Rosen Aviation has announced the imminent launch of an in-seat audio system for commercial, VIP and business aviation cabins, designed to bring ‘a new level of fidelity and spatiality’ along with active noise cancellation.
The immersive experience will be part of Rosen’s PO-RT-AL (Personally Optimized – Real Time – Augmented Luxury) passenger experience demo at Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), which will include digital windows and skylights, a curved carbon composite IFE display, a hologram controller and a smart cupholder.
Aiming for “a true audiophile experience”, Rosen partnered with renowned audio engineer Laurence Dickie, designer of the Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus loudspeaker, and co-founder of Vivid Audio, for the project.
The audio system leverages newly patented technologies in sound wave propagation, to produce life-like sound and music that Rosen says accurately recreates tone, timbre and spatiality.
Rosen says that the essence of the system relies on simply getting the foundation right, and that “high-quality audio systems are not simply software add-ons that can be applied to any speaker or amplifier”. The company adds that the key is to focus on the “finest ingredients, well prepared and minimally processed, to always deliver the most enjoyable experience”.
Rosen’s PO-RT-AL passenger experience demo at AIX 2024 is by appointment only, and the firm encourages interested parties to contact them to schedule a meeting.
“The steady increase in demand for truly high-end audio has been gaining momentum in commercial and VIP aviation over the past decade, and we now have a truly unique approach that offers passengers a next-level experience,” said Lee Clark, SVP strategy at Rosen Aviation. “Existing solutions are still far from what customers can experience in their car, let alone at home, and Rosen’s system represents a culmination of hardware and software that will ultimately create a new paradigm in inflight audio capabilities.”
