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Equipment file · Audio-over-Ethernet protocol

CobraNet

Peak Audio / Cirrus Logic · 1996

Evidence status · documented

Identity and core specifications are documented; some historical fields remain unavailable.

CobraNet, developed by Peak Audio, carried uncompressed multichannel audio over standard Ethernet. Cirrus Logic bought the technology in 2001 and in 2003 put it on a single chip, the CS18101.

Introduced
1996
Category
Audio-over-Ethernet protocol
Intended use
Multichannel digital audio over standard Ethernet
Production
Peak Audio, Boulder; acquired by Cirrus Logic in 2001

Equipment photographs · 1

CobraNet logo

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CobraNet logo·CobraNet·Public domain

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    It replaced long analogue snake runs in large venues with Cat5 cabling.

  2. 02

    It set the template that [[ethersound|EtherSound]] and later networks followed.

Engineering record

No technical figures are published here until a working source confirms them.

Original pricing

No reliable period price located

2026 equivalent

Not calculated without a reliable original price.

Public price evidence was not sufficient to publish a defensible original figure.

Use in the field

Peak Audio's CobraNet products served three Super Bowl halftime shows, the US Senate Chamber and Sydney Opera House[1]

Manuals & original documents

No authoritative manual or original document has been located for this profile.

Sources

  1. 1Cirrus Acquires Digital Audio Chip SupplierElectronics Weekly · archive · 2001-04-30

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