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Bujold is Based in the Corporate Offices in Edmonton, AB Canada

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada, August 3, 2023 – Eleven Engineering, Inc. (www.elevenengineering.com), a market leader in semiconductor products for wireless audio for home theater, multi-room, portable, professional, 12 Volt (car, truck, motorcycle, power sports, marine) and gaming applications, is proud to announce that Mike Bujold has joined the company’s growing Research & Development Design Team.

“The past year has seen unrivaled growth for Eleven Engineering, and so we are seeing a continuing need for top level additions to our R&D department,” said Rex Whitehead, Eleven Engineering executive vice president, sales & marketing. “Mike’s education and experience make him a perfect fit for our team.”

Bujold graduated the University of Alberta (BSc in Computing Science) and brings his prior experience as a hardware developer for a VSAT communications company to Eleven Engineering.

“What drew me to Eleven is the forward-thinking mindset and adaptability of the company and the people that work here,” said Bujold, who will work out of the company’s headquarters in Edmonton, AB. “I am fortunate to be part of a team of like-minded people that are committed to building quality products. I can see the potential SKAA has to become a true wireless audio standard and I am excited to be a part of it.”

SKAA wireless lets the integrator easily create a dedicated multi-room home audio superhighway with a long range up to 150 feet with a robust, interference-free low-latency signal eliminating lip-sync issues with TV and gaming. SKAA-enabled products can stream music between them, up to four sets simultaneously – one transmitter to four devices. In environments laden with heavy Wi-Fi and Bluetooth traffic, SKAA navigates through these hostile environments with best-in-class reliability. SKAA also allows for uninterrupted audio signals that are delivered with the highest sound quality to all speakers without the latency that is inherent in other wireless solutions.

SKAA is available as a built-in technology not requiring an external transmitter in purpose-designed partner products. SKAA transmitters work with iOS & Android mobile devices, Mac & Windows computers, televisions, and just about any product with a line output or a headphone jack.

Eleven Engineering breaks down the Seven Deadly Sins of WiFi Audio on its YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw2iSCuT0x8).

For more on SKAA and the Seven Deadly Sins of WiFi Audio, please subscribe to https://www.youtube.com/user/SKAAwireless and visit SKAA.com.

For additional information, contact Rex Whitehead at 480-650-3979 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For more information on Eleven Engineering, visit www.elevenengineering.com, SKAA wireless YouTube channel, and Facebook/.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada-based Eleven Engineering, Inc. is a market leader in microprocessors SiPs (System in Package) and modules designed for wireless audio for Home Theater, Multi-Room, Portable, and Pro Audio products. Eleven's XInC2 multithreaded processor was designed specifically for digital wireless audio applications but is also well suited for other realtime intensive microprocessor applications.

Eleven's high-performance wireless audio semiconductors, equipped with XInC2 wireless processor cores, are complete solutions for high-quality digital wireless audio transport. WFD™, Eleven's proprietary wireless audio transport protocol, has a narrow footprint in the radio spectrum, delivering both best-in-class coexistence with WiFi / Bluetooth and unparalleled Quality of Service.

Antonenko is Based in the Corporate Offices in Edmonton, AB Canada

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada, June 25, 2021 – Eleven Engineering, Inc. (www.elevenengineering.com), a market leader in semiconductor products for wireless audio for home theater, multi-room, portable, professional, 12 Volt (car, truck, motorcycle, power sports, marine) and gaming applications, is proud to announce that Oleksandr Antonenko has joined the company’s growing Research & Development Design Team.

As worldwide demand of our SKAA technologies and products offerings continues to grow, and drastically over the past year as more and more people are staying home much more often and realizing how unimpressive and outdated their current wireless AV systems are, we regularly need to add to our engineering team to keep up with that demand,” said Rex Whitehead, Eleven Engineering executive vice president, sales & marketing. Oleksandr fits the bill with his strong interests in PCB and embedded system design. We are pleased to have Oleksandr on board to help us meet our immediate as well as long term goals alongside our growing and impressive design engineering team.”

Antonenkohas a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta.

“Eleven Engineering and its SKAA products and technology have built quite an impressive reputation in the world of consumer and pro electronics and RF design over the years,” Antonenko said. “I am excited to get started and be a part of the leading team in creating the next generation of wireless products for discerning audio consumers and professionals.”

SKAA wireless lets the integrator easily create a dedicated multi-room home audio superhighway with a long range up to 150 feet with a robust, interference-free low-latency signal eliminating lip-sync issues with TV and gaming. SKAA-enabled products can stream music between them, up to four sets simultaneously – one transmitter to four devices. In environments laden with heavy Wi-Fi and Bluetooth traffic, SKAA navigates through these hostile environments with best-in-class reliability. SKAA also allows for uninterrupted audio signals that are delivered with the highest sound quality to all speakers without the latency that is inherent in other wireless solutions.

SKAA is available as a built-in technology not requiring an external transmitter in purpose-designed partner products. SKAA transmitters work with iOS & Android mobile devices, Mac & Windows computers, televisions, and just about any product with a line output or a headphone jack.

Eleven Engineering breaks down the Seven Deadly Sins of WiFi Audio on its YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw2iSCuT0x8).

For more on SKAA and the Seven Deadly Sins of WiFi Audio, please subscribe to https://www.youtube.com/user/SKAAwireless and visit SKAA.com.

For additional information, contact Rex Whitehead at 480-650-3979 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For more information on Eleven Engineering, visit www.elevenengineering.com, SKAA wireless YouTube channel, and Facebook.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada-based Eleven Engineering, Inc. is a market leader in microprocessors SiPs (System in Package) and modules designed for wireless audio for Home Theater, Multi-Room, Portable, and Pro Audio products. Eleven's XInC2 multithreaded processor was designed specifically for digital wireless audio applications but is also well suited for other realtime intensive microprocessor applications.

Eleven's high-performance wireless audio semiconductors, equipped with XInC2 wireless processor cores, are complete solutions for high-quality digital wireless audio transport. WFD™, Eleven's proprietary wireless audio transport protocol, has a narrow footprint in the radio spectrum, delivering both best-in-class coexistence with WiFi / Bluetooth and unparalleled Quality of Service.

Based in Germany, Steinmetz Will Help Sell and Promote Eleven and its SKAA Technology Throughout the Continent

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada, June 8, 2017 – Eleven Engineering, Inc. (www.elevenengineering.com), a manufacturer of semiconductor products for wireless audio for home theater, multi-room, outdoor, portable, professional, 12-volt (car, truck, motorcycle, power sports, marine) and gaming applications, is proud to announce that industry veteran Ralf Steinmetz has joined the company as Sales Representative – Europe, effective immediately.

“As Eleven Engineering and our SKAA technology both continue to grow on a worldwide scale, we needed a proven sales leader who could be the face and at the forefront of our European operations and work alongside our partner companies and customers already there,” said Rex Whitehead, Eleven Engineering director of sales, North America. “Ralf has all of the qualities and experience we required in the consumer electronics industries to continue to increase Eleven and SKAA’s presence in Europe. We are excited to have Ralf on board.”

Based in Siegsdorf, Germany, Steinmetz has held several positions within global manufacturing companies over the past three decades across Europe, N. America, Africa, and Asia, including director of sales, marketing, product development, strategic planning, and international financial analysis.

“Eleven is at the forefront of wireless technologies across numerous CE markets, which provides very exciting opportunities for both sales and as an OEM provider for manufacturers throughout Europe,” explained Steinmetz, who has worked with such international consumer electronics companies as Rockford Fosgate, Blaupunkt, Telefunken, and others. “SKAA is quickly becoming an industry standard, and I am looking forward to help build the brand.”

SKAA (www.SKAA.com) is the new wireless HiFi audio standard developed by Eleven Engineering, Inc. SKAA transmitters work with iOS & Android mobile devices, Mac & Windows computers, televisions, and just about any product with a line output or a headphone jack. SKAA is also available as a built-in technology not requiring an external transmitter in purpose-designed partner products, which are featured at SKAA.com. SKAA navigates hostile environments saturated in wireless traffic with best-in-class reliability, and delivers uninterrupted audio with the highest sound quality to all speakers without the latency that is inherent in other wireless solutions.

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Porter Will Coordinate Efforts and Goals Between the Company’s Teams and Diligently Build and Refine Systems and Processes

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada, May 17, 2022 – Eleven Engineering, Inc. (elevenengineering.com), a market leader in semiconductor products for wireless audio for professional, home theater, multi-room, portable, 12 Volt (car, truck, motorcycle, power sports, marine) and gaming applications, is proud to announce the addition of Sam Porter as Operations Manager.

“Sam's unique and broad work experience lends the perfect balance of focus between systems management and wireless audio,” said Rex Whitehead, Eleven Engineering executive vice president, sales and marketing. “As operations manager, Sam will coordinate efforts and goals between our teams as well as provide valuable oversight on quality and consistency by diligently building and refining our systems and processes. We’re excited to welcome Sam to our fast-paced, innovation-driven team.”

After several years of study at the University of Alberta, majoring in Performance Arts, Sam left to pursue a wireless audio startup venture, whose products featured Eleven Engineering’s SKAA technology. Throughout the subsequent years, she has served in many roles including procurement, manufacturing management, quality control, supply chain management, and logistics.

“I like to dub myself as a ‘Swiss-Army Knife’ of operations as I am well equipped to solve complex problems in an efficient and effective manner,” said Porter. “Eleven Engineering has terrific teams in place and everyone is very goal oriented, and so I am looking forward to jumping in and helping solve everyday challenges and helping keep our teams functioning as best as possible.”

SKAA is the new wireless HiFi audio standard developed by Eleven Engineering, Inc. SKAA transmitters work with iOS & Android mobile devices, Mac & Windows computers, televisions, and just about any product with a line output or a headphone jack. SKAA is also available as a built-in technology not requiring an external transmitter in purpose-designed partner products, which are featured at SKAA.com. In environments laden with heavy Wi-Fi and Bluetooth traffic, SKAA navigates through these hostile environments with best-in-class reliability. SKAA also allows for uninterrupted audio signals which are delivered with the highest sound quality to all speakers without the latency that is inherent in other wireless solutions.

For more information, please contact Rex Whitehead at 480-650-3979 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and please visit www.elevenengineering.com, www.SKAA.com, SKAA wireless YouTube channel, and Facebook.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada-based Eleven Engineering, Inc. is a market leader in microprocessors SiPs (System in Package) and modules designed for wireless audio for Home Theater, Multi-Room, Portable, and Pro Audio products. Eleven's XInC2 multithreaded processor was designed specifically for digital wireless audio applications but is also well suited for other realtime intensive microprocessor applications. Eleven's high-performance wireless audio semiconductors, equipped with XInC2 wireless processor cores, are complete solutions for high-quality digital wireless audio transport.

Developed by Eleven, SKAA is the new standard for wireless audio. With guaranteed, seamless compatibility between all products incorporating it, SKAA is the modern-day wireless equivalent to the venerable RCA audio cable of the past, which for decades enabled anyone to freely connect audio products to each other regardless of brand.  SKAA’s adoption is growing exponentially in key audio markets including:  Pro, DJ, Whole House, Home Theater, Party Speakers, Outdoor & Garden, Marine & Power Sports. www.skaa.com

Wilson Will be Based in the Corporate Offices in Edmonton, AB Canada

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada, Oct. 29, 2019 – Eleven Engineering, Inc. (www.elevenengineering.com), a market leader in semiconductor products for wireless audio for home theater, multi-room, portable, professional, 12-volt (car, truck, motorcycle, power sports, marine) and gaming applications, is proud to announce that Scott Wilson has joined the company as design engineer.

“As our SKAA technologies and products offerings continue to grow, we needed to add to our engineering team to keep up with worldwide demand,” said John Sobota, Eleven Engineering CEO and director. “Scott has an impressive engineering education and background, making him the ideal wireless and software development design engineer that we are looking for to help us grow. We are pleased to have Scott on board.”

Wilson graduated from the University of Alberta with a BSc in Engineering Physics – Nanoengineering. During this time he held jobs in an atomic physics laboratory, in software development, and in a computational chemistry research role.

“I found a passion for electronics and firmware through my engineering capstone project in my last year of university,” Wilson explained. “I'm hoping to bring that same excitement to Eleven Engineering and achieving our goal of making SKAA a ubiquitous wireless audio standard. I believe the protocol we are developing has the potential to become a new standard, and I am proud to work alongside the other dedicated engineers at Eleven.”

SKAA wireless lets the integrator easily create a dedicated multi-room home audio superhighway with a long range up to 150 feet with a robust, interference-free low-latency signal eliminating lip-sync issues with TV and gaming.  SKAA-enabled products can stream music between them, up to four sets simultaneously – one transmitter to four devices. In environments laden with heavy Wi-Fi and Bluetooth traffic, SKAA navigates through these hostile environments with best-in-class reliability. SKAA also allows for uninterrupted audio signals that are delivered with the highest sound quality to all speakers without the latency that is inherent in other wireless solutions.

SKAA is available as a built-in technology not requiring an external transmitter in purpose-designed partner products. SKAA transmitters work with iOS & Android mobile devices, Mac & Windows computers, televisions, and just about any product with a line output or a headphone jack. 

Eleven Engineering breaks down the Seven Deadly Sins of WiFi Audio on its YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw2iSCuT0x8).

For more on SKAA and the Seven Deadly Sins of WiFi Audio, please subscribe to https://www.youtube.com/user/SKAAwireless and visit SKAA.com.

For additional information, contact Rex Whitehead at 480-650-3979 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For more information on Eleven Engineering, visit www.elevenengineering.com, SKAA wireless YouTube channel, and Facebook.

Eleven Engineering breaks down the Seven Deadly Sins of WiFi Audio on its YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw2iSCuT0x8)

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada-based Eleven Engineering, Inc. is a market leader in microprocessors SiPs (System in Package) and modules designed for wireless audio for Home Theater, Multi-Room, Portable, and Pro Audio products. Eleven's XInC2 multithreaded processor was designed specifically for digital wireless audio applications but is also well suited for other realtime intensive microprocessor applications.

Eleven's high-performance wireless audio semiconductors, equipped with XInC2 wireless processor cores, are complete solutions for high-quality digital wireless audio transport. WFD™, Eleven's proprietary wireless audio transport protocol, has a narrow footprint in the radio spectrum, delivering both best-in-class coexistence with WiFi / Bluetooth and unparalleled Quality of Service.

Eleven Engineering Enjoys Most Successful Annual Product Showcase in Las Vegas

EDMONTON, AB, CANADA, Jan. 30, 2019 – As they say, you know you made it when you’re a hit in Vegas.

Eleven Engineering, Inc. (www.elevenengineering.com), a market leader in semiconductor products for wireless audio for home theatre, multi-room, outdoor, portable, professional, 12 Volt (car, truck, motorcycle, power sports, marine) and gaming applications, is proud to announce that it conducted its best ever  annual Product Showcase, recently held in Las Vegas, Nev. from Jan. 8-11, 2019 at The Mirage Hotel & Casino. Eleven Engineering conducted numerous live SKAA® Wireless Audio demos and had its full complement of sales, marketing, and engineering teams present during the show to discuss its existing and new products and technologies.

“To say our product showcase was our most successful ever is an understatement…it had the exhilaration of hitting the jackpot,” explained Rex Whitehead, Eleven Engineering executive vice president, sales & marketing. “From start to finish, those that visited with us were blown away with SKAA and our accompanying products and what our design engineering team has been able to accomplish. If this event was just a precursor to what the rest of the year will bring, we are looking forward to a great 2019, and beyond.”

During the event, Eleven Engineering demonstrated SKAA’s enhanced ability to simultaneously address the world’s five biggest wireless audio markets:

1.  whole house (multi-zone audio)

2.  home theater (TV)

3.   portable/mobile

4.  automotive/marine/powersports

5.  pro audio/musical instrument.

Announced new products and technologies during the event included:

1.  Sage SiP (System in Package)

- designed for three reasons: lower cost, lower lead-time, higher data throughput.

- upgraded radio, capable of over twice the wireless throughput of Ginseng/Saffron.

- capable of 4.1 channels over wireless (vs. 2.1 with Ginseng/Saffron).

- radio fully backwards compatible with SKAA products already in the market

- available in three variants:

o   Sage-L: lowest cost model, for wireless subwoofer applications.

o   Sage-M: Ginseng/Saffron equivalent model, at a lower cost / lead time than either Ginseng or Saffron.

o   Sage-X: Sage configured for maximum RF throughput, enabling 4.1 channels of wireless    audio. For wireless 7.1 systems and similar.

2.  Serena (SKAA multi-room/multi-source transmitter)

- each Serena can serve two zones with up to four speakers per zone 

- class leading speaker to speaker sync - all speakers/all zones synced within 40µs

- enables party mode (same content) or different source content to each zone 

- can be expanded by adding additional Serenas

3.  Saskatoon Strawberry Ecosystem (SKAA Receiver/Transmitter with BT onramp plus Merus amplifier on one module)

 - time-to-market tool offering off-the-shelf motherboards, power boards, and UI boards

 - an easy way to quickly prototype a SKAA compatible speaker 

 - motherboards include a fully featured DSP and an Infineon Merus D-Amp

 - components are interchangeable: ex. any power board can be used with any mother board

 - see www.dillingerlabs.com/speakers/aquarius/ for an example of a speaker that uses the Ecosystem

4.  Nadja (BT to SKAA bridge)

 - a SKAA compatible module that can receive Bluetooth audio or an aux signal, then

rebroadcast it via SKAA to 4 SKAA receivers as well as playing it locally

 - a single Bluetooth connection is effectively sent to five different speakers, with all speakers

synced within 40 microseconds

 - also able to act as a SKAA receiver

5. SKAA Pro technology

- pro version fully compatible within the SKAA standard

- low latency 18ms with 1:2 relation

- ideal for DJ duos, portable DJ set-up and other Pro applications

- world’s first SKAA Pro products to be released by legendary MI/Pro brand at NAMM 2019

“To state the obvious, Eleven Engineering’s R&D team has been tremendously focused and I am still amazed at the magnitude of advancements our engineers were able to accomplish since CES 2017,” Whitehead concluded. “We have every application covered in the consumer and prosumer world, no other wireless solution comes close to delivering this level of coverage, especially not WiFi-based audio or Bluetooth. SKAA is highly flexible as it is also compatible with any brand, any product, anytime, anywhere, with rock solid reliability, great range, and CD-quality sound. SKAA is ridiculously easy to use…all compatible products are ready to play right out of the box with no pairing required.”

SKAA is the new wireless HiFi audio standard developed by Eleven Engineering, Inc. SKAA transmitters work with iOS & Android mobile devices, Mac & Windows computers, televisions, and just about any product with a line output or a headphone jack. SKAA is also available as a built-in technology not requiring an external transmitter in purpose-designed partner products, which are featured at SKAA.com. In environments laden with heavy Wi-Fi and Bluetooth traffic, SKAA navigates through these hostile environments with best-in-class reliability. SKAA also allows for uninterrupted audio signals which are delivered with the highest sound quality to all speakers without the latency that is inherent in other wireless solutions.

For more information, please contact Rex Whitehead at 480-650-3979 or email //webmail04.register.com/promail/src/compose.php?send_to=This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and please visit www.elevenengineering.com, www.SKAA.com, SKAA wireless YouTube channel, andFacebook/.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada-based Eleven Engineering, Inc. is a market leader in microprocessors SiPs (System in Package) and modules designed for wireless audio for Home Theater, Multi-Room, Portable, and Pro Audio products. Eleven's XInC2 multithreaded processor was designed specifically for digital wireless audio applications but is also well suited for other realtime intensive microprocessor applications.

Eleven's high-performance wireless audio semiconductors, equipped with XInC2 wireless processor cores, are complete solutions for high-quality digital wireless audio transport. WFD™, Eleven's proprietary wireless audio transport protocol, has a narrow footprint in the radio spectrum, delivering both best-in-class coexistence with WiFi / Bluetooth and unparalleled Quality of Service.

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