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Customer Reviews for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
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Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Model: RF-WS01
SKU: 8698787
UPC: 600603116513
Listen to your favorite tunes with these digital wireless speakers that receive high-quality audio from an audio source via 2.4GHz wireless frequency.
Average Customer Rating:
3.8
out of 5
(48 Reviews) 48
Rating Snapshot 48 reviews
5 stars
25
4 stars
7
3 stars
6
2 stars
3
1 star
7
67% of customers would recommend this product to a friend
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32 out of
48)
Customer Reviews for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Review 1 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Great product
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Range
4.0
Power
5.0
What's great about it: quick and easy to hook up
What's not so great: volume not controlled by TV remote
Easy to hook up. Great to have varying loudness between hard of hearing husband and sensitive eared wife.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+3points
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Review 2 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
got what we wanted and price was good
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Range
5.0
Power
5.0
What's great about it: Easy to set up
purchased for wife who has hearing problem and always has tv volume turned up to high for me. these remote speakers do the job very well as they are placed close to her as the tv is some 30 feet from her.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+3points
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Review 3 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Great Speakers
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Anonymous
on 01/25/2011
What's great about it: easy to set up
These speakers are really great. They were easy to set up and work very well. We purchased them because my husband is hard of hearing and I was tired of the TV being so loud we could not even speak to each other. Now he has a speaker right next to his chair that he can point towards him and control the volume on his own. We no longer shake the walls with the loudness of the TV and he can hear just fine with his own speaker. The other one is on my side of the table to use if I want or need to. We are really happy with them
I would recommend this to a friend!
+2points
2out of 2found this review helpful.
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Review 4 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Great for TV watching too!
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: ELF2
from Western Massachusetts
on 01/20/2011
Value for Price
4.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Range
4.0
Power
4.0
I purchased these speakers for my 76 year old Dad who is starting to lose some hearing. He's using these for TV watching and he LOVES them. Says they were his best x-mas present. What's great is that he can put them where he wants, at the volume he wants, without blasting everyone else. Or blocking everyone else which would have been the case had I purchased wireless headphones. I can't speak for quality and range so I only gave 4's.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+4points
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Review 5 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Wireless speaker
Customer Rating
1.0
Posted by: jamescec
from Spokakne
on 01/19/2011
What's not so great: No power
Wireless speakers just don't have enough power. I got a refund and the Geek Squad came out and hooked up my HD screen to my old but great surround sound. Plus they also consoldated some other units and Raku Box all on one remote. I had my doubts about the Geek Squad but they are real pros and all for a $100.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-1point
2out of 5found this review helpful.
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Review 6 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Great customer service
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: Anonymous
from South Bend, IN
on 01/17/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Range
4.0
Power
4.0
What's great about it: The sound
What's not so great: reliability issues
First set I had, the volume button broke, took forever to get it replaced as all stores in the region had nothing but returns as the speakers have been defective. However, they sound really good and are what I wanted for a really good price. The customer service to help out with a replacement in the middle of the Christmas rush was really outstanding.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+1point
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Review 7 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Not truly wireless
Customer Rating
2.0
Value for Price
1.0
Sound Quality
3.0
Range
3.0
Power
2.0
What's great about it: Sound is okay
What's not so great: Not really wireless as an RCA cable and cord is needed
The speakers are a disappointment. We got these for our bedroom flatscreen but they are not truly wireless. The speakers require an RCA attachment to the TV, which is not even included. They must also be plugged in. Defeats the purpose of having a flatscreen that is wallmounted. We are returning these. They are also very large.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-5points
2out of 9found this review helpful.
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Review 8 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
bought online for bedroom tv
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Range
5.0
Power
5.0
What's great about it: east to set up and can be battery operated
What's not so great: have found nothing yet
Easy to set up, sounds great, larger than anticipated but I think that helps with the sound. The only fault I find is not with the speakers it is with the TV and that is you can not mute or control volume via TV… just be aware, also they can be battery opperated so very portable and versatile
I would recommend this to a friend!
+6points
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Review 9 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Easier to hear my TV
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
3.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Range
4.0
Power
4.0
What's great about it: Great sound, easy to use.
What's not so great: Battery life for some users (but not me).
My TV is sort of far from where the couch is and, on some programs, if I turn the volume up high enough to hear dialogue the small speakers inside the TV start to distort the sound. I didn't really want a surround system I just wanted some speakers to place close to the couch without having to run wires all over my den and these wireless speakers are perfect for that. The fidelity is great and the individual volume controls make it easy to achieve optimum sound levels. I would have been happier if the price had been in the $60 to $70 price range. Complaints I've read about battery life don't affect me since they are plugged in all the time anyway.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+6points
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Review 10 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Great for Elderly and Easy to Hear
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
3.0
Sound Quality
3.0
Range
4.0
Power
4.0
What's great about it: Wirless, Easy to use, Good Sound Level, Independant Volume Control
What's not so great: A bit Pricey, Speakers larger than expected
These Rocketfish Digital Wireless speakers are an excellent solution for those looking to add speakers without wires and without a home theatre system. I picked these up for a couple of 80 year olds and they are extremely pleased. They each place one speaker next to their chair so each has independent control of the volume. These are controlled separately from a TV’s audio and each speaker has its own volume knob.
Functionality wise these are very easy to setup. There is a wireless router you place near the audio source that has an input for a 3.5mm audio jack and also the RCA audio (the red and white plugs). All 3 items do need to be plugged in, so you need an outlet by each. (The speakers themselves can run on batteries, but from what I hear that is not a good idea due to extremely poor battery life). Once turned on, mine were already linked and ready to go. If they become unlinked, there is a simple pairing procedure via a button on the router and each speaker.
The appearance of these is alright. The speakers are much bigger than I was expecting, but look good as they are a glossy/piano black. The router is a small and round device that kind of looks like a 3-d mouse if you know what that is. It can be hidden behind items though as these run on 2.4, not IR. A good looking product, just be aware the speakers are a bit larger than you may expect (think 64 oz carton of orange juice size).
The sound quality is very clear with enhanced treble. Voices are clear, which is what I was hoping for with these being for an elderly couple. I would not recommend using these in a surround sound or home theatre system as they lack the range one would desire for that application. To “just hear” the audio though, whether from a TV or an MP3 player, these are very good. The sound level can also be turned quite high, outputting good volume. Being wireless I expected dropouts, but one would not even know these are wireless as not one hiccup has been noticed – another big plus.
Overall I can highly recommend these for the applications I mentioned. The price is a bit high in my opinion, but these are the only speakers of this type I could find, so they are worth it.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+52points
55out of 58found this review helpful.
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Review 11 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
over all very good.
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Range
5.0
Power
3.0
What's great about it: Great sound
I use these speakers in our bedroom. The sound quality is very good. very satisfied with them.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+12points
14out of 16found this review helpful.
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Review 12 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Decent wireless speakers
Customer Rating
3.0
Posted by: Wojjie
on 09/27/2010
Value for Price
3.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Range
5.0
Power
3.0
What's great about it: loud, decent sound, good range
What's not so great: battery costs, drains batteries when plugged in still, needs it's own built in rechargeable batteries
The good:
I got this to be able to listen to music from my computer anywhere in the house, which it is great at doing. The range reaches all parts of my house, with the transmitter roughly being in the middle. Also, I found the sound quality to be decent, and it did exceed my expectations. Lastly, the volume on the speakers are great, and you can easily fill the room with music with just one speaker.
I got this to be able to listen to music from my computer anywhere in the house, which it is great at doing. The range reaches all parts of my house, with the transmitter roughly being in the middle. Also, I found the sound quality to be decent, and it did exceed my expectations. Lastly, the volume on the speakers are great, and you can easily fill the room with music with just one speaker.
The Bad:
The only negative thing I have to say is that it takes a lot of batteries, so you almost have to buy rechargeables, which add another $50 per speaker in costs. Otherwise you need to buy $16 worth of batteries per speaker for about 8 hours of listening time, or $2/hr per speaker, or $4/hr for the pair. Also, don't leave the batteries in the speaker if you have them plugged in, it seemed to have drained my batteries even though I had the speakers plugged in the whole time. I will verify that the batteries are not loose after I finish writing this.
The only negative thing I have to say is that it takes a lot of batteries, so you almost have to buy rechargeables, which add another $50 per speaker in costs. Otherwise you need to buy $16 worth of batteries per speaker for about 8 hours of listening time, or $2/hr per speaker, or $4/hr for the pair. Also, don't leave the batteries in the speaker if you have them plugged in, it seemed to have drained my batteries even though I had the speakers plugged in the whole time. I will verify that the batteries are not loose after I finish writing this.
So essentially, these speakers are only good for placing speakers around your house and listening to them wirelessly, but not good as a portable speaker, since it is very costly and cumbersome to run it without it being plugged in.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
+25points
33out of 41found this review helpful.
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Review 13 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Easy -- good sound.
Customer Rating
5.0
Plugged them in -- turned them on. Work great -- if only they had a remote control! All you need is the RCA cable.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+5points
6out of 7found this review helpful.
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Review 14 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
speakers do not work
Customer Rating
3.0
Value for Price
4.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Range
5.0
Power
4.0
What's great about it: ease of setting up, good price
What's not so great: quality of speakers
Purchased the wireless speakers(RF-WSo1) for ease of setting up & the price.
Found the set up was easy & can not complain about the price, but the
speakers are another story. Found out one speaker will turn on. Ok
returned to store & exchanged for another one. Came home set up plugged in the speakers & found one speaker will not shut off. Going back to the second time returning & will not buy another rocketfish
product.
Found the set up was easy & can not complain about the price, but the
speakers are another story. Found out one speaker will turn on. Ok
returned to store & exchanged for another one. Came home set up plugged in the speakers & found one speaker will not shut off. Going back to the second time returning & will not buy another rocketfish
product.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
+8points
12out of 16found this review helpful.
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Review 15 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Looses signal
Customer Rating
1.0
Posted by: ridgerjumper
from cincinnati ohio
on 07/26/2010
Value for Price
2.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Range
1.0
Power
3.0
What's great about it: Sound is OK
What's not so great: looses signal. Requires too many batteries
Set up is easy but the speakers take 8 "C" cell batteries each. and you only get 10 hours of playing time. An AC transformer is supplied for each speaker if you want to use AC instead. I set up the speakers on my patio and continued to loose the signal everytime someone would open the patio door. Called Rocketfish customer care and waited about 15 minutes to get a customer care rep. They told me to return them. They didnn't know much about the product.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
+8points
11out of 14found this review helpful.
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Review 16 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Nice for the price.
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Range
4.0
Power
4.0
What's great about it: Price
What's not so great: Size
Pros: For what they cost, I think these speakers are very nice. They sound good and are dead simple to setup. They are easily moved from the computer, to patio, to kitchen thanks to their wireless capability.
Cons: Size. These mothers are tall! They are every bit of 12" tall and look absolutely enormous when next to a 24" iMac.
Overall: Nice for the price.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+14points
14out of 14found this review helpful.
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Review 17 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Poor audio
Customer Rating
1.0
Posted by: undercover
from destin, fl
on 07/10/2010
Value for Price
1.0
Sound Quality
1.0
Range
1.0
Power
1.0
this is the second set of speakers. the first pair didn't work at all. i got an even exchange. should of just got my money back. the quality of the sound is horrible. i have just boxed them up...AGAIN and will return for a full refund. you get what you pay for, you pay for what you get.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
+2points
7out of 12found this review helpful.
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Review 18 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Great product
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Dawner
from Willowbrook
on 06/30/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Range
5.0
Power
5.0
What's great about it: NO WIRES!!!!
What's not so great: The size
This product has great sound and the price was just right. I am not sure about how far the range goes as I only needed it to go from one side of my living room to the other, which is about 10 feet. I live in a condo and did not want to run speaker wires under the carpet or all the way around the wall. They are a bit big for my end tables but I can deal with that if I don't have to run wires. I like the fact that each speaker has its own volume control.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+8points
8out of 8found this review helpful.
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Review 19 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Great wireless speakers
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: kd62
from naples,florida
on 06/16/2010
What's great about it: ease of set up. Good sound
What's not so great: did not come with the RCA wires. Speakers need outlet or batteries
These speakers did not work at first try. Called customer service who gave good clear advice. My bookshelf stereo did not have "out" RCA jack only "in". We got an adapter to plug into headphone jack and the speakers work like a charm. Very simple to set up and the sound is just what I was looking for. No crackles or static-sounds great-I now have music on the lanai!!. I have not tried it with the batteries yet but hoping the connection is as good as with the outlet
I would recommend this to a friend!
+10points
11out of 12found this review helpful.
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Review 20 for Rocketfish™ Digital Wireless Speakers (Pair)
Awesome speakers so far!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: tmw91160
from Riverview, FL
on 06/08/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Range
5.0
Power
5.0
What's great about it: I can finally hear my TV!
What's not so great: wish it had a digital input rather than RCA input jacks
I just picked these up tonite and was so excited. I took them home and hooked them up to my cable box (tv has no RCA outputs) and they work amazingly. My apt has vaulted ceilings and the acoustics really stink and these speakers have allowed me to hear my TV without having to turn the volume up to 50 or more! So far these speakers are amazing. I'll write back again if anything changes. Right now I LOVE them. :-)
I would recommend this to a friend!
+10points
10out of 10found this review helpful.
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