Review: Hands on with the Rocketfish Wireless Rear Speaker Kit
One of the things we always have a problem with is how to get rear speakers in our main living area without having to run cables under rugs or all over the walls to make it behind the couch. Well Rocketfish has come out with a great product with their Wireless Rear Speaker Kit.
The concept is simple enough, have one unit hook into your rear speaker slots and beam the audio to a receiving box that his hooked up to the actual rear speakers. While the concept is simple it is the execution that gives so many companies problems. You not only have to have a strong signal that can be received at a a good distance, but you have to maintain the audio fidelity as much as possible. We have heard other wireless systems that got the job done, but the sound produced by your speakers sounded tinny or hollow.
With this system we got very nice sound out of our rear speakers as we blasted a few of our favorite movies out over our stereo. We were greeted with nice subtle sounds coming from either side of us. We never heard any drop outs and the sound was as true as if we had the speakers plugged directly into the receiver.
You simply put this unit where you want your rear speakers, and the main
unit wirelessly sends the rear signal to them.
The setup was very simple since there really isn't much to it. We just attached the supplied audio cables from our rear speaker ports of our stereo to the transmitter, plugged our rear speakers into the receiver and turned the power on for both units. We pushed the connect button on the receiving unit and they instantly connected to each other. That was it! Now we just went about our movie watching business as usual. The only time you were even aware you were using this system is when you walked through the room and didn't notice any wires.
You can also lay them flat.
Anyone looking to add rear speakers, but don't want to( or aren't allowed to ;) ) cram wires under things or around door jams this is the product for you. With very little in the way of setup and great sound you can go from opening the box to watching a surround sound movie in about 15 minutes.
We will keep an eye on Rocketfish to see what other cool products they come out with to help us enjoy our media.
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Posted by David Ficocello at July 12, 2007 10:14 AM
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