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AKG Introduces Downloadable HEARO Player

AKG Introduces Downloadable HEARO Player


AKG

Posted 2004-05-31


The AKG HEARO PLAYER delivers high-quality 8-channel surround sound when listening to music or movies or playing a high-tech computer game when using headphones with your PC. This innovative software plug-in has recently been upgraded and offers even more realistic surround effects.

The best news is that the HEARO PLAYER enhances your sound in a big way at a very low price: only $11.49--about the same price as a single CD or DVD! The HEARO PLAYER software is only available at www.akg.com/hearoplayer. A free demo version of the HEARO PLAYER is also available at this address, so you can try it for yourself. If you don't have Windows Media Player 9, the software is available as a free download at www.microsoft.com.

The HEARO PLAYER is a downloadable, plug-in version of the basic operating software from the AKG Hearo 999 processor. It delivers three-dimensional surround sound with two proprietary technologies: AKG's patented Individual Virtual AcousticsTM (IVA) and Lexicon's LOGIC7TM. It only works on PCs using Windows® Media Player 9 software and requires a good set of headphones (like AKG K 301XTRAs, K 171 Studio or K 101s) to deliver maximum performance.

AKG IVA TM eliminates "in-head localization" -- the phenomenon common with headphone listening when the audio “image” sounds as if it’s the size of your head. IVA TM takes the sound and opens it up into a 360o panorama with life-like imaging and depth. Lexicon's LOGIC7 TM gives you all the surround-sound effects of a room full of loudspeakers and it works with any stereo or surround-sound encoding format (including Dolby Pro Logic and Dolby Digital) to give you big, wide-open, movie-theater surround sound.

The HEARO PLAYER software adjusts itself so that it automatically maximizes the available processing power on your computer. You can also select between five different types of program EQ to customize the sound to your personal taste and the material you're listening to.

If you have any questions about the AKG HEARO PLAYER, please visit our website at www.akg.com.

System Requirements: Windows® 98 Second Edition/Me/2000/XP, Windows Media® Player 9 Series, 450 MHz processor (1600 MHz recommended), 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended), sound card, good-quality headphones (AKG K 101, AKG K 301XTRA or any AKG Studio models are recommended).

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About AKG Acoustics

AKG Acoustics is widely recognized as the most innovative manufacturer of microphones, wireless systems and headphones in the world. Since its founding in Vienna, Austria in 1947, the company has been granted over 1500 patents-more than all of its competitors combined. Today, AKG employs over 60 engineers in full-time research and development, providing them with the most advanced tools available for computerized design, testing and performance simulation. AKG Acoustics, U.S. markets the full line of AKG Acoustics microphones and headphones and processing technology for recording, concert, sound reinforcement, commercial sound and broadcast applications.

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