Best Buy and Avnera announces today a new initiative to deliver “wired-quality” wireless home audio across multiple devices and brands. The new technology, featured in Best Buy’s Rocketboost wireless audio technology, leverages Avnera’s AudioMagic 2G technology and delivers wireless uncompressed HD quality audio streaming – becoming the first consumer product to deliver a multipoint to multipoint wireless audio solution at an affordable price point.

AudioMagic 2G enables manufacturers to support multiple simultaneous streams of uncompressed HD quality audio in any wireless send/receive combinations.

Rocketboost-enabled products can support up to five simultaneous stereo audio streams that can be received and played on up to 9 independent receivers. Any Rocketboost-wireless audio receiver can receive audio from any Rocketboost-enabled sender with users switching between streams with a single press of a button. The wireless signal is uncompressed and is capable of transmitting 24 bit, 96 KHz digital audio which supports CD and HD audio signals such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.

There are currently four Rocketboost products from Rocketfish currently available at Best Buy.

• Rocketfish Wireless HD Audio Starter Kit– features Rocketboost wireless audio technology for wireless connectivity between a transmitter, which is connected to the home theater system, and a rear channel amplifier, connected to the rear speakers. The kit enables 5.1 and 7.1 wireless surround sound configurations, as well as multizone, whole-home wireless audio distribution. $199.99
• Rocketfish Wireless Sender/Receiver– transmits audio wirelessly from any 3.5mm or stereo RCA audio device, allowing wireless audio streaming throughout a home.  $59.99
• Rocketfish 24GHz Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Speaker with Wireless Sender/Receiver– weather-resistant wireless speaker that makes it easy to equip a home theater or audio component system with Rocketboost wireless audio outdoors. $179.99
• Rocketfish Wireless Amplified Audio Receiver – ideal for connecting to and powering traditional home theater speakers. It features two stereo L/R speaker outputs for easy connection and Rocketboost wireless audio technology. $99.99

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