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One of the fastest changing sectors of the electronics industry for the past ten years has been the evolution of wireless technology. From analog to digital 3.5G mobile networks to wireless networking and the proliferation of Bluetooth, we have been spoiled by the pace of technological advances. Home theater has not been standing still either, with HDTV becoming mainstream and at price points ever lower and more accessible. IOGear’s Wireless Audio Video Kit attempts to answer the question perhaps few were asking: can an HD audio and video system be freed from the shackles of cables and eliminate more cable clutter? Follow me on a tour as we get geeky.
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Creative has released and new wireless audio system marketed toward the millions of iTunes users out there. The Creative Sound Blaster Wireless for iTunes is a USB sound card and proprietary wireless transmitter. Besides providing Creative’s well known sound quality over headphones it broadcasts the audio over their specially developed wireless system. Running in the 2.4GHz space the signal is specially designed to eliminate interference from other wireless systems like phones and 802.11x signals. Listeners should not have to deal with any pauses, tone shifts or static which have plagued other wireless systems. Once installed you’ll be able to transmit audio directly to your stereo system without the need for dangling cables or other wireless networking appliances.

The $149 kit comes with both the USB transmitter as well as the receiver base unit. The receiver will listen for signals broadcast from any of their transmitters and turn the signal back into audio for your sound system. The transmitter will also auto-detect Creative GigaWorks T20W speakers as they have a built-in receiver. Creative claims CD quality audio at 100 foot range. This is considerably more affordable than similar premium systems. There’s also an express-card version of the transmitter available for $89 if that’s more your speed.
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