Hidden Wires - Audio from the Cloud
Author: Michael Stein
From entertainment to lighting and energy controls, it is no exaggeration to say that home entertainment and control options have changed - or more appropriately, evolved - several-fold in a very short period of time. And, nowhere are these changes felt more clearly than in the area of distributed audio.
Distributed music epitomizes many aspects of what we should expect to see across all other points in the custom-installed entertainment arena, especially as we the industry continue the march toward full IP implementation, i.e. connecting devices and users to a virtual cloud of entertainment and control options.
If the audio and music industries continue to embrace the new, which in this case refers to IP technology, then their biggest challenge will be keeping up with sales.
Read the complete article in the latest issue of our eMagazine at HomeToys.com
Author: Michael Stein
From entertainment to lighting and energy controls, it is no exaggeration to say that home entertainment and control options have changed - or more appropriately, evolved - several-fold in a very short period of time. And, nowhere are these changes felt more clearly than in the area of distributed audio.
Distributed music epitomizes many aspects of what we should expect to see across all other points in the custom-installed entertainment arena, especially as we the industry continue the march toward full IP implementation, i.e. connecting devices and users to a virtual cloud of entertainment and control options.
If the audio and music industries continue to embrace the new, which in this case refers to IP technology, then their biggest challenge will be keeping up with sales.
Read the complete article in the latest issue of our eMagazine at HomeToys.com
