Soundblasting iTunes gets Creative
THE CREATIVE Labsters now hop unlicensed frequencies to deliver iTunes muzic to Creative Labs devices.
The Sound Blaster for iTunes uses a USB-connected widget that frequency hops the IEEE 802.11 WiFi channels to deliver high-sample rate audio to Creative Labs Creative wireless receivers. Sound quality is said to be 'CD', but as we know, CD isn't sometimes quite as good as Albert Hall.
The WiFi channel hopping is an unusual but 'legal' way to move the data around.
Bluetooth also uses a spread spectrum approach, but the Sound Blaster for iTunes tries to find unused channels within the 11 to 14 (ostensibly based on your locale as some countries permit 11, while others permit 14 WiFi channels) to deliver music. The idea: choons that are easily and handily redistributed, if you have Creative-compatible devices. We don't.
It's ostensibly available in the later first quarter of 2009, and priced at the convenient $99 price. µ
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Big Fing Deal. Wi-Fi uses frequency hopping anyway so what exactly is special about this device?
Since its not out till the latter part of 2009 that gives the boffins at creative some time to work out how this might actually be useful to anyone in the real world...
Obviously they have never heard of that wonderful invention called "a cable" :
A cable needs no batteries, runs on any frequency you like more or less, can be extended to any length you like, has virtually no distortion for faithful reproduction and is capable of gigabit speeds - top that with your why-fi..
Sound quality is said to be 'CD', but as we know, CD isn't sometimes quite as good as Albert Hall.
Maybe they will release an "Albert Hall" or "Wembley Stadium" version.
lol, what a dumb comment
Did someone learn a new word yesterday? The obstensible use of a aprarent synonym.
99flake: Do you just own a single electronic device in your house or room for the matter? I'm sick and tired of wires being pulled from the pc to the speakers/printer/scanner/keyboard and i'm sure i'm not alone. So far I have managed to make my keyboard and mouse wireless (thanks microsoft) and my printer-cum-scanner has also gone wireless (thanks hp) and now, this sound blaster thing is god sent. Let me paint you this senarior, you have a truckload of songs on your pc with several play-lists and sometimes i'm sure you would love to listen to those tunes while cooking in the kitchen, while bathing in the bath room or while playing board games with the family. With this wireless device, you can stream music to all the above places w/o having to line cables to each respective area. I have the X-Fi PCI sound card and it sounds really good with my gaming so i'm definitely getting this itunes sound blaster thingy when it's out ...