Fender’s new Bluetooth speakers can play audio from four sources simultaneously - The Verge
Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Gadgets Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Tech The ELIE speakers will be available in two sizes with up to 120W of output and 18 hours of battery life. The ELIE speakers will be available in two sizes with up to 120W of output and 18 hours of battery life. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All by Andrew Liszewski If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All by Andrew Liszewski Fender, the guitar maker also known for its amps and speakers, has a new consumer electronics brand called Fender Audio making its debut at CES 2026. In addition to a new pair of wireless headphones, Fender Audio has announced a pair of portable Bluetooth speakers called ELIE, which is short for “Extremely Loud Infinitely Expressive.” The ELIE speakers will be available in two sizes, but both versions can be connected to a second unit to create a stereo pair, or you can connect and sync up to 100 of them to fill a larger space with sound. They also both support a unique feature letting you listen to audio from up to four different audio inputs simultaneously. These can include a Bluetooth device like a smartphone, an instrument or microphone plugged into the ELIE’s XLR/1/4-inch combo jack with a cable, and two other accessories connected using Fender’s proprietary wireless system. The smaller of the two is the $299.99, 7.7-inch-tall ELIE 6 featuring a built-in subwoofer paired with a full-range driver and a tweeter that outputs up to 60W of sound. Its battery life is rated at up to 18 hours, while a 15-minute quick charge should be good for up to 90 minutes of playback. The larger version is the $399.99 ELIE 12, which stands just under 7 inches tall but is much wider at 11 inches. It doubles the speakers in the ELIE 6 with two subwoofers, two full-range drivers, and two tweeters outputting up to 120W of sound. Battery life is reduced to up to 15 hours as a result, but a 15-minute quick charge will give you an extra two hours of listening. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All by Andrew Liszewski Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Audio Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All CES Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Gadgets Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Speakers Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Tech A free daily digest of the news that matters most. This is the title for the native ad