Clarion Wins CES 2017 Innovation Award for Full Digital Sound Audio System

Clarion Corporation of India, which is one of the leading manufacturers of automotive infotainment and advanced driver safety and assistance systems has received the CES 2017 Innovation Award for its revolutionary Full Digital Sound (FDS) high-resolution automotive audio system.  Clarion’s Full Digital Sound System is ideal for high resolution audio playback as it maintains a digital audio signal from the source all the way to the system’s digitally driven speakers and subwoofers

Products which are entered for the CES Innovation Award are judged by an eminent panel of judges comprising engineers, industrial designers, and members of the trade media. The award is meant to recognize outstanding design and engineering in cutting edge consumer electronics products across 28 product categories.

Clarion’s Full Digital audio system is the first in-car audio system in the industry to maintain a digital audio signal from the source to the speaker voice coils. The outcome is clear audio with zero loss in quality and zero added noise from analog connections. In addition to unprecedented quality and audio purity, Clarion’s new Full Digital Sound system reduces component count and improves power efficiency.

Speaking about the award, Allen H. Gharapetian, Vice President of Marketing and Product Planning at Clarion said that the company has been a leading innovator in the automotive audio and infotainment space for over 75 years. It has pioneered several in-car technologies are considered to be standard today. He considered it to be a honor to be recognized by the world class CES team for Clarion’s dedication to advancing innovative developments in in-car entertainment technology.

The renowned CES Innovation Awards, which were instituted in 1976, are sponsored by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the producer of CES 2017. The entries received for the award in different categories are evaluated stringently on different criteria including their aesthetic and design qualities, their engineering, unique/novel features present, intended use/function and user value, and how the design and innovation of the product directly compares to other similar products that are available at the retail level.

Products which are chosen as CES Innovation Honorees are selected for their innovative design and engineering in some of the most cutting edge tech products and services coming to market.

The CES 2017 Innovation Honoree products are featured on CES.tech/Innovation, which lists product categories, as well as each product name, manufacturer information, description, photo and URL.