Mt. Prospect firm creating some noise Banshee speaker system delivers surround sound from MP3 player.(Business)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October, 2006 by Mikus, Kim

Byline: Kim Mikus Daily Herald Business Writer A Mount Prospect entrepreneur recently launched a product he hopes will spread many holiday tunes. Bill Loebbaka and business partner Mike Petroff of Los Angeles are manufacturing a speaker system that hooks up to iPods ad MP3 players. The competition in this arena is fierce, so the business partners say they created a unit that is different than the others.

"Our speaker system provides 5.0 surround sound in a single unit," said Loebbaka, co-founder of Banshee Audio. "It's cutting- edge technology and sleek design all in one speaker cabinet," Loebbaka said. With other surround sound systems, you have to place speakers and wires all over the room to create the same effect. The new Banchee sound system...