Plaisir, France
Safran Seats presents Euphony, an innovative passenger experience solution for Business and First class seats that provides passengers with a headset-free and high-quality individual sound experience, in partnership with Devialet, an acoustic engineering company contributing with its world-class expertise and innovation to this joint effort.
Long haul flights imply passenger to wear headphone for periods varying from 5 to 15 plus hours to enjoy audio and video content. Wearing headphones for this extended period of time can be uncomfortable and even, painful.
For its progressive and qualitative design, the project has been recently awarded a a 202e Good Design Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
Euphony is the first integrated audio system adapted to cabin interior environment that resulted from an international collaboration between several countries and a leading acoustical engineering company.
The technology incorporates speakers inside the headrest providing directed audio to the passenger ears without being a nuisance to the rest of the cabin.
The speakers are positioned close to the passenger’s ears without reducing the movement, while guaranteeing optimal and homogeneous sound coverage for all user types.
The audio output volume adjusts automatically to the wing positions, as well as the fluctuation of the cabin noise environment and flight phases preventing any sound leaking to disturb other surrounding passenger.
Project: Euphony
Designers: Safran Aerosystems SAS.
Design Team: Paul Wills, Shaun Slaughter, Arthur Glain, Gerald Cotta, Julian Guy, Denis Manceau, and Antoine De Lagarde
Accoustic Engineers: Devialet
Manufacturer: Safran Aerosystems SAS.
