U.K. Company Launches Low-Cost Wi-Fi Device To Enable Multiroom Music System

U.K.-based Crystal Acoustics introduced a Wi-Fi device that it said enables users to connect a group of disparate audio devices to create a wireless multiroom audio system. The WiDAPTOR operates over Wi-Fi and transmits to any active speaker or hi-fi system, said the company. The USB adaptors can be connected in parallel, enabling users to control all zones from a smartphone or tablet, listen to different songs in different rooms and listen to the same song in all rooms, it said. The $55 device also supports USB music playback from a thumb drive or hard-disk storage device, said the company.