24-Bit Hi-Res audio programs processed by Eilex HD Remaster technology.

The initial release contains the five albums of “Tokino Manimani” series I though V by Kanae Izutsu. The singer, Ms. Izutsu expressed her appreciation on the outstanding sound quality of the Eilex HD Remaster processed products.

Eilex HD Remaster technology is introduced at e-Onkyo webstore (Japanese)

Sharp Corporation released a Side-bar Theater System “HT-SP1000” on December 3, 2015. They system employs Eilex PRISM® (Acoustic Power volume Density measurement and equalization), VIR Filter® (Variable-resolution Impulse Response filter), Eilex Harmony™ (restores digitally compressed lossy audio) and Eilex HD Remaster™ (Hi-Res audio converter) technologies.

Eilex International, LLC developed world’s first acoustic power volume density measurement and equalization technology, Eilex PRISM.

Eilex PRISM uses proprietary VIR Filter to realize the equalizer. VIR Filter boasts high resolution and high efficiency. It outperforms conventional FIR and IIR filters in every aspect, running at exceptionally small MIPS.

Eilex HD Remaster generates multiple even-order harmonics from the up-sampled audio sources extending the higher frequency response. It requires only a small MIPS and works in real-time.

Eilex Harmony effectively generates both even and odd-order harmonics to compensate the lost harmonics in the lossy-compression digital audio sources.

Sharp’s Hi-Res speaker system HT-SP100 employs the above technologies to improve its audio performance.