Ion Audio Anyroom Wireless Speaker

Posted in Speakers by Conner Flynn on May 10th, 2011

The Anyroom wireless speaker from Ion Audio allows you to enjoy the music from your iPod or iPhone anywhere in your home without headphones. The speaker delivers CD-quality audio transmitted wirelessly from your iPod or iPhone directly to speakers in your home.

Other features include a total of 32 Watts speaker output, a range good for up to 300 yards, RCA audio inputs and outputs, and the system can be expanded with additional Anyroom units. The Ion Audio Anyroom wireless speaker is just $199.99.

Pioneer VMS-700-K Wireless Speaker for seniors

Posted in Speakers by Conner Flynn on April 5th, 2011

One look at this wireless speaker and you just know it is for the elderly. It looks like luggage more than a speaker. Pioneer has introduced this new Wireless TV Speaker for Japan that will boost your TV sound output and allow the elderly to better hear music without having to turn their TV volume up and bother the rest of us.

This VMS-700-K will be available in Japan in May for around 20,000 Yen. It features two 50mm diameter speakers with a 1Wx2Ch total output on a 100Hz-20kHz bandwidth. The internal nickel hydrogen battery offers 13 hours of battery life and it has a wireless range of 30m max.

Altec Lansing inMotion Air Wireless Speaker

Posted in Speakers by Conner Flynn on January 16th, 2011

The Altec Lansing inMotion Air wireless speaker will play music wirelessly from your computer using stereo Bluetooth (A2DP) connectivity. All you need to do is connect the USB transmitter to your computer, choose the playlist and take the inMotion Air wherever you want it.

The wireless transmitter sends your computer’s audio through the air and into your speaker as far as 300 feet away. If you want, you can also pair the speaker to your iPod touch, iPhone, iPad and most other stereo bluetooth devices. It launches next month for $199.95.

flOw wireless speaker concept shakes up your music

Posted in Concepts by Conner Flynn on May 23rd, 2010

It’s just a concept at the moment, but David Boyce’s flOw has a lot of potential. The five-speaker set can be arranged into an iPod docking station, but unlike other docks, any of the speakers can be taken somewhere else while the music follows wirelessly.

The real interesting part is that each ball has integrated gesture sensors and accelerometers, allowing you to turn down the volume by turning it over or you can switch tracks simply by shaking the speaker. Shake it lightly and you get a soft jam, shake it hard and you get Heavy Metal.

JBL helps guys get wife approval on 5.1 surround sound

Posted in Home Theater by Shane McGlaun on September 5th, 2008

JBL WEM-1 Wireless Expansion ModuleI remember trying to get my wife to agree to let me put 5.1 surround sound in our living room when we bought our first house. She was of the opinion that two small speaker wires running along the bottom of the wall would be the first thing other women would see when they walked in the house. I was of the opinion that she was crazy, but as is the way of women, she won out — for a while.

Thankfully, guys can preempt the old “wires are ugly” argument when they tell the wife or significant other that they want a surround sound system in the living room thanks to JBL. The new JBL WEM-1 Wireless Expansion module will turn wired loudspeakers into wireless units. The JBL system uses a receiver and amplifier unit with 50W of power.