Topic: NuForce AIRDAC

[Audio Excellence]

Check out the new NuForce AIRDAC:
Price is only P8,500


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlk89bExJPo
Introduction
NuForce Air DAC's wireless technology lets you stream music from your computer USB port or mobile devices to up to four different receivers throughout your home or office. Easily get CD-quality sound with no latency and no interference throughout your environment-wirelessly, with Air DAC.
The NuForce Air DAC wireless DAC/receiver and associated TX transmitters are based on a new wireless technology known as SKAA (www.skaa.com). SKAA provides seamless operation and a consistent user interface across different SKAA devices. SKAA technology has several advantages resulting in CD-quality sound and ease of setup described in more detail below. >> Read more about SKAA HPX codec
Air DAC Advantages:
CD-quality sound (typically higher quality than AirPlay and Bluetooth).
Extremely small latency (Bluetooth and AirPlay have > 50 times longer latency) - ideal for playing game and watching video. Long latency can result in audio and video being out of sync.
Works anywhere without interference - no wifi "hot spot" needed for reception
Simple control and setup - no software, setup or pairing. Air DAC is incredibly easy to use.
Stream music to up to four receivers, and receive from up to four transmitters. Air DAC can be used to setup near perfect wireless stereo with sync between audio channles < 40 micro seconds.
Multi-platform (Windows and Mac, with future support for Android) and multi-device (computer, media player and mobile phone) support and works with any digital audio from music, movies, and games.
Very low power consumption.
About the Air DAC and SKAA wireless technology
The Air DAC Wireless System is a combination wireless transmitter (iTX or uTX) and radio receiver (Air DAC) that operates in the 2.4GHz radio band. The Air DAC Receiver utilizes a premium quality Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) stage and simple one-button SKAA control.
Unlike similar devices, the Air DAC and associated TX transmitters do not experience the typical loss in sound quality or interference capability of cell phones and other wireless devices. Rather, they offer CD-quality sound, virtually no latency, a 15-30 meter range, and a spread-spectrum technology that detects and chooses from among available frequency spectrums in order to avoid interference.
The NuForce Air DAC Wireless Receiver and any device fitted with an appropriate matching TX transmitter can be combined to form a wireless audio network. Each transmitter can send audio to four receivers, and each receiver can connect to as many as four transmitters.
Just link your Apple mobile device wirelessly to multiple amplifier/speaker systems located throughout your home. Then simply walk into any room with your portable player-the system automatically locks on to its signal-and stream your music to the speakers in that space. Move to the next room and stream music from the same device to that room's receiver or pair of speakers. Wherever you roam in your home or office, your music is with you.







Features
Can receive and lock with up to four independent iTX/uTX transmitters.
Simple operation -Use the single front-panel switch to step through each of the available transmitters within range of the receiver. The cycle returns to first transmitter after selecting the last available transmitter.
CD-quality performance
The cycle returns to first transmitter after selecting the last available transmitter.
Extra-wide wireless audio range covers larger environments - iTX range approximately spans 10-20m; uTX range spans approximately 15-30m depending on conditions.
The uTX (for USB device) Transmitter is cross-platform (Mac/PC), so there's no need to install drivers.
The iTX similarly connects to a standard analog dock when mated with Apple iPod , iPhone and iPad.

Available in the following stores"
Audio Excellence - Tel 7460598
Listening Room -megamall
Sight & Sound - shangrila

[rascal101]

What D/A chip does the NuForce AIRDAC use?

[Stagea]

Good-looking Bluetooth speakers that's meant to be upgradable with the AirDAC:


http://www.whathifi.com/news/nuforce-adds-upgradable-bluetooth-speakers

[fatboyslim]

Are they selling separate uTX or iTX transmitter?

[Audio Excellence]

Are they selling separate uTX or iTX transmitter?

Right now, we only have the transmitter for usb, however we should be getting the transmitters for apple devices  by early january.

[fatboyslim]

Ok, you got PM.   

[xtian_lugz]

Dumating na b itx? Thanks

[Audio Excellence]

ITX is not yet available

[Audio Excellence]

You plug the uTX into your computer. It will stream LPCM data (I think) to the wireless Air DAC receiver which with it's RCA output is meant to play with speakers or even headphone's but that would be a bit redundant(with headphone's that is)
 
The uTX transmitter is sold seperately unless you buy the system for $180 which then includes teh Air DAC receiver and uTX transmitter(which you need)
 
Next there is also an iTX which is meant for Apple devices.. It will plug into Dock of Apple devices and do the same thing. The iTX transmitter is another $80 and won't be availble yet. The iTX is very small and can be lost(it's wireless too) and the uTX transmitter is angeled and long which can make it prone to bending, hitting, cracking or anything due to normal usage. A complete iTX, uTX, and Air DAC system would cost $260 at the lowest.
 
My thoughts? :This is for people that dislike Apple. IT's ironic as the devices (computers and mobile devices) NuForce has images of in use with the Air DAC are all Apple made one's.
 
How is this redundant?: Airplay,Remote, and homesharing. Airplay supports 16bit/44.1KHz Sampling rate. This supports 48KHz but realy, that isn't anything huge. If you already have an Apple device this is also a bad buy. You can stream music from your phone to your computer and vice versa(same accounts) and you can if your computer or Apple devices that support  the medium like Apple TV or Airport devices can stream to Speakers already. And since you would already have that device for another use, the Air DAC seems redundant.
 
Audiophile: You may then proceed to say this and that and this and that. But with an Apple Express which is $100 you can do the same thing. And wait...the Apple Express has optical out so you can bypass the Express's own Cirrus Logic(already good) DAC inside and use YOUR OWN. Which will then be fed into your speakers. You can even do this with a receiver with a Toslink Cable. And the Airport express is a wireless router, wireless printer sharer, dual band N(not simultaneous)