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WiSA Sees Watershed Year for Wireless AudioApril 23, 2013, Bob Ankosko Posted:Will 2013 be the year of high-quality wireless audio?Jim Venable, president of the Wireless Speaker & Audio Association (WiSA), thinks so. The association was formed in 2011 to...…
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The driving force behind WiSA is the Summit Wireless chip and module, which will be standard in all WiSA compliant devices. With WiSA 1.0, the chip provides sound at a 96KHz sample rate, at 24 bits to 2.1, 5.1, 7.1...…
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Wireless Wonder What makes the wireless magic happen is the Home Theater One preamp transmitter. It has a relatively small chassis (2 x 8 x 7.5 inches) with two antennae attached to the back--if you didn't know any better, you might...…
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Renters, or anyone living in an older house, are painfully familiar with the problems associated with installing a proper surround sound system. There have been wireless systems around for a while, but most are targeted at the HTIB buyer and...…
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See that little box next to those huge speakers? That's Aperion Audio's ticket to what's reportedly a no-compromise approach to wireless home theater. The Intimus 4T Summit Wireless is billed as the only system of its kind to transmit uncompressed...…
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Wireless audio is supposed to make our lives easier. Between the little Airplay and Bluetooth speakers out there it does--Sort of. There are drawbacks. This home theater system is wireless audio the way it should be, but it'll cost you.The...…
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In an ever more wireless world, the WiSA multichannel audio standard gets a little more tractionWi-Fi, 3G, and LTE networks may have been overwhelmed during CES 2012 itself, but news of wireless and wireless standards for audio (and video) was...…
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The coolest trick at CES was Summit Semiconductor's WiSA (Wireless Speaker & Audio) technology and the way it could literally move the sweet spot from the usual front-and-center position off to the side or to the back of the room....…
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Nothing complements a big-screen HDTV like a great 5.1 or 7.1 home theater audio system -- but running wires to connect speakers in all corners of a room can get messy. Wireless speakers address the cable problem, but with no...…
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On Monday January 9th, Press Day a t CES 2012, I met the fine folks with Summit Wireless, a company that makes the technology that drives some, and hopefully soon, a lot of the home theater gear that you hear....…
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Sunnyvale, Calif. - Key audio suppliers have signed on as advisory board members of an association that will promote a wireless audio technology for home theater systems and oversee certification testing to ensure products using the technology interoperate with one...…
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A new organization called WiSA (Wireless Speaker and Audio) hopes to propagate a standard for wireless 7.1 surround sound. It is being driven by HDMI developer Silicon Image along with Summit Wireless, developer of the wireless audio technology on which...…
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CNET showcases the Summit Wireless powered Aperion Intimus system for it's Fall Tech Preview. Click through to read more about Aperion system and see the other great products coming this fall.CNET.com Fall Tech Preview 2011...…
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Want high-quality surround sound but can't route wires for side or back surround channels?You can now consider audiophile-grade wireless speakers.Yes, we wrote audiophile-grade and wireless speakers in the same sentence. The concept of wireless speakers often causes hesitation and doubt....…
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We are big fans of Summit's technology as we've demoed first hand at the last two CEDIA/CES shows. The implications of making this tech more compact and affordable with the ability to use the HDTV display as the demarcation point...…
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Rave Now did a short video shoot from our sound room at CEDIA EXPO 2011. View below:...…
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Summit Wireless technology enables wireless 5.1- and 7.1-channel home theater systems. But it's more than just a set of wireless speakers. The technology allows the user to tailor the sweet spot of the system to any location in the room...…
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The two biggest hassles with setting up surround sound: cables and calibration. The Aperion Intimus 4T Summit Wireless 5.1 system fixes both, with audiophile-friendly uncompressed streaming and ingenious sweet-spot technology. Where most wireless setups squeeze everything until Top Gun on...…
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The Aperion Intimus 4T Summit Wireless 5.1 Home Theater Speaker System may have the longest name in the business, but it deserves to. The speakers look great, sound fantastic, eliminate wires, do away with calibration, obviate the need for a...…
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Aperion Intimus 4T Summit Wireless 5.1 SystemClick a button on the remote from your couch, and this home-theater system determines the distance between you and each speaker to within an inch. It then adjusts every speaker's volume and timing for...…
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A potential client takes the plunge and asks you to quote for a fabulous home cinema, complete with the best surround sound you can provide. But... they've just redecorated, there are no carpets and they don't want any unsightly wires...…
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Summit Wireless demonstrated new Aperion Audio speakers featuring Summit's new wireless audio system. Using the UNI band, which Summit says is normally reserved for applications such as AWACS aircraft radar systems, the system at the show produced glitch-free, crystal-clear 5.1...…
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Summit Semiconductor is a company that embraces the untethered approach to integration of home entertainment technologies, such as speakers and DTVs. I first met with Summit at CEDIA EXPO 2009, where I listened to wireless speakers from licensee Aperion, an...…
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Tony Parker and Bill Anderson of Summit Semiconductor explain how the company's chips and modules enable home theater speaker manufacturers to create wireless products that are a cinch to set up and optimize.View Joe Desposito's interview at Engineering TV......…
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Summit Semiconductor wants to remove the rat's nest of wires in your living room. The company's latest tech uses airwave connections to make it happen.At CES it showed two technologies: Speaker Finder and My Zone. Speaker Finder tells the music...…
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Summit's demo was perhaps the most interesting. It featured uncompressed distribution of wireless multi-channel surround audio to randomly-placed powered speaker columns. A special remote activates a supersonic Doppler system that automatically adjusts the levels of all speakers so that you are...…
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LAS VEGAS -- Home theater nerds will advise you to spend hours calibrating your surround sound speakers, adjusting delay times and tweaking volume levels to place the system's "sweet spot" in perfect alignment with the well-worn ass groove in your...…
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Summit Wireless is proud to be chosen by EDN as a Hot 100 Product! Read the full article at the EDN website....…
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The first consumer products to be approved by the FCC for wireless operation in the uncongested 5GHz radio frequency band are the Summit Wireless Home Theater HDMI Audio Hub and Speaker Modules. The Summit Home Theater System is being manufactured...…
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Uncompressed wireless high-definition audio transmission along with a super-easy setup routine - and the ability to instantly realign the soundfield to accommodate changes in seating position are the hallmarks of Summit Wireless' technology. After lots of development work, the...…
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I am very happy to report that the forward-looking Summit Wireless designs are now in a real-world product. The Aperion Intimus 4T Summit Wireless System is a full 5.1 system consisting of a very small Home Theater One processor...…
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At CEDIA Expo in Atlanta this year, Aperion Audio and Summit Semiconductor demonstrated the Intimus 4T Summit Wireless 5.1 Home Theater System, the first production product to include Summit's proprietary wireless audio technology, known simply as Summit WirelessTM. More...…
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I was able to experience a demo of the Aperion Audio Intimus 4T Summit Wireless System this morning. This is a complete 5.1 or 7.1 turnkey sound system. It comes with a controller (which replaces your surround processor), a...…
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Once again Aperion Audio and Summit Wireless teamed up at CEDIA to put on yet another impressive demo. This time the full Intimus 4T Summit Wireless System was demoed as a finished product. Imagine this: Plug in a box (HDMI...…
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Direct-to-consumer marketer Aperion Audio plans year-end shipments of a wireless home-theater system incorporating Summit Wireless technology to delivers 24-bit uncompressed audio to active speakers.Aperion will demonstrate its product at the CEDIA Expo in Atlanta, having shown a preproduction prototype at...…
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In the last 3 years we have witnessed explosive growth in the sale of flat panel TV's. It's by far the form factor of choice, capable of delivering high definition video that consumers demand at a price point that...…
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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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