Speaker having a wireless link to communicate with another speaker

A system for outputting audio at a speaker, comprising:

• means for receiving audio at a first speaker;
• means for determining a codec type corresponding to the received audio;
• means for determining, based on the codec type, whether to transcode the received audio;
• means for transcoding the received audio if the codec type is in a predetermined class of codecs;
• means for transmitting the transcoded audio from the first speaker to a second speaker over a wireless link;
• and
• means for outputting the audio at the first and second speakers.

A computer-readable medium embodying a set of instructions, wherein the set of instructions when executed by one or more processors comprises:

• a code segment for receiving audio at a first speaker;
• a code segment for determining a codec type corresponding to the received audio;
• a code segment for determining, based on the codec type, whether to transcode the received audio;
• a code segment for transcoding the received audio if the codec type is in a predetermined class of codecs;
• a code segment for transmitting the transcoded audio from the first speaker to a second speaker over a wireless link;
• and
• a code segment for outputting the audio at the first speaker.

A wireless system comprising:

• a first speaker;
• and
• a second speaker;
• wherein the first and second speakers are configured to communicate with each other over a wireless link, and
• wherein the first speaker comprises a processor configured to transcode digitized audio prior to the digitized audio being transmitted to the second speaker.

A speaker, comprising:

• a first wireless interface configured to communicate with an audio source over a first wireless link, and
• a second wireless interface configured to communicate with a second speaker over a second wireless link;
• a processor configured to transcode first encoded audio received from the audio source into second encoded audio;
• and
• means for transmitting the second encoded audio through the second wireless interface.