https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/13.aspxThe main Meeting Place for BeoWorld members, and the place for General Questions, Answers and things to say! If you have any questions about anything Bang &amp; Olufsen related - please ask. If you have anything to say - please tell!enCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/251402.aspxSat, 09 Jan 2010 04:30:57 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:251402Chrisreunion0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/251402.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=251402<p>That seems quite interesting indeed..Finally wireless BeoLabs before the end of this year? But...then we&#39;ll need wireless transmitters as well! So they would have to integrate the transmitters in the master products and the receivers in the speakers..Something I&#39;ve been waiting since the introduction of BeoLink Wireless..<img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/06.gif" alt="Sad" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/251284.aspxFri, 08 Jan 2010 10:27:07 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:251284Karel Uyttendaele0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/251284.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=251284<p>copy/paste from&nbsp;http://eetimes.eu/uk/222300002</p> <p> <p>LONDON &mdash; Audio design engineering companies APTX, Bang &amp; Olufsen ICEpower, and Bluegiga Technologies have collaborated to produce an integrated module reference design and evaluation kit for speaker OEMs seeking to upgrade existing passive products to wireless active systems.</p> <p>This module concept combines Class D amplification from Bang &amp; Olufsen ICEpower A/S (Lyngby,Denmark), a wireless interface from Bluegiga Technologies Oy (Espoo, Finland), and audio coding software from APTX (Belfast, Northern Ireland).</p> <p>The collaboration has produced an evaluation kit with proven hardware and firmware which can accelerated new product development and support the market shift to wireless and active loudspeaker systems.</p> <p>&quot;This is great news for speaker OEMs seeking to upscale their products from simple passives to cutting-edge wireless active technology,&quot; said Stephen Wray, VP Licensing of APTX. &quot;ICEpower was one of the first audio companies to pioneer the industry transformation from analog to high-efficiency switching technologies. With this new modular solution, electronics OEMs can now retro-fit existing passive loudspeaker systems, provide Bluetooth wireless interoperability, and deliver really professional audio quality that&rsquo;s indistinguishable from wired speaker systems. This new modular solution delivers a very impressive dynamic range of more than 92dB at CD sampling rates (16bit/44.1kHz).&quot;</p> <p>ICEpower has raised the power-efficiency of the amplifier and power supply from the 50 to 70 percent found in traditional analog designs, to 80 to 95 percent thanks to advance Class D techniques.</p> <p>Bluegiga supplies the WT32 Bluetooth audio module which integrates a 2.4GHz radio, DSP, battery charger, stereo apt-X audio coding, and antenna. The WT32 offers full support for the latest 2.1 + EDR standard via Bluegiga iWRAP firmware.</p> <p>Bang &amp; Olufsen ICEpower was founded by Dr. Karsten Nielsen in a joint venture with Bang &amp; Olufsen in 1999 based on the results of Dr. Nielsen&rsquo;s PhD work at the Technical University of Denmark.</p> </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>