Audio solutions provider Audivo launched the first system-on-module based...
Audio solutions provider Audivo launched the first system-on-module based on CSR’s VibeHub, the companies said Thursday. The Audivo Multiroom Audio Solution (AMAS) is available to developers to “quickly and easily enable multi-room networked home audio products,” they said. The system…
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includes CSR’s SyncLock technology that’s said to enable interoperability with a wide range of wireless streaming protocols, including AirPlay, “which means that consumers aren’t limited to buying into a specific ecosystem,” CSR said. VibeHub supports analog input, input from UPnP and DLNA sources via Ethernet/WLAN, and Bluetooth with CSR aptX coding. Audivo’s AMAS builds on the CSR features with Internet, DAB radio and premium music services, while adding full-featured iOS and Android apps for smartphones and tablets, the companies said. VibeHub allows a networked home audio system to pull content from any local or cloud-based source and to offer “tightly synchronized” audio playback from multiple speakers in the home simultaneously so that there’s no audible delay when users walk between zones in the home, they said. In addition, it provides support for multiple controllers in a home to manage the Vibe network at the same time. The VibeHub platform, launched earlier this year, can be used to build wireless speakers, intelligent audio adaptors, networked audio amplifiers and a range of other connected audio products, according to CSR. VibeHub is designed to enable ODMs (original design manufacturers) to bring multiroom audio products to market “at a low cost of entry for the consumer,” it said. Together, the companies are creating a “flexible and open ecosystem” based around CSR’s SyncLock, enabling consumers to build home audio networks that suit their needs, said Anthony Murray, CSR senior vice president-business group. Audivo adds to the mix a module that’s easy to integrate, he said. According to Thomas Wolff, business development manager at Audivo, “The complex nature of networked audio can cause unnecessary delays to an ODM’s time to market.” By partnering, the two companies are “mitigating any risks and unforeseen costs” that ODMs might encounter when integrating networked audio into their products, he said.