CSR says it has boosted its multimedia Bluetooth technology with the addition of QSound Labs’ QXpander technology. QSound offers a powerful suite of audio enhancements for digital playback that provides a richer, more natural and immersive enhanced audio for CSR’s BlueCore3 and BlueCore5-Multimedia systems. Music transmitted over Bluetooth via CSR’s BlueCore technology now benefits from spatial stereo expansion through QSound’s QXpander audio algorithms. QSound will be demonstrating its technology on CSR’s BlueCore Multimedia systems this week at exhibition Stand 463-A at the CTIA Wireless 2007, in Orlando, Florida.

QXpander technology uses purpose-specific algorithms for maximum spatial impact on headphones and speakers. The three-dimensional spatial processing adds new depth to music playback by expanding the soundstage beyond the physical limitations of speaker locations; this expands the acoustic image outside of the user’s head when using headphones. The sophisticated enhancement algorithms are particularly effective on highly compressed audio content such as MP3 and SBC.

CSR’s BlueCore-Multimedia platform has a high-performance integrated DSP that enables it to be the only Bluetooth platform available that can support multiple third party enhancement software. BlueCore Multimedia also leads the industry for power consumption and radio design as well as offering superior sound quality with a best-in-class signal to noise ratio. CSR adds additional functionality and audio enhancement capabilities to BlueCore5-Multimedia through its eXtension Partner Programme - QSound is the latest addition to this programme.

“This is exactly the type of innovation that the CSR eXtension Programme was designed to bring to CSR’s customers,” said Anthony Murray, Senior Vice President, Wireless Audio Business Unit, CSR. “QSound’s rich package of audio enhancements for CSR’s BlueCore platforms greatly improves the user experience providing a more natural dimension to sound.”

“CSR’s Bluetooth technology has been leading the way in enabling superior mobility for mass market devices,” said David Gallagher, President and Chief Executive Officer of QSound Labs Inc. “QSound’s participation in CSR’s eXtension programme enables CSR’s customers to reach new dimensions in spatial audio quality.”

QSound’s audio software is well known as one of the wireless industry’s highest quality, most compact and efficient solutions for enriching the users’ experience. QSound technology has been integrated into over 150 million devices ranging from mobile phones, consumer electronics, PCs, game consoles and more.

Source: CSR