Sony launches S-AIR multi-room wireless audio standard, gear

It's clear what we all need is yet another proprietary wireless standard for streaming media around our house, so thank God Sony swooped in to launch S-AIR, their new system for configuration-free multi-room audio. Just provide power to your redundantly-named S-AIR Air Station receiver speaker and new S-AIR enabled Sony audio gear can stream to it up to 164 feet away. Thankfully, Sony will also start selling S-AIR EZW-T100 transmitters, WHAT-SA10 wireless speaker kits ($150 -- wait, "what"?), and independent S-AIR AIR-SA10 Air Stations ($120) -- all due in March.

[Sheepman @ Feb 26th 2008 4:01AM]

Sony. New formats. Shoot me.


...and the nameing... S-AIR AIR-SA10? sounds like a techno name for macbook

(apple neutral fan)

- Sheepman

[ScooterDe @ Feb 26th 2008 5:04AM]

If Apple had embraced the wider world, I for one - as a PC user - would have happily adopted the Airport, with its audio functions and wifi extension, as a wireless audio solution around the house.
Show me kit that supports wifi (e.g. transmission from any laptop) and bluetooth (from any phone) and I'll even buy a proprietary dongle (to allow an MP3 player to transmit).

[Scooge @ Feb 26th 2008 8:11AM]

Why not just use existing standards? My Squeezebox v3 useses *gasp* 802.11g and it works quite well. Sony is just a proprietary format whore!

[rcappo @ Feb 26th 2008 9:20AM]

I wired my house last month. Thanks Sony.

Although now I use less power and don't have to worry about more electromagnetic radiation.