Quote Originally Posted by rronald24
hi all,

i have a problem with my rear speakers that the speaker wire is rather messy running across the living room. wondering if there are any gadgets in the makets that i could use to make it wireless wihout reducing the sound qaulity.

hope to hear you expert view and suggestions.

Best Regards,

Robert Ronald
Well you're not alone. Pioneer executives visited homes two years ago and discovered 40% of the households weren't using them or had them improperly hooked up (as in sitting on top of th front speakers, etc.) because of wiring issues.

While sales of systems jumped by 29% last year, they're expected to rise only 7.5% this year according to EBrian Market Research. So now there's a growing interest amount consumer electronics manufacturers such as Sony, Pioneer, Philips and Samsung to sell systems to consumers fed up with wires.

This may good in the future, but for now there's still quality problems. The most major of which is bandwidth intereference. Some devices use the 900 mhz frequency band, which can receive interference from cordless phones, baby monitors and other home devices. Some use 2.4 ghz, which is less susceptible to interference, but can still be messed with by devices like microwave ovens. Some use home electrical wiring (which disperses the signal throughout the house) and even infrared (which can be cut if the line-of-sight is blocked). A fortified 2.4 ghz transmission scheme is being developed by Samsung. But even it is considered to have "little chance of interference."

Because of these concerns, high end companies have largely dismissed wireless speaker technologies as counterproductive. So right now, if it's quality you want, it'll be best to look into ways to run the wires and hide them.