Wireless speakers

[PeteVid]

But they’re not are they? In fact if you wish to connect a CD player or a turntable they’ll require more ‘wires’ than wired speakers. A misnomer if ever there was one.

 

[tuga]

But they’re not are they? In fact if you wish to connect a CD player or a turntable they’ll require more ‘wires’ than wired speakers. A misnomer if ever there was one.

99.9% of the “wireless speakers” target consumer streams music...

 

[PeteVid]

But the speakers still require at least a power lead, so to minimalise cabling you hope your speakers will be located near two convenient plug socket. Speaker cables I think can be made to be less obtrusive than power cabling.

I'm only saying all this on behalf of the long suffering partners of hi fi afficionados, who may hope wireless speakers are the answer. They seem to be marketed as such (i.e. no visible cables in the glossy ads) when clearly they're not and require cables run to them like regular speakers. I think the term wireless needs to be dropped.

(It's not a hill I'm prepared to die on having said that)

 

[rdale]

I’ve got a pair of KEF LS50W speakers and as far as I know the term ‘wireless’ is about them being connected to my home network via WiFi, not whether or not they have physical cables connected to them. The main thing I don’t need is an equipment rack, which is a big improvement if you want a ‘lifestyle’ type of HiFi installation.

 

[PeteVid]

I’ve got a pair of KEF LS50W speakers and as far as I know the term ‘wireless’ is about them being connected to my home network via WiFi, not whether or not they have physical cables connected to them. The main thing I don’t need is an equipment rack, which is a big improvement if you want a ‘lifestyle’ type of HiFi installation.

Indeed but I think the term wireless speakers for the non Hi-Fi person probably conjures up the image of speakers free from the encumbrance and mess of wires which allows them to be placed anywhere.

 

[rdale]

Indeed but I think the term wireless speakers for the non Hi-Fi person probably conjures up the image of speakers free from the encumbrance and mess of wires which allows them to be placed anywhere.

Maybe a better term would be ‘WiFi Speakers’ then, like we refer to ‘Bluetooth Speakers’, some of which are mains powered with cables connected to their ‘aux’ inputs.

 

[Nopiano]

Maybe a better term would be ‘WiFi Speakers’ then, like we refer to ‘Bluetooth Speakers’, some of which are mains powered with cables connected to their ‘aux’ inputs.

That’s a excellent point! After all a wireless router has a mains connection and a cable carrying the signal from our ISP.

 

[t1no]

Well there are some wireless speakers that can run off batteries and therefore truly wireless except except when you have to charge them. Some speakers like Dali Callisto or Dynaudio Xeo have a box that you can connect your CD player or turntable to and link to the speakers wirelessly which can help with unsightly cable runs.