The high-performance 16-channel processor joins Dirac’s growing ecosystem of ART-enabled products, delivering tighter bass, improved clarity, and studio-grade sound correction for high-end home theaters.
UPPSALA, Sweden, January 21, 2025
Swedish digital audio pioneer Dirac today announced that Dirac Live Active Room Treatment (ART) is now available on the Monoprice Monolith™ HTP-1 home theater processor. The collaboration brings Dirac’s latest room optimization technology to one of the most respected brands in enthusiast home cinema, elevating performance with cleaner bass, improved clarity, and enhanced spatial precision.
The Monolith HTP-1 is a 16-channel balanced pre-processor designed for uncompromising audio fidelity, connectivity, and control. With support for leading immersive formats including Dolby Atmos®, DTS:X®, and Auro-3D®, the HTP-1 has become a centerpiece for serious home theater enthusiasts. With the option to upgrade to Dirac Live Active Room Treatment, the full Dirac Live suite can now be utilized to deliver an even higher level of precision and consistent acoustics across every seat in the room.
“Dirac Live ART is redefining what’s possible in-home theater sound correction,” said Fredric Tapper, Dirac’s Vice President and Head of Business Development. “By bringing this technology to the Monolith HTP-1, we’re empowering more users to experience a level of realism, control, and immersion that previously required professionally treated rooms or with highly complex systems.”
First introduced in 2023, Dirac Live ART transforms a system’s existing speakers and subwoofers into a cooperative acoustic control network that actively manages low-frequency resonances and reflections. Powered by Dirac’s patented MIMO (Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output) technology, ART enables every speaker to work together to smooth bass behavior, minimize decay time, and produce a more natural, balanced soundstage throughout the listening area.
By intelligently analyzing and adjusting how sound interacts within the room, Dirac Live ART achieves results that traditionally require extensive physical treatment. The outcome is tighter, more articulate bass and a wider, more coherent sweet spot.
“Our collaboration with Dirac reflects a shared commitment to advancing home theater performance,” said Hobie Sechrest, Business Unit Manager, Monolith Series at Monoprice. “By bringing Dirac Live Active Room Treatment to the Monolith HTP-1, we’re giving customers access to professional-grade acoustic control in their own homes. This collaboration marks an important step in making studio-grade performance more accessible to serious enthusiasts around the world.”
Dirac Live ART builds on the company’s proven Dirac Live Room Correction, which optimizes magnitude and phase response to overcome the limitations of traditional EQ, and Dirac Live Bass Control, which uses machine learning to co-optimize subwoofers and speakers for consistent low-end performance. Together, they form Dirac’s most advanced home-theater optimization platform to date.
Users can now upgrade their Monolith™ HTP-1 devices with Dirac Live ART for Monolith, by purchasing a license here. Dirac Live ART is available as an add-on to the existing Dirac Live portfolio and can be purchased as a stand-alone license or bundled with Dirac Live Bass Control.
About Dirac:
Dirac develops digital software solutions that create a significantly improved sound experience for all types of sound systems. Our customers include enterprises, such as sound system manufacturers and streaming services, as well as consumers. Dirac is a global company with headquarters in Uppsala, Sweden and R&D facilities in Copenhagen, Denmark and Bangalore, India, with representation in Greater China, Germany, Japan, Korea, and the USA. Learn more at www.dirac.com.
About Monoprice:
Located in Brea, Calif., Monoprice, Inc. is an e-commerce leader specializing in providing more than 7,500 high-quality yet affordable electronics and tech products. As an industry innovator, Monoprice fills a void in the consumer technology market by delivering exceptional products that are on par with the best-known national brands at prices far below the retail average with incomparable speed and service. Maintaining a business philosophy that focuses on the needs of its customers, the company strives to bring simplicity, fairness and confidence to consumers and businesses shopping for big-ticket electronics and tech accessories. For more information about Monoprice, visit www.monoprice.com.
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