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for a networked home it means countless options for speaker placement.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/
for a networked home it means countless options for speaker placement.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/
ehternet for power and transport is really handy, maybe not for most homes, but imagine how easy stores and do music systems for instore music, and stuff. i for one would love to have a few of these in every room in my house]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/Dec 19th 2005 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/01/nicts-ethernet-speakers/
There is an Ethernet Speaker project at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA that has been producing devices based on open-source systems and have been distributing their code as open-source.

http://www.cs.drexel.edu/~vp/EthernetSpeaker/

The important things to consider with networked speakers are:

a) sync: if all the speakers are playing from the same source, do we hear the same audio? or does each speaker play slightly off?

b) control: how do I turn off the speaker in the bathroom from my bedroom. Do you really want to have to go around the house adjusting these things?
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