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Post by Boomzilla on Jun 15, 2018 19:15:56 GMT -5
An interesting device - It solves one of the two problems of "wireless speakers" by providing its own amplifier at the receiving end. But it fails miserably in living up to the "wireless" promise. Even if you put the receiver at the back of the room, you still need speaker wires from the (stereo) receiver to each of the driven speakers. In my room, it'd be just as hard to route wires from the center of the back wall to the surround speakers as it would be to route wires from the center of the front wall. Ultimately, what's needed is a stereo transmitter with two (right & left keyed) monophonic receiver/amplifiers. KEF used to make one, but they've discontinued it. Thank you kindly for recommending the Rocketfish, though - It's, unfortunately, just a "close but no cigar" for my particular setup. Boom
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2018 10:51:27 GMT -5
Answer is simple. Donβt run surround speakers. Or... get a wireless transmitter. That was my immediate thought- pair of powered speakers
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Post by RichGuy on Jun 17, 2018 11:33:33 GMT -5
If you are simply looking for a convenient way to coil up and store the wires when not in use this would work well.
Another thought is to build something yourself like I see on many vacuum cleaners. Two hooks to wrap the cable around, the top hook able to swivel down for easy cable removal. You could be as creative as you wish as to what you mount the hooks to.
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Post by Bonzo on Jun 17, 2018 12:07:50 GMT -5
Always bucking the system aren't you. π
Same suggestion I had years ago still holds true for this issue. Buy a different house! One that allows for proper permanent set up.
Oh wait, I forgot, when it comes to all things audio, the word permanent does not exist in boomzilla land. π
Vacuum cleaner idea on the side of your rack sounds like a plan. It will work, and when (not if) you decide you are tired of surround sound, you can just remove it.
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Post by DYohn on Jun 17, 2018 12:20:05 GMT -5
That Rocketfish unit uses 25 WPC Class D amplifiers to drive the speakers connected to it. This might be sufficient for home theater surround effects, but certainly not suitable for surround music. It's pretty cheap, so it might be worth trying to see if it suits your setup, and it's cheap enough to throw away if not.
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Post by pknaz on Jun 17, 2018 13:37:08 GMT -5
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Post by DavidR on Jun 17, 2018 14:00:59 GMT -5
If you have a basement below the room you use then drill holes in the floor next to the baseboard or if you are clever then install a wall box just above the baseboard and go down between the walls. The you run the wires under the floor/on basement ceiling and go back up where needed to connect to a speaker.
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Post by Gary Cook on Jun 17, 2018 18:10:55 GMT -5
"Spring loaded cable retractors", try a search, we use them for the ethernet cables when downloading data during a pitstop for races where we aren't allowed to use telemetry. They are basically the same as the microphone (XLR) cable retractors we used to use back in the roady days. This is a 24' version of the microphone retractor, we used to mount it on the rack, with Velcro so easy to remove. They also come in 16' and 65'. A couple of my guitar playing friends use the hand carried version; You maybe able to buy them sans cable and then wind in your choice of speaker cable, just be aware of the effect of the different diametres. Cheers Gary
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Post by Bonzo on Jun 17, 2018 20:04:21 GMT -5
"Spring loaded cable retractors", try a search, we use them for the ethernet cables when downloading data during a pitstop for races where we aren't allowed to use telemetry. They are basically the same as the microphone (XLR) cable retractors we used to use back in the roady days. This is a 24' version of the microphone retractor, we used to mount it on the rack, with Velcro so easy to remove. They also come in 16' and 65'. A couple of my guitar playing friends use the hand carried version;Β You maybe able to buy them sans cable and then wind in your choice of speaker cable, just be aware of the effect of the different diametres. Cheers Gary We have these sort of things for AC power on the ceiling at work. Could work for speaker wire for sure.
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Post by 4thchoice on Jun 17, 2018 22:12:09 GMT -5
Had a similar dilemma and what I/we ended up doing is to make the wires part of the room decor. With a hardwood floor and several doors/windows to negotiate we would have either had to go behind the baseboards or down into basement and back up (was also in a hurry to get the 5.1 set up) so what we did instead is to "display" the wires (it helps we have a casual/rustic theme in the room). Took a bunch of knob & tube insulators and strung the surround wires thru them and across the room to the surrounds. Up high and in the corners (no crown moldings), they are "almost" unobtrusive. Was initially only going to be a temporary solution but we liked "the look" and have kept 'em strung up.
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