Tag Archives: whole home audio

Rocketboost. Engage.

By mtc | Published: October 7, 2009
Bestbuy.com has just posted the four newest Rocketfish SKUs. The noteworthy element here is that they are all Rocketboost-enabled devices. The underlying digital wireless technology is based on Avnera‘s AM2G wireless audio solution, which has undergone a spiffing up via some API goodness added to their solution to enhance interoperability for device makers and foster [...]
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Does Sonos survive the recession…

By mtc | Published: March 15, 2009
without addressing some lower price-points? Sonos seemed to have so much promise, but it’s still such a high cost of entry for consumers.  At $349 for the ZP90 as their least expensive rendering node… for a two zone starter kit, you’ve got a $700 commitment without any speakers or remote control. It’s a shame we [...]
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Predictably disappointing review of Cisco’s Linksys Wireless Home Audio

By mtc | Published: March 10, 2009
Ouch!  Gizmodo has a rough go of it with the Linksys WHA.  Not surprising to hear.  It’s a shame they failed to get reliability to the point needed to make the user experience smooth and intuitive. It’s also disappointing, but I guess not shocking seeing as this is Cisco, that the hardware look/feel does not [...]
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I’ve been tinkering… Apple Airtunes is pretty slick

By mtc | Published: June 10, 2008
Many folks are familiar with Apple Airport Express and Airtunes. It provides the ability to send iTunes audio from a PC/Mac to speakers that are connected to the Airport Express (which has both a Toslink and a line-level output). I’ve been playing with the latest variant. With Airport Express w/ wireless N, they’ve added the [...]
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