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NuVo Technologies beefs up integration with Life|ware

by Darren Murph, posted Nov 10th 2008 at 11:34AM

NuVo Technologies and Exceptional Innovation have apparently found it within their hearts to team up in order to provide better integration between wares; after all, there's at least a decent chance that anyone with a remarkable home automation system is using kit from both of these firms. Starting now, NuVo Grand Concerto multi-room audio Control Pads now can also control Life|ware home automation scenes, meaning that Control Pads can now dictate Life|ware-connected lighting, shades, climate, security, etc. What's it take to bring the couple together? A $399 NuVoNet Adapter (NV-NNA) and Life|ware's Visual Project configuration tool, both of which are available now. Full release is after the break.

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Sony intros iPod-friendly S-AIRPLAY multi-room audio system

by Darren Murph, posted Aug 21st 2008 at 10:30PM


You know how it goes with Sony -- proprietary just seems to rule the roost. Thankfully, the outfit is at least recognizing a trend in the market by trotting out an iPod-friendly version of its S-AIR wireless audio technology. The new S-AIRPLAY system (formally known as AIR-SA20PK) comes with one iPod docking station and a pair of S-AIR wireless speakers, though there is an AM / FM tuner built in should your stored jams get stale. Sony suggests that music can be beamed some 164-feet away from the dock sans cabling, and so long as your S-AIR speaker is plugged into a power outlet (and within the aforementioned range), it'll pick up the signal and start talkin'. Look for the kit to land next month for around $400, while additional S-AIR wireless speakers will set you back $130 apiece. Full release after the break.

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NuVo Music Port integrates PCs with multi-room audio systems

by Darren Murph, posted Jun 26th 2008 at 10:10AM


If you've already dumped coin on NuVo Technologies' Grand Concerto or Essentia E6G multi-room audio system, you might as well cough up a little more to snag this puppy. The newly announced NuVo Music Port is a hardware / software package that enables "home desktop and laptop PCs to act both as sources and as controllers" in either of the aforesaid systems. Essentially, the device transforms a PC into a multi-output source for a NuVo system and enables any web-connected device on the home network to double as a media controller. The software end of the deal tosses in a swank browser interface that includes cover art and the like, and just so you know, it can be added to existing systems or installed with new ones. Hit the read link for all the gory details.

Sony S-AIR hands-on

by Ryan Block, posted Feb 26th 2008 at 1:11PM


We sat down with Sony's new proprietary S-AIR wireless music distribution system and came away, well, what do you think? It's 5GHz, which is nice, but it's not mesh and the whole setup is pretty rudimentary, especially given its bulky interface cards. If you buy nothing but Sony products this might do, but we have a feeling unless they make a huge blitz in the market to get other companies to adopt S-AIR people will probably forget this thing as quickly as it came.

Gallery: Sony S-AIR hands-on





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