Korus Premium Wireless Speakers Roll Into Retail Stores With An All-In-One Suite For The Holidays

PETALUMA, Calif. - Oct. 31, 2013 - PRLog -- If you’re ready for a premium, multi-room alternative to Bluetooth™ speakers, now is the time to try Korus wireless speakers, being offered in an All-in-One premium value suite for the 2013 holiday season by Core Brands LLC, a Nortek, Inc. company . The next generation SKAA®-based wireless speaker system boasts crystal clear sound with a stronger, extremely reliable, high performance connection for wireless music streaming, with the added benefit of streaming video and game audio in perfect synchronization with on-screen action.

The Korus All-in-One Suite is rolling out to retail stores in time for your holiday enjoyment and gifting, and includes a wireless Korus speaker; USB, 30 pin and Lightning Baton wireless audio transmitters to seamlessly connect to your iPhone®, iPad®, iPod touch®, Mac® and PC; and two

charge cables to keep your mobile devices powered while streaming audio to Korus speakers. This All-in-One Suite is being offered for both the powerful V600 speaker (at $449.99) as well as the smaller and more compact V400 (at $349.99); a savings value of nearly $140 if the speakers and accessories were purchased separately. The Korus premium wireless speaker systems are available online at KorusSound.com, in Best Buy® Magnolia® Design Centers nationwide and at other North America retailers.

The Korus speaker system can stream music to one or up to four speakers simultaneously, placed in one or more rooms. Near-zero lag and perfect synchronization keep your music in-sync from room to room, as well as offer a BIG—even multiple-speaker—sound experience for movies and games played on your computers or mobile devices.

Easy out-of-box setup, flexible sharing

With no Wi-Fi network configuration and no Bluetooth pairing steps, Korus is brilliantly easy to use. Simply plug the Baton into your PC, Mac®, iPhone®, iPad® or iPod touch® and play your music, movies or game audio instantly. The Baton wireless audio transmitters act as an extension of your device’s audio port.  So, if you can play the audio on your device, the audio will play through your Korus premium wireless speakers. There is no special playback app to learn and manage; just plug in a Baton, and push play on your device, and your Korus speakers will play music, video or games in seconds. The Korus premium All-in-One Suite includes Batons to support PCs, Macs and all iOS® devices. Android^® compatible Batons will be available in early 2014.

When you’re ready to share control of the music with a friend, plug the Baton into your friend’s device and stream the content in seconds without changing settings. And the Korus volume app, available on the iTunes® Store, is an added convenience, as it allows you to control the volume level of each speaker in your system, individually or together through your iOS device. The Korus premium All-in-One Suite also includes two charge cables, allowing you to charge your mobile devices while continuing to stream audio.

Breakthrough SKAA® technology yields higher performance; more reliable connection

SKAA, the technology behind Korus, is based on the professional wireless audio standard PAW, or Pro Audio Wireless, which has a history of delivering high-quality music to top artists in the music industry. Korus is now bringing this technology to the consumer market, providing consumers with benefits unavailable with other Bluetooth or Wi-Fi speakers.

Korus, powered by SKAA technology, has a near-zero latency of 40 milliseconds, up to three times better than Bluetooth speakers. It also offers a wireless range of up to 65 feet indoors and 200 feet outdoors, much greater than that of any Bluetooth-powered device. Ensuring the delivery of flawless audio, SKAA incorporates something called Walking Frequency Diversity (WFD™) to reduce interference with wireless radios and maintain a rock-steady connection. SKAA also provides superior sound quality of 480 Kbps, compared to 201 Kbps as is typical for Bluetooth speakers.

Designed for High Fidelity: Full-room, LiveStage™ sound

In addition to SKAA® technology, Korus wireless speakers are engineered with LiveStage™, a proprietary acoustic platform that enables a wider, multi-dimensional sound platform. This projects the vocals up front and other instruments like guitars and drums (bass and treble) behind to create distance between musical elements. The resulting audio experience feels immersive and expansive, as if you’re listening to a live performance up front at the stage. Korus audio engineers paired the acoustic signature with the innovative Korus design, which is built with a curved front panel and beveled side angles to further enhance the whole-room sound. The pioneering combination of SKAA and LiveStage, combined with the unique placement of the speakers within the cabinet, result in a premium wireless speaker unlike any other – that plays in TRUE high fidelity.

Learn more today at http://www.KorusSound.com or visit a Best Buy® Magnolia® Design Center and other retailers to get your Korus premium wireless speaker system in time for the Holidays!

About Core Brands LLC.
Korus is the brainchild of Core Brands, LLC, a Nortek Company which has a 40 year heritage rich in bringing to market pioneering and innovative audio products from high end brands like Niles, Speakercraft and others. Core Brands is part of the Technology Solutions Group of Nortek, Inc., a premier provider of smart technologies for the connected home and office. Headquartered in Petaluma, California, Core Brands combines the product and marketing strengths of ten iconic audio, power management and control brands into a group that includes ATON®, BlueBOLT®, ELAN®, Furman®, Niles®, Panamax®, Proficient®, SpeakerCraft®, Sunfire® and Xantech®, and now Korus™ brands.

About Nortek, Inc.

Nortek  is a global, diversified company whose many market-leading brands deliver broad capabilities and a wide array of innovative, technology-driven products and solutions for lifestyle improvement at home and at work. The Company's broad array of offerings includes audio/video and security solutions, digital display mounting solutions, ventilation products such as range hoods and bathroom fans, heating and cooling products, and air management systems. For further information, visitwww.nortekinc.com.

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Disclaimers:

*iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac and iTunes are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.

*Android is a trademark of Google Inc.

*SKAA is a registered trademark of Eleven Engineering

*Best Buy and Magnolia are registered trademarks of Best Buy Co., Inc.

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