Wireless for 7.1 System?
reubenray
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Are there any wireless speakers that will work for side surrounds for a 7.1 system? There are some blu-rays coming out now that has 7.1 and would like to complete my speaker setup. But I cannot setup up the side speakers without running speaker wires across the floor. This will not pass WAF.
My signature shows what I have now.
My signature shows what I have now.
Onkyo TX-NR709 A/V Receiver
Polk RTi8's Front
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CSi5 Center
SVS 20-39PCI Subwoofer
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Sweet talk the wife. Wireless right now will be very disappointing.Sharp Elite 70
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She will probably be OK with it, but I have hide the wires someway.
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Polk RTi8's Front
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You can buy the flat wire and run it around the perimeter, up and over entry ways, see if you can use the base trim boards to hide it a bit, if you have crown molding you can it behind those. Just depends how much work you want to put into it.
Have fun and enjoy.
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samsung has a wireless surround system (i saw it at sams club yesterday), so it is definitely possible... quite a bit less hi-fi than your RTi8's, i would guess. a good friend/former housemate had a pair of wireless speakers some time ago (pretty sure they were AR)... nothing to wow you, but they performed reasonably well... i think they were IR, though, so line-of-sight will be important, just like your remotes. there is technology that uses your house wiring to transmit as well, but i am not sure who makes what, or if the sq is anything above "works"...
cant you go through the attic or basement/crawl?
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Keep in mind that wireless speakers aren't really wireless....they still have a power cord attached to them that you need to plug into the wall.
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If you have carpet in the room, try to see if you could push the wire in under the base edge of the base moulding. It might take a little bit of effort, but once you get it started, it goes in a lot easier. I just did this in our downstairs, where we have carpet stretched over slab concrete. It might even work with a "floating" style hardwood or pergo floor, as that (may) have a spongy pad under it that would allow some 'give'.
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