The sound revolution for television and streaming continues: HDSX TV Sound Optimizer now also with HDMI connection

One year after the release of the small device to combat volume fluctuations when watching TV, Kronoton is launching another sound innovation as an add-on in the HDMI version with HDSX.360.

The soundsmith from northern Germany is thus expanding the technical installation options of the HDSX TV Sound Optimizer, which ensures consistent volume and understandable dialogues when watching TV and streaming. TVs and external speaker systems can now also be connected to the optimizer via HDMI ARC connection. A nice side effect: only one remote control is needed to operate it. The heart of the HDSX TV Sound Optimizer is its patented HDSX technology - High Definition Sound Expansion. Thanks to HDSX.speech, dialogues can be clearly understood and stand out from background music and noises. HDSX.volume also ensures consistent volume within films or when switching between TV or streaming content, for example.

Another highlight of the HDMI version of the HDSX TV Sound Optimizer is the HDSX.360 technology, which has been integrated and released for the first time: it creates a virtual 3D sound. Dialogues appear constant and clear from the center, while music and sounds are distributed in an orderly manner throughout the room. HDSX.360 is the first to allow great cinema sound to be heard in the living room from just a few speakers - for example a soundbar - while at the same time allowing dialogues to be clearly understood. The days of incomprehensible home cinema sound are over.

Innovation made in Germany

With the HDSX TV Sound Optimizer, constantly reaching for the remote control to adjust the volume is a thing of the past. While the Toslink version, which came onto the market in 2021, includes HDSX.headphone surround sound as an additional feature for immersive sound in headphones, the HDMI version now offers another innovation from the Kronoton Sound Lab with HDSX.360: With just the push of a button, the viewer can enjoy clearly understandable dialogues in the middle of an impressive 3D sound stage.

"Normally, speech intelligibility drops drastically with virtual surround and 3D sound," explains Gunnar Kron, Managing Director and Chief Developer at Kronoton. "We wanted to create a standard that combines great cinema sound from a few speakers in the living room with clear dialogue, and with HDSX.360 we have created a completely new development to solve this problem." The result is - depending on the room situation - a rich surround sound that clearly differentiates noises and background music and at the same time the dialogue appears constant from the center.

Now also usable in parallel for digital multi-channel sound

Plugged in between the TV and soundbar, AV receiver or hi-fi system, the HDSX TV Sound Optimizer works in PCM 2.0 sound format and thus in uncompressed sound quality. For anyone who occasionally wants to experience a film in 5.1, DD+ or Atmos, the HDMI version of the HDSX TV Sound Optimizer offers the "passthrough" mode: digital multi-channel formats can be used in parallel at the touch of a button.

The HDMI variant as a technical alternative to the Toslink variant

Kronoton has set itself the goal of making the world a better sounding place. Several patents form the basis of various sound technologies. "The HDSX TV Sound Optimizer solves a problem that many people are familiar with in their television or streaming situation. This is confirmed by our many customers who give us incredible reviews on our shopping portals," says Gunnar Kron. "We were repeatedly asked whether we could offer an HDMI connection instead of the Toslink connection that our first version of the optimizer has. We took up this idea and thus created a useful addition." Depending on the existing technical equipment, the TV and external sound system can now be connected via HDMI ARC or Toslink.

Kronoton expects the first delivery of the HDSX TV Sound Optimizer HDMI ARC in October 2022. From today, this variant can be pre-ordered exclusively in its own shop at www.hdsx.com at the Early Bird price of €109 instead of €139 RRP.

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