Author: OpenAudio

Control4 and Multi-room Streaming Amplifier

Control4 is a brand of automation and networking systems for homes and businesses, offering a customisable and unified smart home system to automate and control connected devices including lighting, audio, video, climate control, intercom, and security.[1] The Control4 platform interoperates with more than 13,000 third-party products and it is available in over 100 countries.[2] After merging with SnapAV, by 2024 Control4 managed […]

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The different between KNX router and KNX Interface

For IT and network professionals managing building automation, the KNX system uses specific components to connect to your IP network. Two fundamental pieces of hardware you’ll frequently work with are the KNX IP Router and the KNX IP Interface. While their names are similar and they both serve as gateways, they have distinct roles in […]

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KNX Automation and Whole Home Audio System

Home Automation Integration KNX automation in Whole Home Audio System is very important. Only few Multi-room Streaming Amplifier support KNX, but all HOLOWHAS series MRSA from OpenAudio support KNX. What is KNX Automation KNX is an open standard (see EN 50090, ISO/IEC 14543) for commercial and residential building automation. KNX devices can manage lighting, blinds […]

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Home Automation and Multi-room Streaming amplifier

Image what you will get when integrate multi-room streaming amplifier into your home automation. What is Home Automation? Home automation uses schedules, rules, and scenes to trigger smart devices to do things for us. Schedules make something happen at a fixed time; for example, your living room speaker turn on at 7:30 a.m. every weekday morning in the summer. […]

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Smart Home and Multi-room Streaming Amplifier

Smart Multi-room Streaming Amplifier is key component of Morden smart home. A smart home is a residence that uses internet-connected devices to enable the remote monitoring and management of appliances and systems, such as lighting and heating. Smart home technology — also often referred to as home automation or domotics from the Latin word “domus,“ meaning home — provides homeowners […]

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OpenAudio to Launch KNX-GW in Q4 2025, Enabling KNX Control for Multi-Room Streaming Amplifiers

OpenAudio to Launch KNX-GW in Q4 2025, Enabling KNX Control for Multi-Room Streaming Amplifiers [FISHERS, August 18, 2025] – OpenAudio, a leading innovator in smart home audio solutions, is excited to announce the upcoming release of its KNX-GW gateway in the fourth quarter of 2025. This groundbreaking product will allow users to control their multi-room […]

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Voice Control of Multi-room Streaming Amplifier

More and more American families are trying out Multi-Zone Streaming Amplifiers to set up their Whole Home Audio Systems. With the growing popularity of Voice Assistant and Voice Control technologies, people are eager for their Multi-Zone Streaming Amplifiers to be compatible with these voice-activated services. Popular options include Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, and Google’s Google […]

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More than a kilometer-What is the Range of Bluetooth Technology

More than a kilometer: What is the Range of Bluetooth Technology Most multi-room Streaming Amplifier support both Bluetooth Audio and WiFi Audio. But most people think that Bluetooth Audio signal is effective only in very limited distant. Very little people know that the range of Bluetooth can be more than a kilometer. So let explain this […]

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16 x 200W != 3200W About Streaming Amplifier

16 x 200W != 3200W About Streaming Amplifier Too many people have misunderstood about total power and simultaneous total power. Take a 16-channel amplifier, if the peak or RMS power of every channel is 200W, people prefer to compare 16x 200W =3200W vs. Power Input capability. It is wrong. Because the possibility that all 16 […]

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The Difference between Amplifiers and Preamplifiers

The difference and relationship between Amplifier and Pre-Amplifier We received a message from Giovanny. He connected a microphone to the HOLO-WHAS Plus, but the sound was very low, even with the volume set to the maximum in the app. Dear OpenAudio: I wanted to let you know that I am very happy with the product.  I […]

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