Spec me wireless speakers

Chronictank · 26 Jul 2007 at 11:28

Looking for a set of wireless speakers for gaming as well as movies,
preferably 5.1 and above
I dont want to spend a large amount, but there is no budget per-se
So what speakers do you guys recommend for price/performance?

squiffy · 26 Jul 2007 at 11:32

No such thing as wireless speakers

a) The batteries will be battery powered, that means recharging or replacing batteries often. Expensive, and annoying. Distortion will occur once the batteries start running down.
b) or you'll need a ac line to each speaker. Not wireless then, and in fact major pain in the bum, as you need a ac outlet for every speaker.

Just buy standard speakers and route flat speaker cable around.
And what is your exact budget. I would recommend spending at least £600, ideally £800 on a 5.1 speaker system (no amplifier, so will require a av amp)

Chronictank · 26 Jul 2007 at 11:54

£800 for gaming speaker system?? :eek:

you gotta be kidding right?
i got interested in the concept when i saw this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-086-CL&groupid=702&catid=22&subcat=165

squiffy · 26 Jul 2007 at 11:59

Chronictank said:
£800 for gaming speaker system?? you gotta be kidding right?
i got interested in the concept when i saw this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-086-CL&groupid=702&catid=22&subcat=165

No. If using as a music/films sound system you want quality. £800 for 5.1 system is pretty cheap.

A sat sub system you linked to won't have great stereo performance. I've used satellite speakers (left right cost £800) plus a £600 subwoofer and nothing brilliant, the usual problem with sat-sub configurations.

daz · 26 Jul 2007 at 12:12

What's your budget chronictank and we'll work from there?

Chronictank · 26 Jul 2007 at 15:00

£100 or so was what i was looking at, i rescently painted my walls so saw an opertunity to do things properly

daz · 26 Jul 2007 at 16:39

Is there any specific reason why you need to go wireless? Wireless speakers still require power, which means you'll need batteries - which also means they won't sound very good.

Something you might want to think about is getting a budget amp and stereo speakers. Obviously, the more speakers you want - i.e. 7.1, the cheaper each individual component will be in your system, and the quality suffers.

squiffy · 26 Jul 2007 at 17:13

£100 active 5.1= utter pap. Wireless as well, fit for the skip.
Save up your money, or just go into stereo. £100 should get you acceptable quality active 2.0 speakers.

Chronictank · 26 Jul 2007 at 18:42

daz said:
Is there any specific reason why you need to go wireless? Wireless speakers still require power, which means you'll need batteries - which also means they won't sound very good.

no real reason other than convinience of not having to run wires around the room

squiffy said:
£100 active 5.1= utter pap. Wireless as well, fit for the skip.
Save up your money, or just go into stereo. £100 should get you acceptable quality active 2.0 speakers.

oki dokey, i cant really justify spending more than that on speakers tbh any more and i would rather upgrade my pc