C'est quoi la technologie SKAA et pourquoi elle change tout pour ta Soundboks ?

Who are Eleven Engineering? 

Eleven Engineering are one of the global leaders in wireless audio design. The company started in 1992 from a basement in Alberta, Canada.  

Founded by John Sobota, they have developed technology for quadriplegic computer users, satellite fax systems for Arctic oil fields, and the world's first wireless PlayStation controller. 

Today, the company builds semiconductor chips for one purpose only: wireless audio. That singular focus is why it’s become one of the biggest names in consumer electronics. Everyone from Bose and Samsung to Harman and Logitech have built products with Eleven's silicon. 

What is SKAA™? 

“SKAA™ is not Bluetooth®. It's a dedicated high-fidelity, low-latency wireless standard designed specifically for audio.” 

Most wireless standards weren't built with audio in mind. Take Bluetooth® as an example. It is designed for devices to connect and exchange many different forms of data. 

SKAA™ is different. It's a wireless standard engineered from the ground up to do one thing: move audio. Just like RCA audio cables of old, it enables multiple audio products to connect to one another. The result is higher fidelity, stronger signal, and latency low enough that your ears won't catch it.  

As a compatibility standard and with over 20 brands in the ecosystem, it's truly universal. Any product carrying the SKAA™ logo works with each other. It runs on the one radio frequency available in every country on earth, too. This makes growing your setup far easier and way more efficient. 

How does your Soundboks use SKAA™? 

"TeamUp allows you to send audio to one Soundboks speaker over Bluetooth® or a physical input and then using SKAA™ wireless, that audio can be sent over to four additional speakers." 

SKAA™ is the secret sauce behind TeamUp: the technology that links multiple Soundboks to play in sync. SKAA™ enables this, pushing audio from one source to every Soundboks connected simultaneously. No cables. No audible delay. Just multi-speaker setups that stay perfectly in time. 

This isn’t locked to a single model, either. For example, you can TeamUp any combination of Soundboks 4, Soundboks Mix, Soundboks Go, or Soundboks 3. They all speak the same language thanks to SKAA™. 

"Technology that makes your music bigger and better? Sign us up! We’re super happy with SKAA™ and what it enables our speakers to do.” - Jesper Theil Thomsen, CEO. 

The SKAA™ Ecosystem 

"SKAA™ transmitters are available for just about any device that outputs audio." 

Your Soundboks is a SKAA™ receiver straight out of its box. That means it's already compatible with the entire SKAA™ transmitter ecosystem.  

As we mentioned before, some of the leading brands in audio use SKAA™ for their products. From transmitters to subwoofers, there’s plenty of game changing gear out there. 

How is SKAA™ different to Auracast™? 

“Instead of applying band-aid engineering to tech never meant for audio, we own our stack from the transistor level up and have it hyper-focused on doing audio and audio only.” 

As we mentioned before, SKAA™ was built from scratch and for audio only. Whether inbuilt to a product or made compatible by a transmitter, it works with pretty much any tech product.  

Auracast™, on the other hand, is a feature bolted onto Bluetooth® LE Audio. You need to have specific hardware to use it. It only started appearing in devices around 2022; if your gear predates that, you’re locked out.  

There’s a big difference between how the two technology connect devices. SKAA™ uses bonding: your speakers find each other automatically–no app, no network, no list to scroll through. Auracast’s™ Bluetooth® requires you to scan-and-select yourself. Those extra seconds could be spent having fun instead. 

Another key area of difference is how the two technologies handle signal reliability. Auracast™ is one-way: the transmitter broadcasts and hopes the receiver catches it. There's no correction, no resend, no quality check.  

On the other hand, SKAA™ is a two-way conversation. Every speaker talks back to confirm the audio actually landed. If one doesn't, it gets resent. That closed loop is what keeps the connection rock solid. 

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