ELAC Discovery Connect

The ELAC Discovery Connect can play a few different roles in your stereo system, depending on your setup. It connects to your Ethernet or Wi-Fi® router to add network music sources, including Spotify® and AirPlay®, to your existing home audio system. Built-in Bluetooth® lets you get your compatible phone or tablet into the act. The Discovery Connect also doubles as a wireless transmitter for ELAC's high-performance Navis™ ARB-51 active speakers. "This connects to your Wi-Fi and broadcasts wirelessly to the speakers," explained ELAC's lead designer Andrew Jones when he demonstrated the Discovery at our Charlottesville HQ. "So it doesn't have to be anywhere near your speakers." ELAC created their own wireless protocol known as AirX to help eliminate the need for wired connections between their powered speakers. "[Usually] when you're on Wi-Fi, the only way to synchronize the left and right speaker is to run a cable between them," Mr. Jones said. "We don't have to do that." Another specific (but cool) way you...