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Posted by Serene_being on Dec-04-2006 21:14:

Wireless Speakers

im planning on investing in a new set of speakers and dont know whether to go wireless or not, i've no experience with wireless speakers and was wondering whether you guys had any useful comments? looking to buy average priced and average quality speakers, home use.


Posted by enferno on Dec-04-2006 21:15:

uh .. soundh4x?


Posted by Serene_being on Dec-04-2006 21:16:

any idea what the sound quality is like in comparison to normal speakers, that seems theonly real threat


Posted by enferno on Dec-04-2006 21:19:

i don't see how they would sound that much different, although i could see potential RF problems, buzzing etc. it depends on the quality i guess, and where you live. they would suck ass if you live under some powerlines etc. i never buy speakers without hearing them first.


what's the huge gain that you would get with wireless over wired? just no hassle of wiring them up?


Posted by Serene_being on Dec-04-2006 21:22:

pretty much, i have awkward ceilins and room dimensions and it just means changing the placement over time would be easier plus the amount of wires i have kicking about from other things is allready pretty built up.

interference shouldnt be too big a problem i guess but i suppose thats one thing yo cant tell even if you get an in-store test or whatever.


Posted by enferno on Dec-04-2006 21:25:

how are the satellites powered? using batteries or what? hat would be a pain in the ass to have to replace those all the time


Posted by Serene_being on Dec-04-2006 21:28:

well most are mains powered to a dock which you charge each individual on, and the dock also sends out the signals, others are battery powered, but thats not an option for anyone sensible as i think youd agree. i have heard you can get interference from mobile phone signals that would suck


Posted by Arbiter on Dec-04-2006 21:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Serene_being
any idea what the sound quality is like in comparison to normal speakers, that seems theonly real threat


For the same price, you'll get lower quality with wireless. It won't be profoundly worse, unless you're getting interference, but it will be noticeable.


Posted by jdat on Dec-04-2006 21:39:

what models are you looking at?


if wires are really a concern get some flatwire ( google it ) but that stuff is NOT cheap


Posted by Serene_being on Dec-04-2006 21:45:

i was generally looking i havent focused on anything inparticular so far. its not for excellent sound quality or whatever ive got speakers for my set up etc etc i just want these for the bedroom to connect from a laptop. i dont wanna spend too much just for amazing wireless sound when i could just get cable speakers and do my best to sort out all the cables.

Laptop speakers as usual such so i just wanted a fairly decent pair of speakers to accompany it.

i dont know however im sure there'll be different brands/prices in Scotland instead of the US


Posted by jdat on Dec-04-2006 21:51:

well first of all I'm not in the US

you got any website links to brands of stuff you looked at that is available in your area?

One thing with wireless speakers is they tend to have horrible autonomy which is why there are so few of them on the market. It's amazing that they are not more common.


Posted by Serene_being on Dec-04-2006 21:57:

http://www.cyberselect.co.uk/product/790

http://www.bizrate.co.uk/computersp...s+speakers.html

http://shopping.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/ss...s_speakers.html

as with alot of things there seems to be a jump in price and accoringly quality, finding a happy medium would be ideal if possible


Posted by SayNoToPistons on Dec-04-2006 22:08:

They sound like fucking shit. Theres a reason why Audiophiles spend tens of thousands on cables alone... Pure silver cables, gold plated cables, etc.

The transfer of signals is poor and you basically get noise and poor sound quality because of poor signal transfer. Not worth the money IMO, only get it if you have no other choice (i don't see how you can't loop cables around walls and corners...).


Posted by Lunar Phase 7 on Dec-04-2006 23:02:

http://www.nordost.com/Cables/speak...ne-red-dawn.htm


Posted by idoru on Dec-04-2006 23:08:

Where's Smokeape when you need him?


Posted by enferno on Dec-04-2006 23:54:

quote:
Originally posted by idoru
Where's Smokeape when you need him?



he didn't know shit about audio hardware.


he just ghetto-rigged like .. 4 systems together to make shit loud and called it a 'nice system'



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