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brad1
56
Jul 4, 2018
Six AC power supplies with cords. So that means you have to provide constant power to the speakers or at least recharge? I would be a first time buyer of wireless audio home systems so this seems like a real pain to recharge each speaker or you’re limited to placement based on where your wall outlets reside to plug in? Is this truly “wireless” if each speaker requires a power supply? I appreciate feedback from those who currently own the system. I’m assuming, hoping at best, that they require a recharge and not full time power. If so, how long do the speaker charges last before recharge? Thanks for any and all input. I am a novice on this subject.
Masserdon
55
Jul 4, 2018
brad1Requires AC to all 'wireless' speakers - it's the signal which is wireless. Same for all such systems that I am aware of (have not researched $2K+ so cannot speak to that budget)
JoshuaRoos
31
Jul 4, 2018
brad1Full-time power 24/7.
Manchineel
70
Jul 6, 2018
brad1wireless mean they are bluetooth for signal, they still need constant power (no battery) and the main unit needs to be plugged into your TV.
kitINstLOUIS
17
Jul 6, 2018
ManchineelSo, " just one wire" means one wire per speaker and one to the control unit. I guess to have unpowered speakers, you'd have to power something to receive the sound signal and send it to the drivers and that thing would still need power, but you'd think a good battery could serve that function. Would also up the cost of making it quite a bit, I imagine. Ah well, wires everywhere for the foreseeable future.
Manchineel
70
Jul 7, 2018
kitINstLOUISyup except usually the control unit has 2 wires (needs power and a source). Some people want to use battery operated bluetooth speakers for their TV but it usually doesn't work and if it does you will end up with mono in most cases.
audiopile
0
Jul 7, 2018
brad1Color me confused. Why would you want to have speakers in a home theater that you would have to constantly recharge and move after a movie or two at best? That makes no sense. Most homes have power outlets every 6 feet and these come with 9 foot power cables. The only issue anyone could possibly have is with the rears as the sub, center, and fronts can all run off of the same power as the TV, the DVR, the Disc player, etc up front. I would imagine the demand for battery powered home theater is probably pretty low, hence why it doesn't widely exist. When I was researching for my system, I found a Phillips "wireless" soundbar system that had battery powered rears and the reviews and customer comments about them were vicious with common reports citing barely 2 hours of use and Phillips not willing to discuss it publicly . I ran for the hills.
Rechargeable batteries lose their capacity to hold a charge. Want to replace your speakers or batteries every couple years or less? Or start buying alkalines buy the box full? Also, when a battery starts to lose power output you cant control that evenly. Turn two flashlights on with new batteries, they wont die at the same time. These wont either. So you will end up in the midst of a movie with a crap sounding surround experience when the one battery starts to die or lose power (less output of audio volume) and the other still has life in it. Just an overall silly notion to me. Home theater isn't intended to be a "pop-up" experience. I'd argue that it's easier for the bulk of people to get power behind them than it is to have multiple runs of speaker cabling across the room. If you can't, then this wireless home theater system may not be your best bet. Enclave has said they are coming out with battery packs for the rears for over a year, but I'd bet there isn't enough market for it to make it worthwhile and that's why we haven't seen them.
For the sake of the argument I see here, Wireless in a "system" based environment almost always means Wireless Audio, not wireless power. Its no different with Sonos, or any other "Wireless system" that isn't a portable or standalone bluetooth personal speaker. And you DO NOT want to use bluetooth for home theater audio. Far too much latency and the best you'll get is compressed stereo that will be out of sync with the video.
In this case, you setup your system, condition the system sound settings for the room, and your done. You start moving rears around all the time and add unequal battery drainage, and its a yard sale experience. My .02
audiopile
0
Nov 18, 2018
audiopileYou're right. You dont and you cant. This system is not battery powered and that would be the most impractical and useless home theater design ever conceived. The audio is wireless, not the power.
audiopile
0
Nov 18, 2018
ManchineelBluetooth for signal? That's hilarious. You cannot use "bluetooth for signal" in a multi-channel solution. Bluetooth is two channel, it's far too latent, and would never meet Dolby and DTS specification. The main unit replaces your AVR, hence why it needs to be plugged into your tv and your sources plugged into it.
audiopile
0
Nov 18, 2018
kitINstLOUISWho would use a battery powered home theater? That's absurd.
HwoALanG
133
Apr 30, 2019
brad1Speaking of AC Adapter, let say if they come out with Dolby Atoms ceiling mount speakers, i hope they are not expecting people to have power outlet on the ceiling :)
audiopile
0
May 5, 2019
HwoALanGYou can't be serious. Ever heard of an up firing like 99% of consumer Atmos products use? How many consumers do you see buying a thousand dollar Atmos system that come with ceiling mount or in ceiling drivers? Even entertaining your silly scenario, whats the difference between running small gauge wire for power or for audio? Arent you running wire either way? Asking for a friend.