Harman creates individual zones for car audio

Are you and your family always arguing about who gets to play their music on the car stereo? Now, Harman’s going to make you a bit more anti-social with its new in-car setup. It lets drivers create “individual sound zones,” which won’t interfere with the different sounds played in the other areas. It breaks down the interior into “virtual, simultaneous in-car entertainment systems.” It will be created using the car’s current setup as well as the addition of twin 50mm directional units added to the headrests and flat electrodynamic planar loudspeakers in the car’s headlining.

The zones can be controlled individually by the passengers but, of course, it doesn’t offer complete isolation. It does limit it so you wouldn’t be distracted to what your sister is listening to beside you. It can be integrated into any Harman audio system through an amplifier or be tailored to fit a specific vehicle layout. And it can be paired with Harman’s HALOsonic active noise cancellation technology, which is created to combat road and engine noise.

Source: Gizmag

CES 2015: Neil Young plans to bring Pono Music to cars

Aside from the triangular music player, Neil Young is looking to expand Pono’s reach to the automotive industry. Young announced at CES that he is partnering with Harman, an infotainment and in-car audio maker, to create better compressed audio for cars. If you opt in to the ecosystem it’ll cost you around US$400, which is a competitive price for high-resolution audio. Of course, you’ll need to have a Harman stereo installed.

Source: Engadget