It might read like a follow up title to a Bond movie, but Harman’s patented QuantumLogic surround sound is a whole new listening experience making its world debut in the Ferrari FF.
Cramming 15 JBL Professional speakers in the FF’s cabin was a challenge in itself, explained Arndt Hensgens chief engineer for acoustic Europe, Harman. It necessitated installing a pair of Electro Dynamic Planar Loudspeakers in the ‘B’ posts, their acoustic lens steering the sound rearwards towards the back seat occupants without interfering with what those seated in the front are hearing.
QuantumLogic is Harman’s own closely guarded and patented algorithm. Its Aesthetic Engine digitally remodels extracted signal streams into an infinitely variable sound stage. With patented “spatial filter bank technology” providing psycho-acoustic modeling for transparent digital processing and a perfect acoustic reconstruction.
“We’re disassembling the music into seven different channels and then reassembling it,” Hensgens explained adding, “Where the channels are distributed to depends on where it’s needed and the car’s architecture. For example, with the center extraction we also do a little bit in the rear to give you good imaging in the back of the car. You can also have hard left or right so it sounds as if it’s within the car between the ‘A’ posts, but switch on QuantumLogic and it sounds as if the music is coming from outside the car.”
I am no hi-fi stereo expert but it sounds pretty impressive to my ears and a whole lot better than my not exactly inexpensive home sound system.
Expect a second high end automotive application to be announced before the end of the year.
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