GeorgeO
Well-Known Member
I had the opportunity to audition some new technology last weekend here in Bangalore.
Ashish Agarwal who is a PhD in EE from UC Santa Barbara, and worked for many years with Harman Kardon in LA, in their R & D section has started a new company called Snap Networks which aims at addressing HT needs of smaller Indian homes. The concept is about to be beta tested, and uses wireless and signal processing technologies, as well as miniaturising the hardware.
It comprises of an innovative small form factor powered speaker, something like a flower vase and positioned vertically, for each channel, augmented by a subwoofer ( so much for the so called purists who feel that subs are redundant), and can be initially set up for 2.1 audio and then expanded to 5.1 HT. The signal is fed to the speakers via a "Conductor" which is a wireless transmission unit, connected to 2 or 5 channels, as required. They will come with a 3 axis , 3 microphone rig to check your room and correct the speaker locations to optimise the experience. You dont wire up the speakers excepting for power.
Interesting and impressive, at it's proposed price point, which at this time I cannot disclose.
George
Ashish Agarwal who is a PhD in EE from UC Santa Barbara, and worked for many years with Harman Kardon in LA, in their R & D section has started a new company called Snap Networks which aims at addressing HT needs of smaller Indian homes. The concept is about to be beta tested, and uses wireless and signal processing technologies, as well as miniaturising the hardware.
It comprises of an innovative small form factor powered speaker, something like a flower vase and positioned vertically, for each channel, augmented by a subwoofer ( so much for the so called purists who feel that subs are redundant), and can be initially set up for 2.1 audio and then expanded to 5.1 HT. The signal is fed to the speakers via a "Conductor" which is a wireless transmission unit, connected to 2 or 5 channels, as required. They will come with a 3 axis , 3 microphone rig to check your room and correct the speaker locations to optimise the experience. You dont wire up the speakers excepting for power.
Interesting and impressive, at it's proposed price point, which at this time I cannot disclose.
George
