Comments on: SRS Labs launches all new software designed to improve overall sound quality on Apple Macs

By: Cubert

Cubert — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 02:24:44 +0000

By: Follower

Follower — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:02:47 +0000

I tried this out and I am impressed. I have good desktop speakers at work (B&W MM-1′s) but usually listen at a low volume during the workday. The combination of equalization and whatever else the SRS app is doing definitely results in being able to hear more frequencies at the relatively low volume. It also does a good job of boosting bass intelligently. Would I want to process the sound this much listening at home in my living room? Probably not. But for the desktop near-field speakers and the volume label based upon office courtesy, SRS Audio Essentials is great so far.

By: Derek Currie

Derek Currie — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:33:31 +0000

I have to point out that the last two versions of SRS iWOW apps have been blatantly buggy and SRS didn’t care. They never offered bug fixes.

IOW: Buyer beware. Wait for the reviews. If SRS got their act together, then great. Otherwise, I’d look elsewhere. I’m currently enjoying the Boom app.

By: aka Christian

aka Christian — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:48:41 +0000

I keep wondering how long it will be before our devices have so much storage – or we have reliable access to enough cloud storage – that we will no longer require compression. That will be the next, maybe the last, big financial boost for the music industry as everyone upgrades their music collections BACK to CD quality.

By: Dialtone

Dialtone — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:17:47 +0000

Just for the record, “studio quality” means something very different for people who work in studios. Even in a small operation, a pair of audio monitors will cost the same as a pair of Thunderbolt displays.

By: jltnol

jltnol — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:00:33 +0000

All reasons to avoid buying or renting compressed audio and video…

By: Nekogami13

Nekogami13 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:28:53 +0000

4k man, 4k.
1080p is so last decade.

By: Laughing_Boy48

Laughing_Boy48 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:22:30 +0000

Same here. I felt it really enhanced the sound from iTunes when I used my external Bose stereo speakers. I liked the way the spatial adjustments sounded. Maybe iWOW wasn’t perfect, but the music sounded far better with it than without it.

By: TowerTone

TowerTone — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:37:50 +0000

“HD-quality sound”?
Is that 720 or 1080?
I won’t listen to anything less than 1080p……

By: abcd

abcd — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:36:38 +0000

WOW. I never knew.
Like my granddad use to say up north, “Cool.”

By: omalansky

omalansky — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:20:29 +0000

Don’t see a Mac version of either the free or paid app on the developer’s website.

By: writingdevil

writingdevil — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:56:32 +0000

I’ve used SRS iWow for years, and on iPod Touch, all my desktops and laptops. Good reviews from the sound guys both in the studio and on location. The quality is very good and the sound from tiny speakers was amazing.

By: thethirdshoe

thethirdshoe — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:53:16 +0000

Look it up.

By: abcd

abcd — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:39:59 +0000

“psychoacoustic processing” ??

By: thorin2604

thorin2604 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:24:56 +0000

I prefer the system wide dpsplugin from Bongiovi Acoustics, they consider the speaker design and have profiles for almost all Macs and a bunch of third party speakers and headphones. Once activated, the sound is as close to studio quality as you can get it from built in speakers. And they know, that volume is not quality. Used SRS iWOW in the past, but was not so impressed.

By: The Mac Version

The Mac Version — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:20:01 +0000

http://www.srslabs.com/store/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=61