Shut Up and Take My Money: HUB Wi-Fi audio pucks for headphones

Launching on Kickstarter first, the HUB by ekko is a Wi-Fi enabled system for managing wireless audio. Available in two or four puck configurations, HUB users just plug a set of headphones into one of the pucks.

Ideal for anyone living in an apartment with thin walls, multiple people can listen to the same audio source over headphones without disturbing anyone.

Of course, you could also plug a set of speakers into each puck and create a situation where you can distribute audio over Wi-Fi into mulitple rooms of your home. The volume and equalizer levels of each puck can be controlled using a smartphone app, ideal for creating a balance throughout a home or simply for increasing volume on headphones or speakers for anyone that’s hard of hearing.

Each puck has a 4.5 hour battery life and roughly a 50 foot range from the audio source. Interestingly, you can purchase mulitple HUBs and connect up to 10 people to the same audio source. It’s able to broadcast 96 kHz / 24-bit audio, basically studio quality sound to either headphones or speakers. Ideal for parents, the parental control options on the smartphone app include safe volume settings as well as real-time usage monitoring.

Besides hard-wiring the main HUB station to an audio source like a home theater receiver, users can also stream music over AirPlay or DLNA. That includes support for services such as Spotify, Pandora, Rdio, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, Amaozn Music and Google Play. Besides mobile devices, music can be streamed from Windows or Mac devices on the same Wi-Fi network.

Be aware that since this is a Kickstarter project, delivery of the HUB isn’t happening any time soon. The creators of the device are promising a July 2017 delivery date for the first round of HUB devices. These are being funded at $169 for the HUB Mini (2 pucks) and $249 for the HUB (4 pucks). There are mulitple funding levels for early backers as well.

You can check out a video about the HUB streaming device below as well as additional pictures of the HUB in action.

Check out HUB by ekko on Kickstarter

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   david

   March 27, 2016 at 6:35 am

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