Dirac is featured in the all-new Cleer Audio’s ALPHA

Dirac spatial audio solution powers immersive sound experiences for Cleer Audio’s new ALPHA Noise Cancelling headphones

Today we are proud to announce that we have collaborated with U.S.-based performance audio company Cleer Audio to integrate our patented spatial audio solution Dirac Virtuo™ into the Bluetooth chipset of the all-new ALPHA over-ear, active noise-cancelling headphones. By including Dirac Virtuo™, Cleer ALPHA users can enjoy immersive sound experiences from any stereo content. 

“Cleer Audio has established itself as a leading designer of ultra-high-quality headphones, earbuds, and smart speakers that offer premium performance at affordable prices,” stated Lars Isaksson, Dirac’s Head of Business Development, Streaming & Headphones. “By collaborating to include Dirac Virtuo™ in the new Cleer ALPHA, our companies have shown that headphone users can have easier access to better sound quality and more immersive sound experiences.”

Spatial audio is becoming mainstream. However, most consumed content is still stereo and not spatial. Dirac Virtuo™ for wireless headphones turns any stereo content into an immersive sound experience with an accurate soundstage and perfected sound quality. With Dirac Virtuo™ integrated into the new Cleer ALPHA, listeners experience a more balanced sound and an expanded soundscape that includes all spatial cues of the original stereo content – as if it were coming from a pair of high-end home speakers.

Dirac Virtuo™ uses a high-resolution Binaural Room Impulse Response (BRIR) to bring out the spatial cues already embedded in stereo recordings, recreating the listening experience as originally intended by the artist. The solution also includes measurement-based frequency response correction technology to digitally enhance the sound quality of headphones, removing undesired resonances and colorations – creating a clean acoustic canvas for the spatial experience. 

The result is audio that sounds like it’s emanating from beyond the headphones, for a more natural and comfortable listening experience, whether enjoying music, podcasts, conferencing, or movies. 

“Our collaboration with Dirac underscores Cleer Audio’s efforts to combine high-performance hardware and software to create the best sound experience possible from our headphones,” said Patrick Huang, President & CEO, Cleer Audio. “Regardless of your media player or playback device, Cleer ALPHA users can now always experience immersive sound.”

The Cleer ALPHA headphones include adaptive technology to sense a user’s surroundings and provide a quiet, focused listening experience. They include patented 40mm Ironless drivers for crystal CLEER audio and strong bass and deliver up to 35 hours of playback time.

For more information about Dirac, visit www.dirac.com. For more information on Cleer Audio, visit www.cleeraudio.com. For hi-res photography, click here.

About Dirac:
Dirac is here to change the world of sound. We’re inventing the future of audio with superior experiences for any content, device, and space. For the many, not the few. Based in Sweden, Dirac optimizes digital audio, perfecting sound for better listening in any environment. The patented sound solution technology spans across mobile, gaming, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, headphones, streaming, automotive, residential and commercial AV, boosting whatever sound you’re listening to, wherever you’re listening. For professionals, Dirac produces the industry’s most powerful suite of audio tools for signal processing. Some of the world’s most respected brands, including Rolls Royce, Volvo, Polestar, BMW, BYD, Harman, Datasat, NAD, ASUS, and OPPO bring the Dirac sound experience to their customers.

Dirac is a global company with headquarters in Uppsala, Sweden and R&D facilities in Copenhagen, Denmark and Bangalore, India, with representation in China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and USA.

www.dirac.com

About Cleer Audio:
Established in 2012, Cleer Audio offers award-winning high-performance headphones and smart speakers unbound by the shackles of conventional thinking, that allows users to discover freedom through unparalleled audio. Cleer believes in elevating and transforming every experience through sound, creating with intention, anticipating the consumer’s needs before they’re even recognized. Cleer is devoted to pioneering breakthrough, award-winning audio technologies with uncompromising performance. Learn more at www.cleeraudio.com