LTB's FreeZone WiFi headphones

We're all about combining wireless and audio (well, wireless and anything, really), but rarely do wireless headphones not suffer from such severe drawbacks as the lack of interoperability and proprietary, hacker-unfriendly vendor-specific RF (except in the rare case of Bluetooth devices, of course). Enter LTB's FreeZone WiFi headphones, which will apparently grab audio input off "any 802.11 device." Does that mean it's got 802.11a/b/g/n/s? Because we're guessing not—and while we wish they'd be more specific about how this works, we're not about to deny that $99 pricetag is right nice regardless. And if you're willing to hold out a little while, apparently they have two 5.1-surround WiFi cans in the works.

[Via eHomeUpgrade]

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM]

Hopefully this is something simple, like playing an audio stream that was sent to it's ip address by video lan client (vlc). Then it would be cross platform right out of the box.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM]

this would be sweet, my only concern would be battery life. my IR freespan headphones last for 18 hours per charge and also takes standard AAA batteries. i don't mind the line-of-sight limitations, since i'm getting mid-range sennheiser sound without wires.

(http://www.xdreamfones.com/news.htm)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM]

I don't understand, why no bluetooth stereo headphones?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM]

5.1 surround headphones sound like ass, unfortunately.

I'll pass on these, too - if I really want wireless, I'll use a personal monitor system (http://www.shure.com/psm/default.asp).

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM]

I hope there's good security implemented into these headphones. The last thing I want is someone 'stealing' the music I paid for on iTunes.