
SRS is not a panacea for audio systems that are marginal to begin with it works best with full-range, high-fidelity sound reproduction.

An article in the November 1994 issue of Consumers Digest magazine tested several SRS-equipped sets from Sony and other manufacturers and concluded that the circuit was essentially a gimmick in these products due to their small, close-set speakers and low-wattage amplifiers.
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Many TV sets employ built-in SRS to make their built-in audio systems sound "bigger". In the early 1990s, Hughes sold off its non-aerospace-related holdings, and a group of entrepreneurs formed SRS Labs to acquire the SRS technology. Initially Hughes Aircraft, for whom Klayman was doing acoustic consulting at the time, offered a standalone SRS audio processor, as well as licensing the technology to Sony and Thomson ( RCA) for inclusion in their products. SRS is not a Dolby matrix surround decoder but works with normal stereo recordings. The SRS technology applies head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) to create an immersive 3D soundfield using only two speakers, widening the " sweet spot", creating a more spacious sense of ambience, and producing strong localization cues for discrete instruments within an audio mix.


(The original SRS patents are US 4866774, US 4748669 and US 4841572, which expired between 20. The Sound Retrieval System (SRS) is a patented psychoacoustic 3D audio processing technology originally invented by Arnold Klayman in the early 1980s.
