SRS Labs

{{Short description|Audio technology engineering company based in Santa Ana, California}}

{{Infobox company

| name = SRS Labs, Inc.

| logo = File:SRS Labs Logo.svg

| type = Subsidiary

| predecessor = Year unknown: previous unit of Hughes

| foundation = {{start date and age|1993}}

| fate = Acquired by DTS, Inc., merged, then dissolved

| defunct = {{end date and age|2012}}

| location = Santa Ana, California, United States

| area_served = Worldwide

| key_people = Tom Yuen
({{small|Chairman and CEO}})

| industry = Audio technology
Audio engineering

| parent = DTS, Inc.

| subsid = SRSWOWcast

| website = {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201105822/http://www.srslabs.com/ |date=February 1, 2008 |title=www.srslabs.com}}

}}

SRS Labs, Inc. was a Santa Ana, California-based audio technology engineering company that specialized in audio enhancement solutions for wide variety of consumer electronic devices. Originally a part of Hughes Aircraft Company,{{When|date=November 2012}} the audio division developed the Sound Retrieval System technology, and in 1993 was separated off to form SRS Labs, Inc. In 1996 SRS Labs became a publicly traded company on Nasdaq, SRSL.

The company developed audio enhancement solutions and licenses those products to companies including Microsoft, Samsung Group, LG Group, Toshiba, Vizio, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Sony, ViewSonic, Sharp Corporation, Haier, and Hisense.{{cite web|title=Our current partners|url=http://www.srstechnologies.com/landing.aspx?id=302|publisher=SRS labs|accessdate=2009-05-26}}

In 2008, approximately 36 million SRS-equipped flat-panel TVs were shipped, representing a 30-percent estimated market share.{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/markets/news/article.asp?docKey=600-200903310800PR_NEWS_USPR_____LA91159-1M0GV1134H31BQ465424QSKA4G¶ms=timestamp%7C%7C03/31/2009%208:00%20AM%20ET%7C%7Cheadline%7C%7CSRS%20Labs%20Targets%2046%20Million%20SRS-Equipped%20Flat%20Panel%20TVs%20by%20End%20of%202009%7C%7CdocSource%7C%7CPR%20Newswire%7C%7Cprovider%7C%7CACQUIREMEDIA|title=SRS Labs Targets 46 Million SRS-Equipped Flat Panel TVs by End of 2009|publisher=Business Week - PR Newswire|accessdate=2009-05-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910232153/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/markets/news/article.asp?docKey=600-200903310800PR_NEWS_USPR_____LA91159-1M0GV1134H31BQ465424QSKA4G¶ms=timestamp%7C%7C03%2F31%2F2009%208%3A00%20AM%20ET%7C%7Cheadline%7C%7CSRS%20Labs%20Targets%2046%20Million%20SRS-Equipped%20Flat%20Panel%20TVs%20by%20End%20of%202009%7C%7CdocSource%7C%7CPR%20Newswire%7C%7Cprovider%7C%7CACQUIREMEDIA|archivedate=2012-09-10}}

SRS Labs had more than three hundred consumer electronics manufacturing partners, and more than 150 patents for its technologies.{{cite news|url=http://soundingoff.srslabs.com/?p=52|title=SRS Labs Reports First Quarter 2009 Results |date=2009-05-07 |publisher=SRS Labs|accessdate=2012-06-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522004844/http://soundingoff.srslabs.com/?p=52 |archive-date=2009-05-22}} SRS manufactured its own products, including, MyVolume - Volume Leveling Adaptor, SRS iWOW for iTunes, SRS Audio Sandbox for PC, and SRS iWOW Adaptor for iPod.

In 2012, SRS Labs was acquired by DTS, Inc. and was run as a subsidiary but has now been fully absorbed into the DTS parent company. {{cite web|url=http://www.dts.com:80/corporate/dts-history.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818044203/http://www.dts.com:80/corporate/dts-history.aspx|title=In 2012, DTS acquired SRS Labs, a leader in audio processing and enhancement.|website=dts.com|archivedate=August 18, 2012|date=2014|accessdate=October 1, 2021|via=The Internet Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://docoh.com/company/1016470/SRSL|title=SRSL SRS Labs no longer listed on Nasdaq|publisher=SRS labs|accessdate=2021-10-01}}