Our Story

The Audioscenic Mission

Be the trailblazing technology makers behind personalized, immersive sound, offering a hyper-real listening experience for everyday use cases and environments.

About Us

Audioscenic is an audio technology innovator based in Southampton, UK with a growing, global customer base. Audioscenic Amphi was recognized by the industry renowned audioXpress magazine as Best in Show at CES 2023.

Audioscenic develops intensely researched audio technologies for home audio, gaming, automotive, and public space applications that excite product makers and enchant listeners.

Origins

Audioscenic was founded in 2017 by Dr. Marcos Simón and Professor Filippo Fazi. At the time, Dr. Simón was a senior researcher working alongside Professor Fazi at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton.

Both were key contributors to the S3A Future Spatial Audio Project, a five-year research collaboration between internationally leading experts in 3D audio and visual processing, the BBC, the University of Southampton, University of Surrey, and the University of Salford.

Our Journey So Far

From doctorate-level, intensive academic research to integrations in award-winning consumer products from leading brands

2017

Audioscenic is registered (then as Soton Audio Labs)

2018

CEO David Monteith joins Audioscenic as CEO

2019

Audioscenic receives investment from IPGroup PLC

2020

Audioscenic forms partnership with 3NOD AcousticLink for the development of adaptive gaming soundbars

2021

Audioscenic receives investment from Foresight WAE Technology EIS/VCT Fund

2022

Audioscenic in collaboration with Tectonic Audio Labs Inc., demonstrates a highly innovative living room soundbar at CES 2022

2022

Audioscenic and Tectonic Audio Labs collaborate on the Virtua Spatial Audio HDK introduced at the 2022 Audio Engineering Society Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality conference

2022

Audioscenic completes its Series A investment round led by Foresight Ventures and including Hostplus, IP Group, and FWT

2023

Audioscenic Partners with Razer and THX to launch the Leviathan V2 PRO desktop soundbar at CES 2023 receiving 12 best-of-show awards

2024

Acer launches the SpatialLabs™ View 27 series of stereoscopic display products featuring Amphi technology, the first products combining both audio and visual immersive reproduction

David Monteith

Experienced technology executive with a track record of success in both listed companies and startups.

Joined Audioscenic as CEO in 2018. Previously founded and led three audio technology startups to acquisition: Sensaura (sold to Creative Labs in 2003), Sonaptic (sold to Wolfson Micro in 2007), and Incus Laboratories (sold to AMS in 2016).

Recipient of the Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award for innovation in engineering in 2001.

Marcos Simón

Co-founded Audioscenic technology in 2017.

Loudspeaker array and sound-field control expert with more than a decade of research experience.

Transitioned to entrepreneurship to apply his inventions in creating more natural-sounding real-world audio systems.

Leads Audioscenic's vision and oversees technology deployment in customer products.

Filippo Fazi

Co-founder and Chief Scientist of Audioscenic. Also serves as Professor of Audio and Signal Processing at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton.

Internationally recognized expert in audio signal processing, 3D audio, and acoustic array technologies.

Author of over 160 scientific publications and co-inventor of Audioscenic's patented and patent-pending technologies.