wireless home cinema

21stone

hey is it possible to buy a wireless home cinema system , where ur speakers arent connected to the system , they work like blue tooth or something ???

sick of wires , so dont mind the dvd player connected and subwoofer but the speakers can they be wireless and can anybody recommend a good one ??

Homer

There are two options.

1. A number of manafacturers (bose, philips, kef to name a few) do 5.1 surround sound systems that only use two front speakers and some proprietary technology to give you surround sound from only two speakers.
In the right room they can be effective without a doubt.

2. There are some manafacturers that provide wireless rear speakers as this is ususally the hardest part of setting up the system (running the wires to the back of the room!)
They are not entirely wireless as they need to be plugged in to the mains and can be bulky as they need a built in receiver and you are then limited as to where yo can place them!

Nobody yet has come up with true wireless speaker technology as the speakers require a good deal of power to drive the cones and would need to be plugged in to the mains which defeats the purpose of wireless technology and limits placement of the speakers for proper sussound sound!

Hope that helps!

21stone

cheers thanks

thats aload of cack tho isnt it

all these fancy tv's etc and leave the sound systems way behind

smart guys

mathias

1. A number of manafacturers (bose, philips, kef to name a few) do 5.1 surround sound systems that only use two front speakers and some proprietary technology to give you surround sound from only two speakers.
In the right room they can be effective without a doubt.

Theres the yamaha ysp single speaker which bounces sound around the room .. considered one of the best , but even that is still only pseudo surround and is not as good as a basic true set.

2. There are some manafacturers that provide wireless rear speakers as this is ususally the hardest part of setting up the system (running the wires to the back of the room!)
They are not entirely wireless as they need to be plugged in to the mains and can be bulky as they need a built in receiver and you are then limited as to where yo can place them!

Every wireless system in existence has to take the outputs for the rears , modulate them on to a high frequency carrier , then demodulate to get the final output to the speaker , and no system has yet been any way effective at doing this without taking considerable quality from the sound.

Really , its better to spend the money on hiding the wires.

Homer

Totally forgot about the Yamaha sound projectors... They're also a good substitute for the conventional 5.1 set up, but as mathias has pointed out, the little bit of effort to run the cables will always sound much better than any of the systems mentioned.
You can get flat speaker cable.. Use trunking.. Lift the edge of the carpet, etc etc (unless you have wooden floors ok ok)!

Rua

Hi 21stone,

I took delivery of the latest Yamaha sound projector last week: the ysp-4000. This is the US model and cost just shy of a grand all in. The European model is the YSP 40D and costs €1600 or stg 1100. The main difference between the two is the the Euro model offers RDS, while the US model offers basic FM radio and a satellite radio subscription service that isn't available here.

As mentioned above, this is not true 5:1 sound, but the technology is so good that, hooked up with HDMIs, you will be glancing over your shoulder as the Thunder rolls and lightening cracks behind you during a storm. The tone and timbre is fantastic and I've being playing some Pink Floyd and classical through the speakers and I'm blown away - it is absolutely the best sound that I have experienced.

For the same cash a dedicated 5:1 system should sound a little better, but go down to Peats who stock the ysp range if you live near to Dublin and see whether you can actually hear that difference - you'll be hard pushed.

mathias

Ive heard these , but I also have a Onkyo 605 ( uncompressed 6 channel music capability ) and a set of Mordaunt shorts Avant premiere with the 901 subwoofer ( 600 euro ) ,and while the YSP is very good , while playing the DSOTM SACD the mordaunt shorts leave it for dust. ( and they are only half the price , 50 euro spent on trunking , no visible wires )

I think the YSP's are an excellent product , and are way better than the DVD/amp +5.1 speaker combo packages that most people end up buying , but I also think the YSP's are priced in entirely the wrong bracket , if they were somewhere in between say , the most basic surround packages you can buy ( DVD amp combos etc. ) and the entry level Hi fi speaker packages such as the Mordaunts or Kef's then it would shift a lot more units. As it stands , with a price of 1000+ , you can do so much better for the money.

If the YSP's were say , 500 euro or so , then they would clean up over the budget packages.