I purchased a complete Klipsch 5.1 surround system with a Sony 7.1 1015W receiver. The rear surround speakers are wired and it is not possible for me to run the wires from the receiver location to the back of the room without them being visible or having to use cable ducts. I thought I could just return the rear speakers and get the wireless set, but I soon learned that the wireless ones cannot be used as surround speakers.
The helpful blueshirt recommended the Rocketfish wireless rear speaker kit for my application. I was skeptical of the sound quality thinking the sound delay would be too noticeable and weak. I didn't have another option so I gave it a shot. I already ran wiring, 120VAC and 16G Monster speaker wire, from RR and LR so setting up the wireless kit was done in 10 minutes.
I don't claim to be an expert in music or sound but I know what sounds good and I cannot tell a difference between using the wireless kit and having the rear speakers directly wired to my receiver. There is no hiss, no noticeable delay, no interference and since the wireless receiver has a built-in AMP, it's more than powerful enough to run both of my rear speakers. As a matter of fact, using this kit gives me a little more control over volume, as the wireless receiver has its own volume nob. I can control the rear volume independently through my receiver, so the last point really wasn't a big selling point for me but it's nice to have.
I wish I didn't have to run speaker wire from left to right, but for me it wasn't that much more work. So far, that is the only con I have found with this system. I am thoroughly pleased and would recommend this to anyone even if they don't need their rear speakers to be wireless.

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Works very well

on December 31, 2016

Posted by: Deano

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I needed a solution for my front speakers. They are located in a loft above my living room. The Bose spekers are connected to the Rocket and the power is on a remote switch for the Rocket. It works really well

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Purely Disposable Product

on December 31, 2016

Posted by: RobMa

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Purchased the initial system in Feb of 16 and in about 2 weeks that one started hissing and clicking and no sound from the speakers. Returned the product with no issue and was given a replacement. The replacement unit worked for about 7 months and the same issue as the first. But this time after contacting Rocketfish / Best Buy was more a less told to bad, you have an 80 dollar paper weight. No further support is available other then purchasing again. Buyer beware, do some reading on this feeble product before purchasing, this seems to be common place with these units and it goes unacknowledged by Best Buy.

My Best Buy number: 0422737188

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Very pleased so far

on December 31, 2016

Posted by: ARod

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Great alternative to running wire around the room and the sound quality is pretty good. So far so good.

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no wires

on January 2, 2017

Posted by: Purenupe1

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a must have accessory for large rooms and receiver systems without blue-tooth speaker connections. This unit saves so much work running wires that its a must have.

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Awesome to install on back speakers

on January 3, 2017

Posted by: Rafgon

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I purchased this system to connect two speakers in the back (rear) of my living room and complete my seven speakers setup. Skeptical at first but when finished the installation and got a BlueRay (7:1) going, the sound effects coming from the rear speakers were clear. No problems with connectivity. Definitely makes a difference. Better when used with video that that sends signals to all seven speakers (my case).

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Not a Bad Option - Not Perfect

on January 6, 2017

Posted by: Mindiraser

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I don't have the option to run rear speakers in my living room due to hardwood floors and layout. I decided to pick this up to get some of my surround sound back.

I had an older version of this but it was a little larger and quite old. Though the sound is great and a very valuable price to hook up your rear speakers wirelessly, every once in a while they will start popping. Some static/popping will randomly occur and I will need to turn off the rear speakers for a while to get it to go away. Its random, so I'm not certain what is causing it.

I am in the process of troubleshooting. It isn't a big issue during loud/action movies as you cannot hear, but during movies with longer pauses in sound or heavy dialogue movies, it is very obvious. That being said, when I turn the unit on at the start of a movie, the popping doesn't usually occur until much later (after the movie has ended).

Weird.

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works in my attic

on January 7, 2017

Posted by: Mike

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moved it to attic to hide wires in back of room and works perfectly

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