IP Speakers

[TonyNo]

News from Polk Audio. As seen on /. ...

http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/product...n/ip/lc265i-ip/

 

[markthomas]

News from Polk Audio. As seen on /. ...

http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/product...n/ip/lc265i-ip/

Hmm... I missed it on slashdot... I'll have to read up on it.

If it's truly IP (as opposed to some other protocol over Cat5), it would be a bad idea. IP is not timing-sensitive; will re-transmit as necessary. Your left speaker could get out-of-sync with your right! Perhaps it's really UDP or multicast.

 

[electron]

I read that announcement as well, not sure if it was on /. or digg, but it is supposed to be true IP, and it has a built in AMP as well.

An open architecture StreamNetâ„¢ card (optional-not supplied with speaker) welcomes integration with any system capable of streaming packet-switched audio in WAV or MP-3 format and TCP-IP control.

I can't imagine how this is going to work well, but I am sure they must have figured this out, and Polk has a great reputation.

 

[Squintz]

Those are very expensive. I wonder if anyone will create a cheaper version. I wouldnt mind having a few IP speakers just for TTS but at a much lower cost.