wireless surround sound system

sut · 31 Jan 2020 at 01:20

i am looking for a totally wireless 5.1 surround sound system. i am unable to find a full system that is wireless i am finding that the satellite speakers are wired.
does anyone here know if you can get a full wireless system ? if yes can you possibly direct me 1 or 2 or maybe tell me what to google as i have googled to find the systems.
thank you for any help

lucid · 31 Jan 2020 at 01:52

You won't find a full wireless surround system from any of the reputable AV companies.

There are systems that make use of wireless rear speakers: Sonos, Yamaha, Denon/Marantz with their Heos wireless speakers. All of these are based on either a soundbar or an AV receiver and conventional centre + front L & R speakers and maybe a sub at the front. The rear speakers have power cables, but don't need a wired speaker cable connection.

There is (or was) a Philips soundbar which uses battery-powered wireless surround speakers. These are rechargeable, and get their power by docking on to the ends of the main soundbar.

sut · 31 Jan 2020 at 02:17

thank youl, are these systems any good do you know ?
i currently have the yamaha 207 and that is a sound bar system with just 1 bass speaker that supposed to produce 5.1 but it does not work well with my tv

lucid · 31 Jan 2020 at 03:05

Most - probably all - soundbars that make use of an external sub only use a single rather than multiple subs. The industry has got in to the bad habit of calling any mid/bass speaker built in to some or other audio product a subwoofer just because it can reproduce a bass frequency of 200Hz or a little less.

Anyway, I digress. You said the YAS-2007 doesn't work well with your TV. What's the issue?

Regarding performance, the results do depend on the size of the wireless speaker of course, but they'll give a decent pair of bookshelf speakers of a similar size a good run for their money. The other aspect is how they connect. It's Wi-Fi rather than Bluetooth. That opens up a much bigger data channel than standard Bluetooth. That means the signal format isn't crippled by BT bandwidth restrictions, so the sound quality is potentially as good as a wired speaker connection can deliver.

Mallers · 31 Jan 2020 at 11:02

I use a KEF 5001 wireless set up. As noted by @lucid the front, centre and sub are wired, the rears connect wirelessly to a transmitter (you will need a spare plug socket for this). The only wires on the 2 rears are for power. This setup works fine for me, in the lounge of a 2 bedroom flat.