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TUNAI Creative Debut Groundbreaking World’s Smallest and Most Compelling Bluetooth Transmitter on Kickstarter

By: Dennis Garcia | Published: Thursday, June 28, 2018

WAND, Enhanced Wireless Audio Home Entertainment eliminates lip-sync delay and provides wider operation range. Pledges start as low as $15

TAIPEI CITY, TAIWAN, June 27, 2018 - TUNAI Creative was established in 2014, and since that time, the company has successfully launched innovative audio products such as the FIREFLY for a crisp music experience and the DRUM enhanced audiophile earphone. Now, the company announced the new product, WAND, the world’s smallest and most compelling Bluetooth Transmitter, officially launches a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter starting on June 27. WAND has been honored as one of the most outstanding designs by CES 2018 Innovation Awards as a way to enhance the audio entertainment.

The WAND is a never-before-seen world’s smallest Bluetooth transmitter offering the powerful audio experience with parallel streaming to up to 2 devices. WAND coordinates audio signals from analog, optical, and USB based devices. It supports Bluetooth 4.2 input and three different codecs, aptX, aptX low latency, and SBC. By supporting aptX Low Latency, WAND can offer a lip-sync delay free audio experience when one or two headsets are connected and with a 164 ft/50 meter open air operating range, one of the longest on the market. (Note: The receiving device also must support aptX low latency technology to enable zero lip-sync delay.)

Measuring at just 2.95 inches tall, the WAND has a visual appearance of a cubic stick and is made to deliver breathtaking streaming from television sets, computers, and gaming consoles directly to wireless headphones. “It also works with long-range devices empowering you with freedom to float freely, without compromising on sound quality,” said Eric Chang, Chief Technologist at TUNAI Creative.

The WAND is designed for sports fans, movie, TV lovers, and console gamers. The WAND’s capabilities will accommodate users who want to leverage this wireless audio hub for all of their home entertainment needs. It might be an early morning football game at 3 am, a late-night gaming session or a movie marathon. You no longer need to worry about keeping the volume down and won’t miss any of the action. WAND provides hassle-free audio streaming.

The WAND launches on Kickstarter and opens the doors for backers to contribute to the launch of this exciting new product while also securing their early bird devices. With just a $ 15 donation, backers can receive 75% off the regular price of $59.99.

The WAND has the following Technical Specifications:

Bluetooth 4.2
Profile support: A2DP, AVRCP
CODEC support: aptX, aptX low latency, SBC
Operation range: up to 164ft / 50m (open air) *
Max device connection: 2 devices **
Audio input: AUX, SPDIF, and USB
Product dimension: 0.67in x 0.67in x 2.95in / 17mm x 17mm x75mm
Weight: 0.77oz / 22g

* Operation range may vary by environment, receiving headphone and devices.
**The receiving device also must support aptX low latency technology to enable zero lip-sync delay.

As the WAND moves from engineering to pre-production stage, TUNAI Creative aims to use the Kickstarter campaign to raise $15,000 towards the manufacturing of the WAND, as well as for raising awareness about the product, and achieve the ideal target cost and price for mass production. According to TUNAI Creative, this dynamic new device will be so seamless, users will think of it as a “magic wand” for Bluetooth streaming.

The Kickstarter campaign can be found at:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/398634494/wand-by-tunai-enhanced-wireless-audio-home-enterta

More information about TUNAI Creative is available at http://www.tunai-creative.com

About TUNAI Creative
The word TUNAI comes from Tamil, the official language of Sri Lanka, as a pronunciation of word "accessory". Sri Lanka, known as "Pearl of the Indian Ocean" and is one of the top five gemstone producing countries in the world. TUNAI, used as the first word of our brand, implying our idea in developing towards the concept of "accessory boutiques".

Since 2014, our team at TUNAI CREATIVE has amassed talents from technology leaders in Taiwan and Germany in an effort to put together an organization that is as innovative as it is effective. We have won praise for our efforts throughout Taiwan, South Korea, the United States, and Europe, where our products have been recognized for quality and utility. TUNAI has aimed to innovate Bluetooth products. FIREFLY, world’s tiniest Bluetooth music receiver makes it easy to upgrade the car and home audio. It has been selected as Amazon Choice since 2017. In September 2017, DRUM, the High-Resolution Bass Enhanced Audiophile Earphone crowdfunding project at Kickstarter reached 100% of funding goal in 3 days and now is available at Amazon.com and select retailers. In January 2018, WAND, Enhanced Wireless Audio Home Entertainment won CES2018 Innovation Awards. Now WAND is available at Kickstarter and seeking supports from backers to move this award-winning product to the industrialization phase.

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