Installing Wireless Surround Sound Speakers - A Customer Review

Wireless Audio Transmitter / Amplifier
$105.95

Premium Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Speakers w/ Remote
$99.95

Wireless Speaker Rock
$59.95

This is too much fun. I've only had it two days, so I can't comment on durability.

Directions say, "turn down amp volume when switching sources to prevent speaker damage." Okaaaaayyyy. Am I to crawl under my couch every time I switch from FM to CD to DVD? Fortunately, there is no issue with changing sources on the receiver; this would probably be an issue with changing the source that is physically connected to the transmitter, such as plugging/unplugging an ipod to the line-in jack. In this case you can turn down the transmitter volume/level without having to physically access the amp.

I don't give many things 5-stars. This device gets it because for me it works without interference, there has been no noise at all other than the sound that's supposed to come through, it works exactly as advertised. It's running my 86db Infinity speakers (which are not very efficient) without a problem - there has been no clipping or distortion and it is silent when not in use.

This is not an audiophile or critical application--I am powering surround speakers. I can't comment on the finer points of fidelity, but I can't distinguish a sound difference between the front speakers running from my receiver and the rear running on this amp (speakers are identical bookshelves with sub). They do a great job of filling in surround.

I first hooked these up to my reciever as secondary speakers so that I could be sure there was a signal going to them. I switched back and forth between my A/B speaker pairs to compare sound and set the level--I have the amp level set about half-way and the transmitter turned up, which balanced the sound level equally between speakers. Once I knew they were working, I attached them to my surround outputs, set up the speakers on my receiver to let it know to put out 5 channels of sound, and voila! wireless surround sound (although my wife was laughing heartily, failing to understand how anything that requires so much wire in the back of the room could be called "wireless"!)

If you're looking for a surround sound option, or even for wireless transmission to a set of speakers in another room, this does the job.

Note: I am operating in a semi-rural environment where I have little if any interference on the 5.8ghz band. I can't speak to what might happen in a noisy environment. All our other gear is 2.4ghz.