I thought I'd reach out to the audio pros here.

A buddy and I are hooking up his surround sound system. We searched online with no luck. Is there any way to wirelessly transmit a signal from the stereo receiver to each of the surround speakers, even if it means 5 small boxes for each port? Going from back right from the receiver to back right speaker in the room? Etc.

He has the drill out wanting to cut up the walls, put holes in the floor, go through the nasty moldy crawl space, and fish $400 of speaker wire through the walls. Has to be an easier way.

Obviously looking for good quality. Electrical ok to need.

11/23/2012 9:13:53 PM

http://www.outlawaudio.com/products/OAWA3.html

11/23/2012 9:25:56 PM

You definitely do not need $400 speaker wire. There really is no substitute for doing it right. /\ will be prohibitively expensive.

11/24/2012 5:35:54 PM

There are plenty of systems available with wireless rear speakers and subwoofer, as well as kits to turn your existing ones wireless. Keep in mind that every speaker you want to be wireless will need to be plugged in to power!

Personally like Wyloch said I would just do it right the first time. Run wires and put in wall jacks, its really not all that bad.

11/24/2012 7:51:37 PM

Running heavy-ish gauge wires is the right way to do it. No serious stereo that I'm aware of goes the wireless route. The more power you're transmitting and/or the longer the distance, the heavier gauge you need. I think I ran 14-gauge, but then, I'm running about a shitpile of wattage. Some people preach 12-gauge, but I think you need a seriously extreme (like in the tens of thousands of dollars, with at wattage in the thousands--or a very long distance) to really warrant that.

MAYBE I could justify wireless for the 2 rear channels on a mid-grade system, since they're mostly for sound effects and stuff, but probably not.

11/24/2012 10:59:13 PM