ZR Acoustics® | The Ultimate Listening Experience
Zero Reflection Technology | Elegant | Impeccable Imaging | Miniaturized Mastering Grade Acoustics
All ZR Quantum Devices are powered by finely-tuned designs, engineered for maximum versatility and performance. 31 discrete designs are available in 3 families of technology. This versatility creates freedom and adaptability. Each design is graphically represented by an arrow, signifying the general direction toward which air particles are being quantized. Possessing aesthetic appeal and technological prowess, ZR Quantum Devices are embedded with Extreme Acoustic Resolution making them thin, smart and effective. For Ultimate Performance ZR Products work with minimal coverage of 75% or greater depending on the envelope details.
For a fun and alternative way to understand ZR Quantum Devices please read ZR Comix!
10 ZR Products designs easily relate to points on a compass.
- North | South = Loma Up | Loma Down
- East | West = Horizon Right | Horizon Left
- North-East = Toccante Up Right
- North-West = Toccante Up Left
- South-East = Toccante Down Right
- South-West = Toccante Down Left
- Sunspot = All Outward
- Black Hole = All Inward
Name Origins | Entomology
- Loma is Spanish for “hill”
- Toccante is Italian for “diagonal”
- Horizon is where the earth and sky meet.
- Sunspots are the gaseous phenomena on the surface of the earths’ sun.
- Black Holes are regions of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation can escape.
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ZR Product Diagrams
Models shown below as examples: SR24+ and SR8 | Finish: Acoustic Textile and Natural Wood | Resolution: 450+ NPS/ft2
Models shown below: SR24+ and SR8 | Finish: Acoustic Textile and Natural Wood | Resolution: 450+ NPS/ft2
Models shown below: SR24+ and SR8 | Finish: Acoustic Textile and Natural Wood | Resolution: 450+ NPS/ft2
Models shown below: SR24+ and SR8 | Finish: Acoustic Textile and Natural Wood | Resolution: 450+ NPS/ft2
Models shown below: SR24+ and SR8 | Finish: Acoustic Textile and Natural Wood | Resolution: 450+ NPS/ft2
Models shown below: SR24+ and SR8 | Finish: Acoustic Textile and Natural Wood | Resolution: 450+ NPS/ft2
Models shown below: SR24+ and SR8 | Finish: Acoustic Textile and Natural Wood | Resolution: 450+ NPS/ft2
Models shown below: SR24+ and SR8 | Finish: Acoustic Textile and Natural Wood | Resolution: 450+ NPS/ft2
Models shown below: SR24+ and SR8 | Finish: Acoustic Textile and Natural Wood | Resolution: 450+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Micro Twin | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 140+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Screen | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 100+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Screen | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 100+ NPS/ft2
Model shown below: Screen | Finish: Acoustic Textile | Resolution: 100+ NPS/ft2
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ZR Acoustics® | The Ultimate Listening Experience
Acoustics is the new frontier of human experience. Powered by Quantum Acoustics™, the new reference standard is Life-Like Imaging with Extraordinary Clarity and Dimensionality. A unique sense of expansiveness and spaciousness is created well beyond the boundaries of any interior space. Zero Reflection Technology controls Air at the molecular level, making walls, ceilings and hard reflective surfaces acoustically disappear. ZR Acoustics® is the revolutionary design paradigm responsible for creating these unique environments. Unlike traditional technology, ZR Quantum Technology is applicable in any space, anywhere, in any form: Permanent Construction, Prefab or Products. By design, ZR environments are elegant and aesthetically pleasing.
ZR environments feel spacious and expansive, like a quiet beach or grassy field. Sounds are clear and defined, even at a whisper. Physiologically, lower volumes cause less ear fatigue, which in turn lowers blood pressure and cardiovascular stress. The holistic results are healthier, more peaceful environments for people to live and work in. The human mind and body operate at higher levels of performance when exposed to less acoustical stress.
Applications for Life-Like Acoustical Imaging range across a wide variety of fields, most notably Architecture, Transportation, Entertainment and Aerospace. Architectural environments benefit from ZR Acoustics® in residences, offices, hotels, restaurants, spas, hospitals, senior facilities, and many others. Creating environments with a sense of expansiveness is an enormous benefit to the Transportation Industry in automobiles, airplanes, bullet trains, buses, yachts and cruise liners. In the Entertainment Industry, Life-Like Imaging has a myriad of uses from, music, film and television studios, to production, post-production, Virtual Reality, Internet content facilities and any space used to create original content. The Aerospace Industry’s requirements for lighter, faster technologies with incredibly demanding performance values has a plethora of applications for ZR Acoustics®, from satellites to manned spacecraft.
ZR’s core principle is simple: Phase Coherency creates Life-Like Imaging and an audible sense of Expansiveness. In the eyes of Quantum Physics, it is now understood that Electrons and Air molecules behave in the same Quantum fashion. Using this core principle, ZR Acoustics® eradicates the most egregious acoustical issues, including low intelligibility, resonant frequencies, excessive reverberation, standing waves, variable frequency response with amplitude, and bass buildup in corners. The root of these issues begins with reflections off hard surfaces. ZR creates the proper environment in which reflections are quantized. Quantized Air at hard reflective surfaces equals no wave action. No wave action means no sound reflections, and no sound reflections means only crisp, clear, Direct sound with high Phase Coherency, resulting in Life-Like Imaging and a true sense of spaciousness.
Quantum Physics and wave particle duality were proven to be a reality In the early 1900’s. It is the basis for the entire Era of Electronics. The concept is that until they are observed, electrons can behave as waves, as individual particles or as both at the same time. ZR Acoustics® creates the proper environment to quantize the behavior of Air molecules from wave fashion to individual particle fashion. When Air molecules behave as individual particles (i.e. no wave behavior), sound energy has no medium to ride upon. Like a radio signal without a carrier wave, the sound simply ceases to exist. In conjunction with precise, artistic design, this effect dramatically increases Phase Coherence, and consequently imaging and spaciousness.
The ZR Acoustics® paradigm is based in science and designed for creativity, like a finely tuned instrument. Designs are handcrafted and embedded with higher order mathematics, complex topologies, and Extreme Acoustic Resolution.
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Quantum Acoustics™
Quantum Acoustics™ is a subset of Quantum Physics. Cutting edge research is bridging the gap between quantum mechanics in the subatomic realm and classical molecular based science. New concepts show that Quantum Physics applies to more than sub-atomic particles; that compound particles such as atoms and even molecules all exhibit quantum mechanical behavior. The applications for a wider use of Quantum Physics include, but are not limited to, biology, acoustics and teleportation.
Notable research include the following articles:
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- In March of 2013 Physicist Aaron O’Connell created a “Quantum Microphone” clearly showing that quantum mechanical behavior exists even at a molecular level.
- Physicists at the University of California at Irvine studied the European Robin’s ability to use quantum entanglement in their navigational abilities during migration.
- In January of 2013 Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Surrey, presented Quantum Biology at The Royal Institution citing biological studies dating back as far as 1972.
- Breakthroughs in biological research show that the human sense of smell, plant photosynthesis and the magical transformation of a tadpole into a frog are all based in quantum biology. (Secrets of Quantum Physics “Let There be Life” – Jim Al Khalili)
- Even teleportation is part of our everyday reality, thanks to Anton Zeilinger’s successful experiments in the Canary Islands (Nature | Sept 2012 and Scientific American | Aug 2012) and the 600 mile satellite to earth teleportation record set by the Chinese in June of 2017. (LA Times – “Chinese satellite breaks a quantum physic record, beams entangled photons from space to earth”)
Extreme Acoustic Resolution | NPS/ft.2
(L – R: Low Resolution Image, High Resolution Image)
Acoustic Resolution is like Image Resolution. Higher resolution yields greater performance, as evidenced in Nature and revealed by Science. DHDI pioneered the concept that resolution in Quantum Acoustics™ is measured in Non-Parallel Surfaces per Square Foot (NPS/ft.2). It denotes the number of surfaces in a room or device which are not parallel to the plane of the surface or device at a specific, minimum angle. Acoustic Resolution directly effects Imaging and Performance when utilized in ZR Acoustics® designs. Related to imagery, NPS is like DPI (dots per inch).
While Quantum Acoustics™ is complex to design, Acoustic Resolution (NPS/ft.2) is easy to calculate. First, count all non-parallel surfaces in a space. Then calculate the surface area of all the walls and ceiling in square feet (excluding the floor). Divide the number of non-parallel surfaces (first number) by the total surface area of the room (second number) and you have Acoustic Resolution in NPS/ft.2
Mathematic Examples:
A typical traditional recording studio has on average, 12 large, non-parallel surfaces in a space with a total surface area of 1000 ft.2 (20’ x 15’ x 10’). Divide 12 non-parallel surfaces / 1000 square feet and the result is an Acoustic Resolution of 0.012 NPS/ft.2.
Quantum Acoustics™ functions on a different level. The lowest grade ZR Acoustics® studio (Permanent Construction) with 320 non-parallel surfaces and a total surface area of 572 square feet (14’ x 10’ x 9’) resulting in an Acoustic Resolution of 0.56 NPS/ft.2 (320 non-parallel surfaces / 572 square feet). With ZR devices at 100% coverage, resolution can be 450 NPS/ft.2 with SR24+’s and even as high as over 9200 NPS/ft.2 with ZR Nano devices. Higher resolution means higher performance, higher performance means Life-Like Imaging, Wall to Wall Sweet Spots and Extraordinary Clarity.
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ZR Acoustics® | The Ultimate Listening Experience