AUROPHONIE™ (Lat. aurum = GOLD)

Aurophony designates an audio (or audio+video) playback system able to correctly render the three-dimensionality of the recording room – defined by its X-, Y-, and Z-axes – thanks to suitable sound recordings combined with specific speaker layout(s).

From the point of view of technical development, aurophonie could also be defined as a "surround setup with height speakers", all the more so as aurophonie –in its broader definition of periphony-offers consumer-oriented solutions for the variety of formats that have appeared in the market in the last few years (6.1, 7.1, 8.0, 9.1, 10.2, 11.1 etc.). However, the term of aurophonie is much more significant if you think, on the one hand, of the importance that gold had for times immemorial on people of all cultures as a symbol of wealth, the sun, its heat, etc. In the history of our cultures, it was traditionally used for noble personages and important events; gold is firmly linked to the fate and culture of countless peoples. On the other hand, it is linked to certain aspects of consciousness as aurophonie merges and blends the tonal characteristics of two spaces.

Thanks to the number of channels and speakers, any recordings made on this basis enable a playback that, for the first time ever, uses the full potential of natural three-dimensionality.

Multi-channel technology combined with the specific positioning of the speakers acoustically transport listeners to the very site of the sound event – to a virtual space – and enables them to experience its spatial dimensions in virtual mode.
The width, depth, and height of this space are for the first time perceived both physically and emotionally.