A method includes wirelessly receiving audio content via a first transceiver included in a housing of a first device and producing a first audible signal from the audio content via a speaker included in the housing of the first device. The audio content is wirelessly transmitted via the first transceiver to a second transceiver integrated within a first remote speaker. A second audible signal is produced from the audio content via the first remote speaker. The method also includes wirelessly relaying the audio content via the second transceiver to a third transceiver integrated within a second remote speaker and producing a third audible signal from the audio content via the second remote speaker. The second remote speaker is located outside of the transmission range of the first transceiver.

Methods and systems for headset with automatic source detection and volume control may include in an audio headset: receiving one or more audio signals carrying audio channels; and processing the audio channels to generate stereo signals for output to a left and a right speaker of the audio headset. The processing may include: determining a quantity of the audio channels carried in the received audio signals by comparing a level of a channel of the received audio signals to a threshold during a determined time period; adjusting a level of one or more of the audio channels based on the quantity of the audio channels carried in the received audio signals; and combining the audio channels to generate the stereo signals. The processing may include adjusting gain and/or phase of the audio channels carried in the received audio signals such that a perceived location of a listener is changed.

An audio apparatus includes a receiver, a sound emitter, a generator, and a transmitter. The receiver receives audio data transmitted by a broadcast method from an external apparatus. The sound emitter performs sound emission of the audio data received by the receiver. The generator generates sound emission control information relating to sound emission of other apparatus which can receive the audio data. The transmitter transmits the sound emission control information generated by the generator to the other apparatus.

In general, techniques are described for compressing decomposed representations of a sound field. A device comprising a memory and processing circuitry may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may be configured to store a bitstream representative of scene-based audio data, the scene-based audio data comprising ambisonic coefficients representative of a soundfield. The processing circuitry may be configured to process the bitstream to extract foreground components and corresponding foreground directional information, dequantize the corresponding foreground directional information to obtain corresponding dequantized directional information, and obtain, based on the foreground components and the corresponding dequantized foreground directional information, a reconstructed version of the scene-based audio data.

An example implementation may involve a playback device detecting placement of the playback device onto a device base of a particular media playback system. The playback device may determine that it is configured to automatically join media playback systems. Based on such a determination, the playback device may send, to the particular media playback system, a request to join the particular media playback system. The playback device may receive, from the media playback system, one or more messages that enable the playback device to join the particular media playback system, which the playback device may use to join the particular media playback system.

Hands-free electronic devices and electronic functions that can be worn on the surface of the body in a biologically fit manner are described. The embodiments provide a convergence between electronic products, and biological, anatomical, and biomechanical aspects of the human body while providing hands-free and interchangeable wearable electronic apparatuses that can interact with human senses and physiology of a human body in a practical manner.

An entertainment system is provided, the system comprising a portable media device configured to simultaneously produce an audible output signal and a plurality of vibratory output signals, the audible output signal representing a multi-track recording comprising a plurality of individual recorded tracks, each vibratory output signal based on at least one individual recorded track; and a plurality of actuators positioned at various locations on a user's body, each actuator configured to receive a respective one of the vibratory signals and to vibrate based on the received signal. A method of mixing a multi-track vibratory recording is also provided, the method comprising utilizing an entertainment system to feel vibrations representing individual recorded tracks on different locations of a user's body; and for each actuator, selecting at least one of the tracks based on suitability for driving the actuator, and providing, to the actuator, a vibratory signal derived from the selected track.

Provided is a case including a speaker for outputting sound using earphones, the case including a master earphone for receiving an audio signal from an external device through Bluetooth communication, a slave earphone separate from the master earphone to receive the audio signal from the master earphone through Bluetooth communication, and the case including a pair of coupling parts capable of individually accommodating the master and slave earphones, wherein the case further includes a charging unit for supplying power to the master and slave earphones, and the speaker for outputting the audio signal received from at least one of the master and slave earphones.

A multi-mode media system operable at a given time in one of a first or a second mode, selectively, the first mode comprising operation to access a media source co-housed with or connected to and operationally integrated with the media system and configured to stream media content to the multi-mode media system for playing by the media system, and the second mode comprising operation of the media system for controlling over a network a media source remote from the multi-mode media system for outputting media content on an output device separate from the multi-mode media system, the media system not being operable in both modes simultaneously nor operable exclusively only in a single one of such modes.

A portable auxiliary unit for coupling with a mobile audio player is disclosed. The auxiliary unit provides both auxiliary power input and auxiliary audio output for the player, as well as a protective casing in the form of a receiving cup open on a top side. The receiving cup provides access to inputs and outputs on the audio player accessible by cabling from the auxiliary unit installed when an access panel is opened. The auxiliary unit has an integral rechargeable battery pack and a speaker assembly connectable to the audio player via the cables.