iHome reveals first AirPlay wireless speaker system

The thing about Airplay is that it supports lossless audio formats (like ALAC, AIFF). Which opens up the HiFi market to streaming. I look forward to some real, new, amplifier and/or integrated amp/LS combos at the high end of the market. It's about time that iTune started to provide non lossy files ( ALAC) and pushed the technology up from 16bit/44.1kHz to 24bit/96kHz also.

The recovery of the digital music business depends on advancing technology, not reducing it as it has done with MP3, AAC and worse still streaming. Recordings today are highly compressed just to get the music across in these lossy formats. What we need it to move back to more lossless, open, simple recordings and delivery by better technology.

I was about to drop some large bills on Sonos, but this looks like a cheaper solution that is A) just as easy to use and B) uses Macs and A/V items I already have. I'm excited!

"iHome, makers of iPhone and iPod accessories, is the first to announce an AirPlay compatible wireless speaker system."

TUAW, a technology blog, is the last to announce an AirPlay compatible wireless speaker system.

"We'll keep you posted on any further Airplay developments as they happen"

...several days after every other technology blog has

Does anyone know where to find the technical specs for AirPlay?

I don't get heat the big deal about airplay is when you could just use Bluetooth speakers. There's really no difference.

I'm pretty excited about airplay. I've recently set up a new HiFi system with the plan of ditching the CD player and just streaming all the music from my iMac via AirTunes. The ability to cut out the middle man (computer?) and just use my iPhone is great. November can't come soon enough.
Also, I'm hoping it means the must needed update for the Remote app is imminent. A first party app without retina display support is ridiculous.

So this is a box with AirTunes built in?