StormAudio Launches Core 16+ Compact Immersive Audio Processor

StormAudio, the manufacturer of high-performance audio processors and power amplifiers for the home theater market, has announced the release of the Core 16+, an enhanced version of its acclaimed Core 16 processor. The Core 16+ introduces expanded channel capability and includes their most powerful advanced features as standard. That includes the latest version of Dirac Live, with Active Room Treatment.
 

“With the Core 16+, we set out to deliver a processor that is designed to handle increasingly complex home theater systems whilst staying true to our ‘Core’ principles: performance and reliability,” commented Olivier Thumerel, CEO at StormAudio. “Just as importantly, we believe in giving our customers more without raising costs unnecessarily and keeping our promise of future-proof products. The Core 16+ offers significant advancements without inflating the price, which is something we’re very proud of.”

With support for up to eighteen discrete audio channels, the Core 16+ gives installers and home cinema designers expanded freedom to deliver more ambitious, high-impact speaker layouts, including today’s reference-standard 9.4.4 configurations. Through a software upgrade, the Core 16+ includes as standard several of StormAudio+s most advanced technologies that were previously only available through an optional license package. 

Expert Bass Routing gives integrators precision control over low-frequency energy across multiple subwoofers, whilst StormXT expands spatial realism by generating ambient content in otherwise silent speakers. The inclusion of an HDMI Dual Zone Matrix adds greater flexibility for multi-room video distribution.

 

Immersive format support with the Core 16+ is comprehensive, including Dolby Atmos, DTS:X Pro, Auro-3D, and IMAX Enhanced. Room optimization is handled by the latest version of Dirac Live, with Active Room Treatment license included for real-time, spatially aware correction. Up to 20 parametric EQs can be applied to each channel, and the processor can drive four-way active crossovers as well as any number of subwoofers, meeting the needs of the most demanding acoustic environments.

In keeping with StormAudio’s philosophy of future-ready design, all existing Core 16 units can be upgraded via the Optional License Package after they have been updated to the 4.7 firmware, enabling the same 18-channel capabilities and advanced features as the Core 16+. This ensures long-term scalability and  investment protection for current users. This software-based upgrade is completely seamless — no hardware modifications, no downtime.

Driven by the passion to deliver superior audio electronics, StormAudio designs and manufactures high-quality audio amplifiers, processors and receivers. The company was originated in 2016 as a spinoff of the Home Entertainment and Luxury Audio Division of Auro Technologies, in Belgium. Now with headquarters in France and worldwide presence through its US subsidiary and Hong Kong office, StormAudio is the choice of professional integrators both in terms of high-end immersive audio home theater processors and amplifiers and for its premium technical and customer support at every stage of a project.

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