Ensation For Wireless Audio Announced

Filed in archive Audio on May 31, 2005

Just what we need is another wireless technology to confuse us. According to Commdesign.com, Royal Phillips Elecrtronics is unveiling a wireless technology called Ensation (sounds like another horny old-guy pill) which is designed for high-end audio. According to the article:

Philips' Ensation is a long-range, point-to-multipoint wireless technology with built-in features to ensure high-quality streaming audio. Ensation offers a variable net audio bit rate that can be set by system designers. Depending on required audio quality, its transmission data rate is between 150 and 500 kbits/second, according to Philips.

Ensation operates at a distance of about 30 meters indoors, assuming solid walls and concrete floors, as the range for speaker applications with 10-milliwatt transmit power. In contrast, Bluetooth needs about 100-mW transmit power to cover a home, according to Philips, as there is no 10-mW mode available in standard defined classes.

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