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from Charlotte, NC
I love the fact that my wires for the rear speakers are hidden with this thing. It's nice. But there's some drawbacks. Connecting the rear unit to the unit at the stereo head can be a pain. Turning it off and on again usually does the trick. I just have to do it over and over again. Occasionally there's loud pop/fuzzy sounds. Ruins the sound experience. And when everything is off but the wireless rear speaker kit, it will make these popping noises. Have to turn off the unit at the rear for it to stop.
What's great about it: All the wires are hidden.
What's not so great: Random loud pop/fuzzy noises.
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from Carol Stream, IL
My usage for this item is probably not exactly what the mfg intended. I had a set of outdoor speakers sitting in a closet long before I had an outdoor patio to use them. Now that I have a patio, I need to get music pumping through these speakers. Enter Rocketfish. The distance between my stereo receiver and the outdoor speakers is only about 30' at the most, and I was only going through one wall. But I wanted to find a wireless device because I did not want to run speaker wire directly through walls/ceiling/etc. I was able to find a 10"x7" electrical enclosure online, which I've mounted to the outside of the house, and the Rocketfish receiver is mounted into that - making the device summer-time weather-proof (I carved-out some openings for access to the speaker inputs/buttons/volume, so I will probably need to bring it in during the winter). But I've got to say that this Rocketfish device is really handling this set-up very well. The sound does cut out for about 3 seconds on occasion - random interference with the wireless signal, which I cannot forcibly reproduce. It happens maybe once during an afternoon or evening sitting on the patio. I know that you can just buy a set of wireless-ready speakers, but if you've got existing speakers and don't want to drill holes and run wire, this is a workable solution. BTW, my complaint stems from the fact that I've got the AC power of the wireless router plugged into one of the ports on my Onkyo receiver. Whenever I turn on the receiver, the router turns on and starts looking for a connection. So I've got to turn off the router if I'm just listening to music indoors. Or I could find another wall outlet for the router, but I'm done working for today....
What's great about it: Nice design, works well
What's not so great: Wish the router didn't automatically turn on
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from Voorhees, NJ
Overall it's a good little system upgrade. Allow me to keep my 7.1 Sony system but keep the wires down to a min. It's funny I when to my closest best buy looking for something like this and the saleman said there was no such thing. But when I saw online and available for pick-up from the same store I was at, I laugh a little. My only grip is keep the rear unit within easy reach, because it does not turn on when your system starts up, and if you're using it all day the auto turn off will shut it down after a few hours. It's a quick press and it's back up, but annoying.
What's great about it: Keep your current system, cuts down on wires
What's not so great: rear set-up auto turn-off and it doesn't turn on automatically
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I purchased the first one of these a couple of years ago for the Living Room and needed new wireless speakers for the Master Bedroom's new surround sound system. I absolutely love this product. It's so easy to setup and connect and never has any problems at all. But most importantly the sound quality is excellent. The original is still working great and so is the new one I just installed. Anyone looking for a way to connect surround sound speakers wirelessly with NO hassles should definitely purchase this product.
What's great about it: Sound Quality is excellent and setup is super simple
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from New York, NY
Verified Purchase:Yes
This was a very highly rated device for wireless rear surround speakers. It uses the 2.4ghz channel to send the signal. This is the problem. Everything in my apartment and the entire building, surrounding building and business use that frequency apparently. I set it up and had no signal, did all of the troubleshooting and nothing, finally called customer support and found out why. Everything that makes this unit not operate is what is the norm in any major markets apartment living, you cannot have a router near it, cannot have a microwave close to it, cannot have multiple stacked apartments below and on top of you. build quality is good, price is nice. I am sure if you own a house this is fine.
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from Honolulu, Hawaii
Verified Purchase:Yes
My surround sound system had been operational when I was able to run my wiring under my carpets. Once I put in hard floors in my living room, where system was located, I lost the surround effect. The wireless system allowed me to return speakers to rear of room giving me back the sound I was experiencing.
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Still trying to figure out why this works, pushing powered speaker connections rather than line level pre-outs into the transmitter... but hey, it works great! I was prepared for pretty awful sound in the rear channel when I plucked the lightweight receiver/amp from the packaging (especially thinking about the great amp in my home theater equipment that I'd be bypassing). But again I'll say, it works great. The little receiver appears to be capable of reproducing the sounds it needs to for rear channel frequencies. I've been using it for a bit more than a month and it's never dropped the connection or made any unwanted noises.