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The Future of PC-Audio: Interview With Keith Kowal

Posted by michael on from the clang-clang-clang-goes-the-speaker dept.

red_ed writes "The Noise Report have an interview with Keith Kowal from VIA technologies' Audio division about the future of PC audio. Here's a snippet: 'I think the next big thing will be the widespread adoption of wireless speakers and headphones--cause none of us like a tangle of wires. From a PC infrastructure point of view I can easily see support for these devices being integrated right into the PC.'"

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  1. Re:Wireless clutter of wireless wires by mordors9 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Excellent an excuse for having porn on my computer.... the neighbors garage door opener did it :-)

  2. Re:Battery? by cheide · · Score: 4, Funny

    Second, and most importantly for any audiophiles out there, what happens to the sound quality? God knows how much money is spent on expensive speaker cables, so what happens when it goes wireless?

    It would almost certainly be a digital encoding, so there would be no quality loss at all as long as there's enough signal strength.

    Of course that probably won't stop some people from buying a Monster Air Ionizer, for "reduced quantum harmonic interference for your wireless signals!"...