Genelec will preview audio over IP at its ISE booth. The technology is designed to transport uncompressed, high-quality audio over a standard LAN network and is claimed to enable accurate synchronisation of loudspeakers on the network to create complex, multi-channel IP-based audio systems.
As LAN networks already exist in most office premises and are routinely installed in new buildings, the Audio over IP solution is aimed at the corporate environment. In the near future, Genelec "Audio over IP" is planned to be incorporated as an extension to the current DSP monitoring systems product line - an advanced solution for accurate and consistent listening in multi-room facilities, typical of a LAN environment.