{"id":1061,"date":"2012-04-21T09:38:35","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T09:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2012-04-21T09:38:35","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T09:38:35","slug":"wireless-speakers-from-dynaudio-the-new-xeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/1061-wireless-speakers-from-dynaudio-the-new-xeo.html","title":{"rendered":"Wireless speakers from Dynaudio: the new Xeo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to declutter your hi-fi? Dynaudio has one of the tidiest designs yet with its new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dynaudio.com\/int\/xeo\/XEO_What_is_Xeo.html\" target=\"_blank\">Xeo range<\/a>. What you get is a pair of active speakers with built-in DAC and wireless transmitter. The only wires you need are mains cables to power the speakers. There is also a remote for selecting the source and controlling the volume. <\/p>\n<p>Xeo 5 is a floorstander with dual woofers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image_thumb5.png\" width=\"83\" height=\"244\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Xeo 3 is a standmount or bookshelf model measuring just 170 x 281 x 246mm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image_thumb6.png\" width=\"178\" height=\"244\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both models have a 100w power rating (50w woofer and 50w tweeter). <\/p>\n<p>You attach your sources to a transmitter box that accepts analog, digital or USB connections, though there is only one SP\/DIF digital input which could be a nuisance, and it is optical only. Maximum digital resolution is 25 bit \/ 48 kHz. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image_thumb7.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"105\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The range of the transmitter is (roughly) up to 50 meters through obstructions, or up to 100 meters in free space.<\/p>\n<p>Price is around \u00a31180 for the Xeo 3, or \u00a32450 for the Xeo 5, plus \u00a3210 for the transmitter.<\/p>\n<p>A neat solution; but for that kind of price you will want good sound and I hope to report on that soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to declutter your hi-fi? Dynaudio has one of the tidiest designs yet with its new Xeo range. What you get is a pair of active speakers with built-in DAC and wireless transmitter. The only wires you need are mains cables to power the speakers. There is also a remote for selecting the source and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/1061-wireless-speakers-from-dynaudio-the-new-xeo.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wireless speakers from Dynaudio: the new Xeo<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1064],"tags":[176,1240,1511],"class_list":["post-1061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","tag-audio","tag-dynaudio","tag-xeo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}