StormAudio is a French manufacturer of immersive sound processors, amplifiers, and room-correction technology built for luxury home theaters and dedicated listening rooms. The company operates under the legal name Immersive Audio Technologies France, headquartered in Saint Herblain near Nantes, and sells exclusively through authorized dealers and distributors worldwide, with no direct-to-consumer channel.
For luxury homeowners in NJ, CT, and NY building a dedicated cinema or immersive listening room, Restrepo Innovations is the Elite Pro Crestron Dealer specifying StormAudio's ISP Elite MK3 as the immersive processing platform of choice. The flagship processor decodes and upmixes up to 24 discrete channels and supports every major immersive format on the market, including Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D, DTS:X Pro, and IMAX Enhanced.
StormAudio builds its hardware around a modular architecture, so a client's processor can be upgraded as formats change rather than replaced outright. That decision is why the brand shows up so often in award-winning cinema rooms.
The Company: Immersive Audio Technologies France
StormAudio's legal entity is Immersive Audio Technologies France, based at 8 rue de la Rabotiere in Saint Herblain, a suburb of Nantes. The company has spent roughly a decade building its processor and amplifier lineup, a period CEO Olivier Thumerel described in a June 2026 letter to the industry as "a decade of intentional growth."
Thumerel signed that letter announcing StormAudio's move to a new headquarters this summer, timed to a portfolio expansion that now reaches beyond home cinema into professional monitoring. The company designs and manufactures its processors and amplifiers in France.
The Processor Line: ISP Elite MK3, Core 16, and Evo
StormAudio's immersive sound processor line runs in three tiers: the ISP Elite MK3 flagship, the ISP Core 16 mid-tier processor, and the ISP Evo entry point. All three decode and upmix the same set of immersive formats: Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D, DTS:X Pro, IMAX Enhanced, MPEG-H Audio, and Sony 360 Reality Audio.
The ISP Elite MK3 is the model that shows up in flagship cinema rooms. The processor decodes and upmixes up to 24 discrete channels, then post-processes up to 32 channels for speaker output. Configurations range from 16-channel analog XLR output up to 32-channel digital AES/EBU output, with an AES67 audio-over-IP option for networked theater systems.
What separates StormAudio from most surround processors is the modular hardware platform underneath all three tiers. A client who buys an ISP Elite MK3 today is not locked into today's channel count. The chassis accepts hardware modules, so the processor can be reconfigured as the room or the format landscape changes.
Dirac Live ART: The Unified Room Correction Story
StormAudio is the only brand in its product range to include Dirac Live Active Room Treatment (ART) across the full processor lineup, not as a paid add-on reserved for the flagship. Dirac Live ART calibrates every speaker as a unified system, using mixed-phase impulse response correction to cancel lingering bass and tighten decay time.
Every ISP Elite MK3 sold since January 2023 ships with Active Room Treatment included, alongside Dirac Live Room Correction and Dirac Live Bass Control. StormAudio pairs that with its own Expert Bass Management, giving integrators multiple bass zones and selective bass routing instead of a single fixed subwoofer output. For a dedicated cinema room, that combination replaces a lot of the guesswork that used to require in-room acoustic treatment.
The Amplifier Line: PA 16 and Impulsion 8
StormAudio's amplifier line pairs directly with its processors, led by the PA 16 flagship, a 16-channel Class D amplifier built with the Danish manufacturer Pascal Audio. The PA 16 delivers 200 watts per channel into 8 ohms with all channels driven, using Pascal's UREC power supplies and UMAC modules in a 3RU chassis.
In March 2026, StormAudio launched the Impulsion 8, an 8-channel amplifier with audio-over-IP (AoIP) connectivity built in, supporting AES67 and Dante alongside analog inputs. It is StormAudio's first amplifier built for networked cinema systems, where audio travels over the same IP backbone as control and video.
2026 Roadmap and New HQ
StormAudio's June 24, 2026 open letter from CEO Olivier Thumerel outlined the next phase of growth: a new headquarters opening this summer, a StormAudio Calibration Suite in development, and a StormAudio Academy training program for dealers. The company also confirmed it is expanding into professional markets.
That professional push became concrete on June 15, 2026, with the launch of the NEO 9.1.6, an immersive monitor controller built for mixing studios. Combined with the Impulsion 8, StormAudio is building a product line that spans luxury home cinema to professional post-production, all from the same Saint Herblain facility.
Recognition: 2025 CEDIA Smart Home Awards
StormAudio-equipped rooms won four categories at the 2025 CEDIA Smart Home Awards. Cantara Design Group took Best Home Cinema for "The Auteur" in Newport Beach, California. ZIO Group won Best Integrated Home Level IV for a Florida lakefront estate. Global Wave Integration won Best Single Room Solution for a Brentwood, Los Angeles project.
Wavetrain Cinemas won Best Home Cinema Level III and Best Home Cinema Global for its "007 Bahama Hideaway" project in Australia, the third consecutive year a StormAudio-equipped Wavetrain cinema has taken Australia's top home cinema award. That kind of repeat recognition across firms on different continents says more about a processing platform than any spec sheet.
Why Restrepo Innovations Specs StormAudio
Restrepo Innovations designs, deploys, installs, configures, and supports StormAudio processors and amplifiers for clients building dedicated cinema and immersive listening rooms in NJ, CT, and NY. The appeal is precision-engineered processing built for the room it serves, not a general-purpose receiver adapted to a theater.
Dirac Live ART matters to us because it replaces what used to be a black art. Instead of tuning a room by ear and hoping the correction holds across every seat, we calibrate the full speaker system as one unit and get a repeatable result. The modular hardware platform matters for the same reason: a client's processor can absorb the next format revision without a full system replacement.
"Precision immersive audio for a luxury cinema client is a five-year decision, not a five-month one," said Michael Restrepo, founder of Restrepo Innovations. "StormAudio's engineering discipline is why we specify their platform when the room and the budget justify it."
If you are planning a dedicated cinema or immersive listening room, call 201.405.2022 or email office@restrepoinnovations.com.
FAQ
What is StormAudio?
StormAudio is a French manufacturer of immersive sound processors and amplifiers for luxury home theaters, operating under the legal name Immersive Audio Technologies France. The company is best known for the ISP Elite MK3 processor, which supports Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D, DTS:X Pro, and IMAX Enhanced alongside Dirac Live room correction.
Where is StormAudio made?
StormAudio designs and manufactures its processors and amplifiers in France, at its headquarters in Saint Herblain near Nantes. The company is moving to a new headquarters facility in summer 2026 as part of a broader expansion into professional audio markets.
Which audio formats does the ISP Elite MK3 support?
The ISP Elite MK3 decodes and upmixes up to 24 discrete channels and supports Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D, DTS:X Pro, IMAX Enhanced, MPEG-H Audio, and Sony 360 Reality Audio. Output ranges from 16-channel analog XLR to 32-channel digital AES/EBU, with an AES67 audio-over-IP option for networked theater systems.
What is Dirac Live Active Room Treatment?
Dirac Live Active Room Treatment (ART) calibrates every speaker in a theater as a unified system rather than correcting each speaker individually. It uses mixed-phase impulse response correction to reduce boomy bass and room decay time, creating a larger, more consistent listening area. StormAudio includes it standard across its processor lineup.
Where can I audition a StormAudio system in NJ, CT, or NY?
Restrepo Innovations specifies and installs StormAudio processors and amplifiers for dedicated cinema and immersive listening room projects across NJ, CT, and NY. Call 201.405.2022 to schedule a design conversation and discuss whether a StormAudio-based system fits your room and your project.
Call 201.405.2022 to schedule a design conversation for a dedicated cinema or immersive listening room in NJ, CT, or NY.