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Auro-3D® Auriga™ AV Receiver Brings Immersive Sound In 3D Audio Into Indian Homes

Auro Technologies presents world’s first true 3D home theatre AV receiver at What Hi Fi? Show 2014

July 10, 2014

Auro Technologies presents the Auro-3D® Auriga™ AV receiver at the 2nd edition of the What HI FI Show 2014, the only content-driven show in India which will focus on high-end home entertainment systems. This time, the show will be at Leela, Gurgaon, in Delhi from the 11th to the 13th of July 2014. Auro Technologies will be present with a demo room and will be showcasing the Auro-3D® Auriga™ in 9.1 speaker format with a Blu-Ray player. The Auro-3D® Auriga™ Integrated 3D Sound Processor was introduced at CES, Las Vegas and officially launched at the High End Show in Germany in May. Now, it is showcased for the first time in India. The What Hifi? Show 2014 is organized by India’s number one home entertainment magazine. http://www.audioprointernational.com/_media/images/Auro_Head.pngUniversally recognized as a leader in audio innovation, Auro Technologies, spin-off of the Galaxy Studios Group, is at the roots of today’s most immersive 3D listening experience in music and film soundtracks through the Auro-3D® Technology Suite. The Auro-3D® Concept and Audio Formats are designed by the founder and CEO of Galaxy Studios and Auro Technologies, Wilfried Van Baelen. The Auro-3D® Suite brings to the industry and consumer market cutting-edge, easy-to-use and unsurpassed sound reproduction capabilities. Auro-3D® immersive sound can be enjoyed around the world, with almost 500 screens confirmed to be equipped with Auro 11.1 by Barco™. Among them, about 26 Indian digital cinemas are equipped with the pioneering 3D technology. Next to the installation of extra speakers in cinemas, immersive content is therefore needed. More and more films are being mixed in 3D audio as studios see the potential for sound to bring the audience closer to the action. Auro-3D® is here to serve the cause with already over 100 international movies slated for release including recent blockbuster The Amazing Spiderman 2 and the Malayalam language film Swapaanam, which has won the National Film Award as ‘Best Re-recordist' for the final mixed track at the National Film Awards in India. Auro Technologies now makes the leap to entering the consumer market with its cutting edge Auro-3D® Auriga™ AV receiver. Auro-3D® content will now go beyond cinema’s frontiers into the home. The Auro-3D® Auriga™ is set to revolutionize the home theatre world as world’s first true 3D home theatre AV receiver. By adding the missing height layer for the first time around the listener, the Auro-3D® format revolutionizes the audio world as it offers the most compelling, natural and enveloping sound experience on hand. “The first of a kind in the home theatre world, the Auro-3D® Auriga™ AV receiver generates the most immersive 3D sound ever experienced at home, delivering high-resolution audio from a standard Blu-ray,” explains Wilfried Van Baelen, inventor of the Auro-3D® format and CEO of Auro Technologies. Through the creation of more than 8 PCM audio tracks from standard Blu-ray™players, the Auro-3D® Auriga™ offers true 3D audio playback in Stereo, 5.1 / 7.1 Surround Sound, and Auro 9.1 (up to Auro 13.1). This immersive 3D sound is easily delivered into the home via Blu-ray™ discs thanks to the single file distribution and backwards compatibility of the Auro-3D® format. The ground-breaking processor also integrates Auro-Matic®, an up-mixing plug-in which converts legacy Stereo and Surround Sound content into an encompassing 3D audio experience. This plug-in feature allows consumers to experience movies and music they already bought in the past, in an immersive manner like never before. With a reputed In-House background in Surround Sound Processors and Multi-Channel Amplifier technologies, StormAudio™, the Residential Division of Digital Media Solutions Group (DMS) has entirely designed and manufactured the Auro-3D® Auriga™ on Auro Technologies terms. In a single elegant console designed to flatter the luxury residential customer, the Auro-3D® Auriga™, is the best full-function state-of-the-art processor put at the consumers’ disposal, which supports all existing high-resolution audio formats, including Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio up to 4K video formats with Auro-3D®’s technology suite. The pioneer Auro-3D® Auriga™ AV receiver is beyond compare as this level of performance has only been attained through the combination of multiple separate processors and high quality power amplifiers. Main Auro-3D® Auriga™ features: ü Professional grade quality design ü Set-up and parameters via LAN or Wi-Fi connection ü Remote control over LAN or Wi-Fi, via Smartphones, iPads or Android-based devices ü Sophisticated equalization and multi-subwoofer management ü 16 audio channels (13 amplified channels plus 4 RCA lines) ü 4 HDMI inputs, 1 HDMI output ü Remote monitoring capabilities Main supported audio and video formats: ü 3D High-Definition Audio: Auro-3D® (Auro 8.0 up till Auro 13.1) ü High-Definition audio: DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby® TrueHD ü 3D HD video support, 4K support (coming soon) Technology and processing capabilities: ü Auro-3D® Engine (includes Auro-Codec® Decoder and Auro-Matic®) ü HDMI V1.4a compliant digital audio with video pass-thru ü 2 ADI SHARC 4 processors ü 1 Sigma DSP ü HDMI 192kHz audio support The Auro-3D® Auriga™ is the first of many other high end and quality products, which will bring to the consumer market - cars, mobile devices, gaming, headphones…- the most immersive sound in 3D surpassing anything you have heard before.