DIRAC AND SOUND UNITED HAVE ANNOUNCED A COLLABORATION TO BRING DIRAC LIVE TO DENON AND MARANTZ.

Six new home theatre products from Denon and Marantz will now come Dirac Ready to run the Dirac Live room correction solution.

Swedish digital audio brand Dirac and Sound United, one of the world’s largest portfolio audio companies, today announced a collaboration to make the Dirac Live solution available in several new AV receivers and AV preamplifiers from Denon and Marantz.

Marantz AVR Cinema 50

DENON AND MARANTZ

With six new mid-range and high-end Denon and Marantz units that are Dirac Ready to run Dirac Live, Dirac and Sound United will release an over-the-air software update in March 2023 that will allow customers to purchase a license to activate one of Dirac Live’s main functions Dirac Live Room Correction.

Denon’s Dirac Ready units include the Denon AVR/AVC-A1H, Denon AVR/AVC-X4800H, Denon AVR/AVC-X3800H. Marantz’s Dirac Ready units include the Marantz AV 10, Marantz CINEMA 40, and Marantz CINEMA 50.

DIRAC LIVE

Powered by patented technologies, Dirac Live is a room correction solution used in premium home theatres, professional studios, and commercial cinemas. The solution automatically addresses audio issues that all home audio systems have, but hardware alone either can’t address, or takes too much time, expertise, and cost to do so. Dirac Live allows users to easily achieve enhanced sound experiences from their home theatre systems.

The interaction between a home theatre system and the physical layout of a room has a significant impact on audio quality. Dirac Live Room Correction digitally compensates for the room’s impact on audio performance.

Dirac Live Room Correction accomplishes this through a patented mixed-phase impulse response correction technology that corrects not just magnitude response, but also time domain, which the Swedish brand says is exclusive to Dirac Live and critical for creating accurate staging, clarity, and tight bass. Dirac Live Room Correction also generates an auto target curve based on the sound system’s unique measurements, which makes it easier for users to get even better sound quality from their system automatically. This auto target curve is then fully customizable so users can get their speakers to sound exactly how they want.

Marantz AVR Cinema 40

SOUND UNITED

Sound United, a Masimo company, was founded in 2012. Today it is one of the world’s largest portfolio audio companies and home to several audio brands Denon, Marantz, Bowers and Wilkins, Polk Audio, Classé, Definitive Technology, HEOS, and Boston Acoustics.

According to Erik Rudolphi, Dirac’s Vice President of Home & Pro Audio, the integration of Dirac Live into Denon and Marantz home theatre units is a testament to the market-leading innovation that drives both Dirac and Sound United.

“Dirac and Sound United have long been leaders in their respective areas of audio engineering – pioneering many of the solutions and technologies that have created, and continue to create, the home theatre industry,” stated Rudolphi. “Now, with the release of Dirac-enabled Denon and Marantz units, we’re showcasing the combined engineering leadership to the benefit of home theatre owners and enthusiasts across the world. It’s a seminal moment for our companies and the industry and we look forward to the first-ever release of Dirac Live-enabled Denon and Marantz home theatre devices.”

HiFi Pig Says: Dirac Live room correction is putting pro home cinema tools into the hands of the public, allowing people to make the most of their home system.