Do you have old school speakers and classic audio equipment at home that have been gathering dust? Even though they probably still sound awesome, analog music sources are very few and far between so they have become practically useless. But a new Kickstarter project called Auris bluMe wants to bring back these equipment to life by giving them wireless streaming power. It aims to bring together the superior quality of these speakers with the modern convenience of Bluetooth.
The Auris bluMe is basically an aircraft-grade aluminum digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that says there is practically no generational loss when you stream music to these classic speakers through it. It can stream up to 24-bit/192 kHz and the chipsets in it are similar to those in the high-end audio players. For the wireless connection, it uses Bluetooth 4.1 with AAC, SBC, and aptX Low Latency support. Aside from that, it also has an antenna that extends the wireless range up to 30 meters.
The bluMe receiver can get its power through a USB cable that can be charged from a laptop, TV, and of course the wall adapter. Its Kickstarter page claims that it will only take you 1 minute to set it up, pair it with your audio source and start playing music. Okay maybe if you’re super fast and a genius. But their point probably is that it’s super easy.
It looks like a lot of people with these legacy speakers want to use them again as the crowdsourced project was able to reach 314% o its 20,000 goal in just 28 days. It’s not too late for you if you want to support them as there are still 16 days to go before the campaign ends.
SOURCE: Kickstarter
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