Lithe Audio, the UK’s renowned audio brand, has unveiled a new integration option for its award-winning Pro Series and Wi-Fi active ceiling speakers with the Nice/ELAN smart home platform.
The breakthrough integration brings a host of benefits, including all the expected features such as music transport control, multi-room functionality, source and favourites setting. There is also one standout feature for the Pro Series model, Lithe says – which is the embedding of chimes and tones, as well as doorbell and intruder alert sounds, directly within the internal memory of the speakers.
One of the most significant advantages of this integration is the solution it offers to long-standing issues in the smart audio world. By embedding chimes and sounds in the internal memory of the speakers, Lithe Audio has eradicated the problems of latency, buffering and timeouts that have plagued the audio integration experiences for years.
No longer reliant on cloud source files, this innovation guarantees an enhanced level of performance and consistency. The chimes, tones and various sounds crucial to seamless audio interactions are now stored within the speaker’s internal memory. This ensures that users experience smooth and uninterrupted audio, free from the hiccups that can occur due to network connectivity issues.
In addition to resolving these issues, the integration takes the Lithe Audio experience to a new level, the company says. The embedded sounds can now be harnessed by integrators and program these sound libraries for a range of smart features. This includes doorbells, alarms, CCTV, and boundary control, providing a comprehensive audio solution for both residential and commercial settings for both music and smart home automations.
Wesley Siu, Managing Director of Lithe Audio, shares his excitement about the integration with Nice/ELAN, stating, “Our speaker system stands out because the sounds and chimes are stored directly in the speakers, not in the cloud. This eliminates issues with latency or failures to play, ensuring that announcements are always instantly available.”
With the integration of Nice/ELAN, users can not only enjoy a rich audio experience but also control speaker functions and stream from multiple sources, making Lithe Audio speakers the heart of a modern smart home. Multi-room playback in up to five different zones adds an extra layer of convenience.
This integration promises to elevate the Nice/ELAN community’s audio offering, all without the need for complex installations or additional cabling. With Lithe Audio, it’s as simple as connecting from the power or lighting circuit, opening up a new era in smart home audio, solving long-standing issues of running cables to hard to reach rooms and empowering a new wave of smart features. This integration with Nice/ELAN is set to redefine how we experience sound, offering a more reliable, sophisticated, and seamless audio solution for smarter homes.
The new Nice/ELAN driver works with the Pro Series and Wi-Fi Ceiling Speakers. The Lithe Audio Pro Series ceiling speaker is a high-resolution all-in-one installation model that delivers high-quality audio coupled with an extensive feature set. These include a fully-integrated, built-in 60W RMS class D amplifier; streamer built-in; advanced WiSA technology for Dolby Atmos systems; Wi-Fi or hardwire data connection; and PoE power delivery for convenience of installation.
The Lithe Wi-Fi ceiling speaker is an all-in-one wireless speaker system that delivers an easy-to-install ceiling speaker with an amplifier and streamer built in. With the addition of power and control through Elan controllers, keypads, or directly through Airplay, Chromecast, or Spotify Connect, music streaming is intuitive for the user and easy to fit for the installer.
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