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    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 1997

                                                      Registration No. 333-18981
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                                 SRS LABS, INC.
               (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

                 DELAWARE                               33-0714264
    (State or other jurisdiction of         (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     incorporation or organization)

2909 Daimler Street, Santa Ana, California                 92705
 (Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)

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                                 SRS LABS, INC.
                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                          1996 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)


                                 Janet M. Biski
              Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
                                 SRS Labs, Inc.
                               2909 Daimler Street
                           Santa Ana, California 92705
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (714) 442-1070
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                        Copies of all communications to:
                           John F. Della Grotta, Esq.
                      Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
                                Seventeenth Floor
                              695 Town Center Drive
                        Costa Mesa, California 92626-1924
                                 (714) 668-6210

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                                EXPLANATORY NOTE


This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement is being
filed in connection with certain amendments to the SRS Labs, Inc. 1996
Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "1996 Incentive Plan"), which amendments are
reflected in the SRS Labs, Inc. Amended and Restated 1996 Long-Term Incentive
Plan (the "Amended and Restated 1996 Plan"), which is included as Exhibit 4.1
hereto. The Amended and Restated 1996 Plan supersedes the 1996 Incentive Plan.
Unless otherwise noted herein, the contents of the Registrant's Form S-8
Registration Statement (File No. 333-18981) relating to the 1996 Incentive Plan
are incorporated by reference into this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to 
Form S-8 Registration Statement.

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                                     PART II

ITEM 8.   EXHIBITS.

          4.1     SRS Labs, Inc. Amended and Restated 1996 Long-Term Incentive
                  Plan, previously filed as Appendix A to the Company's
                  definitive Proxy Statement dated April 30, 1997, filed with
                  the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
                  on April 30, 1997, which is incorporated herein by reference.

          4.2     Certificate of Incorporation of SRS Labs, Inc., a Delaware
                  corporation, certified by the Delaware Secretary of State on
                  June 27, 1996, previously filed with the Commission as Exhibit
                  3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2,
                  Registration number 333-4974-LA (the "Registration
                  Statement"), which is incorporated herein by reference.

          4.3     Bylaws of SRS Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as currently
                  in effect, previously filed with the Commission as Exhibit 3.2
                  to the Registration Statement, which is incorporated herein by
                  reference.

          5.      Opinion (and consent) of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
                  regarding the legality of the securities being registered
                  hereunder.

          23.1    Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (set forth
                  as part of Exhibit 5 above).

          23.2    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors.

          24.     Power of Attorney (filed previously).


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                                   SIGNATURES


        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Santa Ana,
State of California, on this 8th day of September, 1997.


                                   SRS LABS, INC.


                                   By: /s/ Thomas C.K. Yuen
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                                       Thomas C.K. Yuen
                                       Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
                                       Officer



        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:




         Signature                               Title                        Date
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/s/ Thomas C.K. Yuen              Chairman of the Board and Chief        September 8, 1997
- ------------------------------    Executive Officer and a Director
Thomas C.K. Yuen                  (Principal Executive Officer)   
                                  

            *                     President and Chief Operating                    
- ------------------------------    Officer and a Director
Stephen V. Sedmak                 


            *                     Vice President, Chief Financial                  
- ------------------------------    Officer and Secretary (Principal 
Janet M. Biski                    Financial and Accounting Officer)
                                  

            *                     Director                                         
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John AuYeung


            *                     Director                              
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John Tu


            *                     Director                              
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Jeffrey I. Scheinrock


*By: /s/  Thomas C. K. Yuen
    --------------------------                                           September 8, 1997
    Thomas C. K. Yuen
    as Attorney-in-Fact



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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit
Number                             Description
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 4.1     SRS Labs, Inc. Amended and Restated 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan, 
         previously filed as Appendix A to the Company's definitive Proxy
         Statement dated April 30, 1997, filed with the U.S. Securities and
         Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on April 30, 1997, which is
         incorporated herein by reference.

 4.2     Certificate of Incorporation of SRS Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
         certified by the Delaware Secretary of State on June 27, 1996,
         previously filed with the Commission as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
         Registration Statement on Form SB-2, Registration number 333-4974-LA
         (the "Registration Statement"), which is incorporated herein by
         reference.

 4.3     Bylaws of SRS Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as currently in
         effect, previously filed with the Commission as Exhibit 3.2 to the 
         Registration Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 5.      Opinion (and consent) of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
         regarding the legality of the securities being registered hereunder.

23.1     Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (set forth as part of
         Exhibit 5 above).

23.2     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors.

24.      Power of Attorney (filed previously).


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