7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Great for music - no good for home theater
Date of Review: May 3, 2009
The Bottom Line: Fine for remote speakers if you're not looking for hi-fi bass, won't work - period - as rear surround speakers (see review)
These work fine as remote speakers when listening to music. The problem comes when using them as surround rear speakers with home theater. There is a timer on the transmitter that cuts off the power automatically after a minute or so of low or no signal - a frequent occurence in movies. Pop - off they go and they won't come back up unless you crank the volume and even then not for awhile. There's nothing you can do to make them work. However, I returned them and replaced them with Amphony wireless model 1550 ($199 incl shipping) which uses existing unpowered speakers. the 1550 comes with two 50 amp wireless amps that need plugging in and hook up to your speakers using regular speaker wire. At first, I encountered the same problem but with some tweaking found that the transmitter wouldn't cut off if you turn the signal all the way up on it and use the controls on the H. Theater system to turn up the gain on the surround outputs to 10db - that's the trick. You then turn the volume down on the remote amps until you get the desired surround volume. Viola! Quality, noise free wireless sound with plenty of power @ 50 amps. http://www.amphony.com
