Orban Announces Implementation of Coding Technologies Improvements to aacPlus Encoder Engine
Tempe, Arizona, February 26th, 2007 — Circuit Research Labs, Inc. (OTCBB: CRLI.OB), parent company of Orban/CRL in conjunction with the Orban PC Product division, announces the implementation of Coding Technologies latest improvements to the aacPlus encoder engine. The new aacPlus encoder engine, announced by Coding Technologies on January 23rd 2007, increases the efficiency of an already incredibly efficient codec. Improvements include advanced speech handling and high quality streaming; near CD quality can now be achieved at 48 kbs in stereo. Orban's upcoming 5.1 surround sound applications will use these improvements to reduce bit rate by 20% without compromising subjective quality.
Orban will offer free upgrades to all Opticodec 1010PE and 1020FE Enterprise users.
Coding Technologies' aacPlus audio codec is the audio compression format of choice across a variety of industry standards, systems and applications, including, MPEG, DVB, DMB, 3GPP. Coding Technologies' aacPlus implementations are used by the world's most demanding professional equipment manufacturers, broadcasters, and content aggregators to deliver high quality music via terrestrial, satellite, the Internet, and mobile networks.
Contact Orban PC Product Manager John Schaab for more information at (904) 206-7702.
Circuit Research Labs, Inc. Forward-Looking Statements
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About Circuit Research Labs, Inc.
Circuit Research Labs, Inc. is a manufacturer of high-quality digital and analog audio processing, transmission encoding, and noise reduction equipment. Circuit Research Labs, Inc. is in the market for radio, TV and Internet audio processing. As technology evolves, Circuit Research Labs continues to innovate with state-of-the-art audio processing products for DAB, DTV and streaming media. The Company purchased Orban® in May of 2000. Orban was founded in 1970 by Bob Orban, who is the world's foremost expert in transmission audio processing for broadcast. Orban leads the industry in the design and manufacture of audio processors for radio, television and Internet broadcasting. Recognized for its standard-setting Optimod® digital audio processors and the Opticodec® codecs, the Orban name has become synonymous with reliable, high performance products. Today, its versatile audio processing equipment and codecs are the products of choice in fast-paced production environments worldwide.
For more information contact David Rusch at phone +1 (480) 403-8300, fax +1 (480) 403-8301 or e-mail: drusch@orban.com. Information is also available at www.orban.com and www.orban-europe.com.