Acoustic Research Wireless Home Theater

According to several source, most people don’t buy a home theater speaker system because of the difficulty of running wires around the room. What exactly is so difficult about this is beyond me and if you are incapable of doing this simple task I suggest calling an electrician next time you buy any electrical gadget.

Either way, this is apparently the thinking behind Acoustic’s new wireless home theater system. It’s for people who are unable to use wires.

The system comprises five extruded aluminum satellite speakers, each having two three-inch drivers and a one-inch tweeter plus a 125-watt class D amplified subwoofer with a 10-inch woofer.

The front left, right and center speakers are attached in traditional way to your surround sound speaker – with wires (call the electrician). The rear channel speaker outputs of the receiver connect to the system’s wireless transceiver. The transceiver turns the speaker signal into a 2.4 Gz signal and sends it to the wireless speakers, which have their own 50-watt amplifier. The rear speakers still need to be plugged into an electrical outlet so call that electrician again.

They provide reasonable sound quality if you don’t mind some background interference, but this is basically a $400 speaker system for $800. Me? I’ll stick with wires thanks.