Griffin Technology had a lot to show off at CES 2012, including the nifty Helo TC Assault, but one of their coolest upcoming products is the Griffin Twenty Audio Amplifier. This little gadget will give any old speakers AirPlay support so you don't have to run out and buy an upgraded speaker system to wirelessly send your iTunes music library around the home. Its a great Idea and anyone who has a set of old speakers and an Airport Express system will be good to go.
“The Griffin Twenty is the easiest, best-sounding solution for consumers who have speakers that are not AirPlay-enabled but still want to stream high-fidelity audio wirelessly,” said Mark Rowan, President of Griffin Technology. “Not only can users stream from their iTunes library, they can easily connect with any AirPlay-enabled iOS device.”
The Griffin Twenty features "a zero-configuration audio set-up" that will stream loseless audio from yout iTunes library and other AirPlay-enabled apps like Pandora, Spotify and more. the device comes equipped with a mount for Airport Express and sports a 2.1 channel sound system that cranks out 20 watts per channel. It also supports powered subwoofers with an automatic active crossover at 80 Hz. You can get a look a the full specs dished out by Griffin below.
Amplifier:
• Class D Stereo Amplifier - TI PurePath™
• Input: S/PDIF optical, TOSLINK connector (included)
• Outputs: Spring-loaded right & left channel connectors; RCA subwoofer connector
• Sensitivity: 0.34 dBFS for 20 watts (Volume control set to max.)Speaker Output:
• Power: 20 watts per channel into 8 ohms @0.08% THD, both channels driven
• Frequency Response: 20 Hz - 20kHz, +0, -0.34 dB
• Signal-to-Noise ratio: 95 dB
• Crosstalk: -71 dBSubwoofer Output:
• Left + Right sub-bass audio
• Autoswitching when powered subwoofer is detected
• Power: Line-level output (2V rms at 0 dBFS input)
• High-Pass Filter: 80 Hz 2nd order Linkwitz-Riley applied to L+R channels
• Low-Pass Filter: 80 Hz 2nd order Linkwitz-Riley applied to subwoofer outputAC Power:
• 100 - 240 VAC @ 50/60 Hz supplies both amp and power connection for Airport Express.
Sadly, Griffin hasn't revealed any pricing or availability information for the Twenty Audio Amplifier quite yet, and even though they had it on display with the Airport Express base station ($99) already attached, we will have to supply our own.
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