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Summit Wireless technology is the only solution that can be installed in less than 30 minutes. It delivers interference-free, low-latency, uncompressed HD audio--24-bit versus competitors' 16-bit CD quality--that's scalable up to 7.1 home-theater configuration. Need more proof about the power...…
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Summit wireless technology has the potential to deliver where other wireless audio solutions have failed. It can be installed in less than 30 minutes and generates interference-free, low latency, uncompressed HD quality audio that today's A/V systems are capable of...…
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One of the biggest hurdles manufacturers and installers face when dealing with retrofit installations is signal transmission. This affects everything from computer networking and multiroom audio systems, to solutions as mainstream as home theaters. Focus Enhancements, an Oregon-based semiconductor company,...…
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Summit Wireless™ is a far cry from your father's home theater speaker system, with its tangle of speaker wires and hours of painstaking setup. Wireless surround sound from Summit Wireless is a whole different ball game. And you'll enjoy...…
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Focus Enhancements/Summit Wireless Surround Sound Technology at CES 2010Wireless connectivity for home theater has been elusive over the years (refer to my article: What Is Wireless Home Theater?), but in the past couple of some interesting products have appeared that...…
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Summit Wireless is coming closer to bringing their super-easy, super-robust, super-sounding wireless technology to the market. In addition to being able to deliver uncompressed 24-bit 48 kHz audio wirelessly without interference or dropouts, the system can handle up to 7.1...…
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Summit Wireless provides 24 bit lossless wireless audio technologies via an integrated circuit that allows for uncompressed audio. This audio signal can be combined with programmable filters and crossovers that are tunable to the characteristics of the speaker cabinets and...…
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Focus Enhancements new wireless technology delivers the pinnacle of wireless audio: uncompressed 7.1-channel surround sound. …
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Focus Enhancements' vice president of marketing, Tony Parker, said that his company's Summit wireless technology can be used to custom tune and equalize different wireless speaker systems for various room configurations. Installers using Summit-enabled audio systems will have the ability...…
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At CEDIA next week, Focus Enhancements will be demonstrating what it calls the industry's only 7.1-channel wireless-audio system. Dubbed Summit, the technology uses the 5GHz band to transmit multichannel audio to powered speakers equipped with compatible receivers. The demo will...…
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Focus Enhancements and Aperion Audio Monday announced that they have teamed up a new speaker system, the Intimus 5 series, which the companies say is the first of its kind to offer "true high-definition wireless home theater surround sound."…
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Audio complement for most home theater setups are growing in demand and to make sure that demand is answered, two companies have decided to hook up to deliver a new kind of wireless speakers that are bound to take the home theater world by storm. The new wireless speaker solutions are the Aperion Intimums 5 Series Speakers, the fruit of the partnership entered into by Focus Enhancements Inc. and Aperion Audio. The said speakers are expected to be unveiled at the CEDIA Expo.…
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Fabless semiconductor developer Focus Enhancements will go to the CEDIA Expo, here, to demonstrate its Summit multichannel wireless-audio technology, promoted as delivering 7.1-channel sound quality that's "virtually indistinguishable" from wired quality.
Focus also promotes Summit as overcoming the sound quality, interference, latency and cost challenges associated with other wireless technologies designed for multichannel home theaters. Its speaker-level, speaker-delay and phase controls are said to be so flexible that they can be used to focus the audio sweet spot into the corner of a room where a sectional couch might be placed.
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I attended a personal demonstration of the Summit chip at Focus Enhancements' Hillsboro, OR offices and was impressed with their well-thought-out approach and the versatility of the technology. It sounded great in the demo with slaved small NHT speakers. The developers say they hope to eventually be able to offer 96K/24-bit wireless which would really appeal to our hi-res readers -- whether staunch two-channel advocates or into surround.…
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Campbell, Calif. -- Uncompressed multichannel wireless-audio technology developed by fabless semiconductor designer Focus Enhancements is a step closer to appearing in home-audio products.
The company signed an agreement with ODM supplier ANAM Electronics to include Focus' Summit IC into A/V receivers (AVRs) that it designs and manufactures.
Focus's technology, unveiled late last year, is promoted as overcoming the sound quality, interference, latency and cost challenges associated with other wireless technologies designed for multichannel home theaters. It's designed for use in a variety of consumer electronics products, including TVs, DVD and Blu-ray players, home theater in a box (HTiB) systems, preamps and game consoles.…
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