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Fraunhofer showcases upHear Flexible Rendering at CES in cooperation with Merry Electronics and StreamUnlimited

Optimized Playback and Immersive Sound:  Home Entertainment solutions by Fraunhofer IIS unleash the true potential of home audio devices like soundbars, smart speakers, and TVs.

Today, various speaker arrangements are used for listening to music, watching movies or making calls. upHear Home Entertainment unleashes the true potential of home audio devices like soundbars, smart speakers, and TVs. It offers solutions that are designed to adapt to varying acoustic conditions and to enhance the sound quality of any content, which guarantees extraordinary sound.

Setting standards in audio quality together

Everybody interested in experiencing an immersive sound setup powered by upHear can do so at the joint demo with Merry Electronics and StreamUnlimited at CES 2025. In the demo, Merry Electronics will showcase upHear Flexible Rendering by Fraunhofer IIS based on a completely integrated system with wireless transmission (Bluetooth LE Audio). The setup includes a soundbar and two satellite loudspeakers plus external subwoofer, manufactured by Merry Electronics. The cutting-edge upHear algorithm is running on a Stream1955 streaming module by StreamUnlimited.

Perfectly flexible sound at home

upHear Flexible Rendering helps unleash the immersive power of any speaker combination. It cleverly renders any input signal from legacy content up to modern Next Generation Audio formats for optimal playback on any setup. As a result, it becomes just as easy to add a speaker to a system as to remove it, making it the perfect solution for households with more than one smart device.

With upHear Flexible Rendering, nothing gets in the way of transforming customers’ homes into immersive listening environments.

Explore the future of immersive home entertainment at CES 2025 in Las Vegas

Fraunhofer IIS will showcase upHear technology at CES 2025 in Las Vegas. Visitors are welcome to visit the Fraunhofer upHear suite 34-204 at the Venetian Tower. Please schedule an appointment beforehand.

For more information about upHear and its features go to upHear.com.

 

About Merry Electronics

Merry Electronics is a world-leading manufacturer of electroacoustic products such as speakers, headsets and microphones for mobile communication, entertainment and smart homes. Since nearly 50 years, Merry Electronics designs and manufactures high-quality products for world leading brands.

 

About StreamUnlimited

StreamUnlimited, founded in 2005, is a supplier of software solutions and hardware modules for connected audio and IoT products. As the de facto global system integrator offering its own IP and engineering services, StreamUnlimited works with a global cross-section of high-end audio, CEDIA-channel, premium and mainstream consumer electronics manufacturers, along with all major semiconductor companies in the consumer electronics and IoT channel.

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