ListenWIFI Wi-Fi Audio Receiver (LWR-1050)

Summary

Listen Technologies' product page and specifications for its dedicated ListenWIFI receiver, which venues lend to listeners instead of relying on their phones.

Key findings

Its specification table gives the system latency as "40-60 ms, dependent on network, traffic, and QOS".
Its architect's specification on the same page says the receiver shall have "audio latency of less than 40 mS on a good and properly configured network".
Describes a handheld receiver for the 2.4 and 5 GHz Wi-Fi bands that streams 125 kbps audio from ListenWIFI servers, with a 3.5 mm socket for wired headphones or an induction neckloop for telecoil users; the page lists no Bluetooth audio output.
Presents the receiver as a way for venues to meet accessibility requirements and calls it ideal for classrooms, places of worship and theatres, with "Industry-leading latency".

Limits

A maker's product page: the latency figures come without a method, a measurement point or network conditions, and its two figures differ (40-60 ms in the table, under 40 ms in the architect's text). The date is the page's publication date in its metadata; it was last modified on 3 September 2026, and the page says specifications are subject to change without notice. The maker's page for its 2-channel server gives the same 40-60 ms and adds that it depends on the listening device.

Read the original

www.listentech.com/shop/product/listenwifi-wi-fi-audio-receiver

Link checked 9 October 2026. We link to the original and do not host copies.

Cited in

Auracast, hearing loop, infrared, RF or Wi-Fi: which suits which room?Disputed
How many receivers and neckloops does each code require, and how should a loan pool be run?Partly answered
How much delay does Wi-Fi streaming add, and when does it matter?Not reliable yet
What works in places of worship, and what do the rules ask of them?Partly answered

Cite this source

Listen Technologies. ListenWIFI Wi-Fi Audio Receiver (LWR-1050). Listen Technologies (product page). 1 February 2024. https://www.listentech.com/shop/product/listenwifi-wi-fi-audio-receiver/ (accessed 9 October 2026).

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