LG Electronics will ship a networked multiroom audio system...
LG Electronics will ship a networked multiroom audio system to European markets after IFA in early September, the company said. LG said Music Flow is the first system in its category with 24-bit/192 hi-fi playback across multiple interconnectable devices. A…
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company spokesman said details haven’t been set for the increasingly crowded U.S. space, which includes market leaders Bluesound, Bose, Denon, Samsung and Sonos. LG’s Music Flow system for Europe includes three speaker models, a soundbar, a network bridge and a companion smartphone app. With Music Flow, users can centrally manage a complete digital music library, including music stored across multiple devices, and control all Music Flow units in the home, LG said. The Music Flow app can recommend songs and playlists, provide access to Internet radio stations and function as a smartphone music player outside the home, it said. Music Flow is based on mesh network technology and dual-band Wi-Fi for uninterrupted high-quality music playback “unlike competing systems that rely on a single access point which causes music interruptions and pauses whenever the signal level drops,” the company said. Music Flow uses LG’s proprietary Automatic Loudness Compensation Algorithm that’s said to ensure “audio strength and clarity across all frequencies.”