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Davisjl

Discussion Starter · Aug 18, 2019

Hello,

It's been a great deal of time since I've visited AVS... Glad to see it thriving still.

I have a unique situation I'm trying to solve.

Do to a new arrangement of my living room, the current Boston Acoustic floor standing rears will have to go away. To replace them, I will need some in wall speakers. Due to the layout of the room and surrounding area, it won't be possible to run wire from my Denon Receiver. So, I'm left with thinking some sort of Wireless inwall would be where I'm at, but not even sure if such a thing exist. I've haven't look at speakers in so long, I have no idea what the market has. Doing some quick google search turns up speakers on the Sonos type, and I don't think that's going to work.

So, I need some sort transmission from my Denon receiver to either the speakers directly or to a receiver box that would be connected to the speakers via speaker wire. I would think the Second method would be the most likely to find. I can locate the reciever box in a closet near by and run the speaker wire in the wall to the inwall speakers pretty easily.

Any ideas on how to skin this cat?

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Scott Allen Logan

· #2 · Aug 19, 2019

There is always a way to run wire. Always. It may need to be ridiculously long to reach through some convoluted path, but with proper gauge wire there won’t be any issues. I don’t care how good the technology is or claims to be, hardwired speakers will always outperform any kind of wireless technology and eliminate a whole raft of frustration over communication issues, interference, and most importantly... delay issues. The timing on surround signals requires precise milliseconds of processed delay to work correctly and by adding in any kind of wireless communication, you are inserting more delay to be compensated for and that delay may not always be constant.

Hunker down and run the wire. It’s also likely to be cheaper, along with just being better in every other way.

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chad.m.h

· #3 · Aug 19, 2019

Scott Allen Logan said:
There is always a way to run wire. Always. It may need to be ridiculously long to reach through some convoluted path, but with proper gauge wire there won’t be any issues. I don’t care how good the technology is or claims to be, hardwired speakers will always outperform any kind of wireless technology and eliminate a whole raft of frustration over communication issues, interference, and most importantly... delay issues. The timing on surround signals requires precise milliseconds of processed delay to work correctly and by adding in any kind of wireless communication, you are inserting more delay to be compensated for and that delay may not always be constant.

Hunker down and run the wire. It’s also likely to be cheaper, along with just being better in every other way.

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Wayne A. Pflughaupt

· #4 · Aug 19, 2019

There is no such thing as an in-wall wireless speaker. It would have to have an amplifier built-in. The amplifier requires electricity. Electricity requires wires.

Scott’s assessment for wireless is dead-on, but if you’re determined, your Denon will require line outputs for the rear channels. If you have those, you can get a wireless transmitter / receiver system, which will get a signal to a remote amplifier, which in turn will power the in-wall speakers.

Bluetooth is the cheapest wireless option, but also the most unreliable. You might try the Avantree Oasis – it seems to be better than average. Make sure you buy from a vendor with a generous return policy.

If Bluetooth doesn’t get it, your only option is something from the pro audio field, where they’ve been doing wireless for decades and have it down to a science. A few options discussed in my article on this topic:

https://www.avnirvana.com/threads/wireless-speakers-for-surround-sound-don’t-ask-it’s-a-mess.2057/

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

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Davisjl

Discussion Starter · #5 · Aug 19, 2019 (Edited)

Scott Allen Logan said:
There is always a way to run wire. Always. It may need to be ridiculously long to reach through some convoluted path, but with proper gauge wire there won’t be any issues. I don’t care how good the technology is or claims to be, hardwired speakers will always outperform any kind of wireless technology and eliminate a whole raft of frustration over communication issues, interference, and most importantly... delay issues. The timing on surround signals requires precise milliseconds of processed delay to work correctly and by adding in any kind of wireless communication, you are inserting more delay to be compensated for and that delay may not always be constant.

Hunker down and run the wire. It’s also likely to be cheaper, along with just being better in every other way.

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Sure... If I want to tear a bunch of Sheetrock out or hardwood flooring. That isn't something ready to do.

I have amps laying around so getting a transmitter receiver may be what I'm looking for.

Does anyone have experience with the Outlaw OW4?

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