Philips Upgrades WiFi Audio System With Net Radio March 20, 2008

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Philips has beefed up its Streamium family of wireless audio products with the addition of a new flagship, the WACS7500, which comprises the WAC7500 main unit and WAS7500 satellite units.

The replacement for the WACS7000 is 20mm thinner and finally adds Internet radio support via a wireless network. Philips has hooked up with BlueBeat, Live365 and Radioio, to offer users access to thousands on Net stations. CDs placed in the WAC7500 main unit are automatically ripped to the internal 80GB hard disk drive, while PC-based music can be streamed wirelessly or via Ethernet to the main unit and then to the satellite units placed around the home.

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Up to five satellites can be used and each can playback different audio streams so that Gran doesn’t haven’t to endure Korn’s Greatest hits. Again.

Philips claims the audio performance has been improved through the use of a flat-panel speaker system, with new mid-range panels and dedicated tweeter panels for cleaner, more detailed sound. A single, larger down-firing subwoofer replaces the original side-mounted firing ports for tighter bass performance. The Streamium has also swapped out the old user interface for the SuperScroll system used in its MP3 players.

Like its predecessor it will not be cheap though, costing £700, with additional satellites costing £200 a pop. Ouch!

Philips hopes throwing in a free iPod/Philips GoGear docking station will help sweeten the pill.-Martin Lynch


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This is all good aslong as it works. I went to a roadshow where this set was on demo and they couldnt even get it working. Too expensive anyway

Posted by Anonymous | March 20, 2008 12:34 PM

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