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Review

The translation and perception of height channels in particular is probably the best I’ve heard in any headphone experience.

Production Expert

Article

Areal immerses crowds at Tomorrowland Winter

by TPi

The electronic music festival returns with Areal’s brand-new Upmix Engine providing sonic immersion across all stages.

Review

SR1 is an extremely exciting piece of hardware. It is very well executed, both on the engineering and the software side.

Michael G Wagner

Article

A new phase

by LSI

Phil Wards discovers an upmix engine that works…

Article

Interview with Pieter Doms

by Mondo DR

Our co-founder Pieter Doms shares the Areal story with mondoDR.

Press releases

Press release

Areal’s SR1 Immersive Headphone System Wins Red Dot Design Award

may 26th 2026

Areal has won a highly regarded Red Dot Design Award in the Product Design category for its SR1 spatial reference headphones.

Press release

Areal reveals SR1 spatial reference headphones

April 9th 2026

Areal has launched SR1, a new spatial reference headphone system designed for accurate immersive monitoring beyond the post-production, mixing or broadcast studio environment.

Press release

Areal partners with Polar for UK distribution

March 31st 2026

Areal has appointed POLAR as the official distributor for its entire professional audio portfolio in Great Britain.

Press release

Areal appoints Amptec as new Benelux distributor

February 26th 2026

Areal has appointed Amptec as the official distributor for its pro audio portfolio in the Benelux region.

Press release

Areal introduces the Upmix Engine

January 13th 2026

Areal unveils its Upmix Engine stereo upmixing hardware at ISE 2026 (booth #CS646).

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