Rear surrounds - wired or wireless?

HeatherG
HeatherG Posts: 3
in 2 Channel Audio
Upgrading my old Yamaha RX-V575. The passthru just won't cut it any longer. Leaning toward Denon AVR-X2800H but that would be another question. So I'm looking to add my rear surrounds. I have a wood floor that I'm going to have to get a floor box put in for power either way. I could also run speaker wire with it. If I do the speaker wire I could use my old Polk RTI-A3's as rear speakers and maybe get some new ES60's for the front. I already have a Polk center speaker. Should I go wired or the the whole bluetooth/HEOS thing?
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,898
    edited July 2023
    Wired. Use something like this to route your wiring.

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    Belles 21A Pre Upgraded with Mundorf Supremes
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

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  • HeatherG
    HeatherG Posts: 3
    Wire will come up through the floor boxes and only have a short run to the speaker under furniture.
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  • Geoff4rfc
    Geoff4rfc Posts: 2,818
    That's good stuff right there from HD......I use some of that in my living room.........I dig it.
    Set up:

    Marantz AV8802A - Sources: BRP Panasonic 9000/CDP Emotiva ERC 3 - Display: LG OLED EVO 83 C3 - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-6, XPA-2 x 2 - Speakers: Focal/PolkAudio, Mains/2ch - Kanta No2, C - LSiM706, SS - LSiM702, WS - RTiA9, RS - RTiA9, FH - RTiA3 - Subs: Epik Empires x 2

    Cables: AQ McKenzie XLR's from CDP to AVP to amp for 2ch, Emotiva XLR's for the rest - Douglasconnection: Furutech Alpha 36 12g speaker wire for 2ch, Furez 10g speaker wire for the rest - AQ Forest48 HDMI for the display, AQ Carbon48 HDMI from BRP to AVP - VR3 filtered power cables for CDP, BRP and AVP, Emotiva power cables for the amps - AudioQuest 505 power conditioner.

    EXPERIENCE: next to nothing, but I sure enjoy audio and video MY OPINION OF THIS HOBBY: I may not be a smart man, but I know what quicksand is.
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,374
    Wired
    Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,898
    Floor boxes are a terrible idea.
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre Upgraded with Mundorf Supremes
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • HeatherG
    HeatherG Posts: 3
    I don’t have another option. Open concept family room with the dining area behind me
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 18,020
    I prefer to be wired,












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  • RamZet
    RamZet Posts: 792
    Toss it all in the trash and get a Sonos ARC, Chose your rears, and 2 sub mini.
    My favorite home surround system is now Sonos, its amazing and effortless.
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