History

Who developed Hypacoustic?

• Hypacoustic has been fully developed by the Arvus Group of New Zealand and is the culmination of over seven years of R&D in the field of psycho-acoustics and builds on 25 years of loudspeaker development.

• Arvus received two grants from the New Zealand Foundation for Research Science and Technology (FRST) to further refine elements of the Hypacoustic technology.

How was Hypacoustic developed?

• Arvus first concentrated on understanding the biological and psychological mechanisms that control our responses to sound. This was done with dozens of volunteers in a controlled cinema environment. New data was gathered which revealed many critical nuances in sound that must be reproduced to emotionally engage the listener.

• The findings showed that all current cinema speakers are simply unable to reproduce these critical elements in a movie soundtrack, no matter how loud they are played.

• This research also revealed the fact that there were huge flaws with traditional loudspeakers and that new technology was required.

• By testing the responses of dozens of volunteers to various sonic events, Arvus was able to create special ‘test tracks’ that allowed further refinement of the Hypacoustic system, making it perfectly attuned to the unique characteristics of human hearing.

• The ‘emotive’ elements of a film soundtrack can finally make themselves felt when it’s heard on a Hypacoustic system.

Go to Arvus History to read more about the story of Hypacoustic.