Audio Engineering Society
Chicago SectionMeeting Recap - July 18, 2012
AES Chicago Section Meeting Notice
TOPIC: The Evolution of Audio Technology that Transports the Cinematic Experience into the Home
PRESENTER: Guy Torio
DATE: Wednesday, July 18, 2012
TIME: 7:30pm; dinner (optional) at 6:30pm
LOCATION:
Shure Incorporated, 5800 W. Touhy Ave,
Niles, IL 60714 ABOUT THE PRESENTATION:
Advances
in audio technology have brought the experience of the cinema to
the living room. Traditional home theatre occupies significant
space within the home. Audio system advancements have made
possible compelling new form factors that have allowed home
theater to gain mainstream acceptance. Guy Torio, an Audio System
Research Engineer at Bose, will share the evolution of audio
research and design for the home from multiple monolithic floor
standing loudspeakers to all-encompassing single piece systems and
everything in between. With regards to bringing the best possible
experience into the home, technology advancements in the areas of
acoustics, signal processing, and overall system design will be
discussed.
ABOUT
THIS MONTH’S SPEAKER:
After
receiving a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering at
Georgia Tech, Guy Torio worked for Shure as an Acoustic
Development Engineer starting in 1995. At the beginning of 2001,
Guy began working for Bose as an Audio System Engineer with the
Automotive Systems Division (ASD), designing and tuning custom
production systems. In 2005, Guy moved into the advanced
development group, where he created new signal processing for
automotive applications and provided training on new tuning tools.
In 2007, Guy transferred to the Research division to work with the
Home Entertainment Applied Research group. Today, Guy is a
specialist research engineer and manages the system engineering
section of the Audio Applied Research group, whose long-range
charter is to serve all the divisions at Bose.
