Will component stereos ever go wireless?
If you've ever had to connect the countless number of RCA cables from the back of an A/V receiver, you know where I'm going with this thread.
This is further complicated when you end up with 4 remote controls (yes, I know there are universal remotes).
This sounds like a job for Apple to make it seemless. Is this what Rendevous is for? Is Bluetooth possible here?
This is further complicated when you end up with 4 remote controls (yes, I know there are universal remotes).
This sounds like a job for Apple to make it seemless. Is this what Rendevous is for? Is Bluetooth possible here?
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Originally posted by satchmo
If you've ever had to connect the countless number of RCA cables from the back of an A/V receiver, you know where I'm going with this thread.
This is further complicated when you end up with 4 remote controls (yes, I know there are universal remotes).
This sounds like a job for Apple to make it seemless. Is this what Rendevous is for? Is Bluetooth possible here?
I'm pretty sure i saw a Philips system a few years back, with components connected with infra-red.
Originally posted by SpcMs
I'm pretty sure i saw a Philips system a few years back, with components connected with infra-red.
Problem with infared vs. RF is the requirement for line-of-sight.
The future connectivity will be HDMI www.hdmi.org. Which is one small connecter that supports HDTV and Multichannel Audio.
I expect Wireless to become an option for real channels however. Reducing the need for long cable runs will benefit many users.
Originally posted by satchmo
Is this what Rendevous is for? Is Bluetooth possible here?
no i hope not: interferance is bad enough at unregulated frequencies, the last thing we need is more 50cent taking spectrum - get a licenced band (say 4ghz?) and it is cool but wifi/bluetooth is cloged - on the other hand....a bluetooth ipod could screw with cell phones on the bus, hummmm
A High End Stereo is only as good as its connections. I don't think we'll ever see a good component go wireless, and I wouldn't buy it anyway.
this is verry true, why do you think people are so willing to spend 50$+ on monster and alike cables
Hey, Doc, I can't get this Country music out of my head...
I remeber thinking it was pretty cool.
The trend is starting now with
Sony- SACD/DVD Receiver. 6 channel Amp in one chassis. Easy hookup great sound.
What I'd like to see
DVD/SACD/DVD-A with support for MPEG4/AAC/WMA/WM9
7.1 Digital Amps
HDMI out with DVD Upscaling
Ethernet 10/100 for networking external AAC/WMA audio.
Wireless 802.11e
Small 20GB HD inside
All in one nice easy chassis to hook up with one or two cables. Wireless could be used for rear channels ethernet could be used for loading the internal drive with music.
Originally posted by scavanger
A High End Stereo is only as good as its connections. I don't think we'll ever see a good component go wireless, and I wouldn't buy it anyway.
Wireless would work for digital data (CD player to DAC) but you are right about analog connections. To get good sound you need a powerful amp connected to speakers with quality cable.
Originally posted by jante99
Wireless would work for digital data (CD player to DAC) but you are right about analog connections. To get good sound you need a powerful amp connected to speakers with quality cable.
Despite being a bit of an analog nut myself, I'm going to have to disagree here. It may take a little while, but I expect that eventually we'll see amplified speakers integrated with A/D converters, and the digital source will be sent directly to the speakers, perhaps over wireless. This is a pretty straightforward extension of what presently exists in (digital) recording studios, where amplified speakers are common and audio is made digital as early as possible and kept that way as long as possible. There the costs of high-quality A/D converters are likely to keep them out of speakers themselves, but that shouldn't be a barrier for consumer applications. Some day I betcha.
Ultra wideband has the potential to wirelessly transmit data to your high definition TV. Now that's cool.
Just for the record, I'm an EE who has spent the last few years with my head stuck in signal processing books and journals. UWB is legit.
Originally posted by jginsbu
There the costs of high-quality A/D converters are likely to keep them out of speakers themselves, but that shouldn't be a barrier for consumer applications. Some day I betcha.
But why would any consumer want to buy 5 or 7 DACS when all you need is one? It just seems a little overkill to have your speakers be wireless when normally they are a few feet away from your TV/stereo components. I guess for rear speakers it sort of makes sense but still how far away would those speakers be? And you still need to power the speakers some how so there are always going to be wires.
If you wanted speakers in every room of your house having wireless would work but you probably will have the speakers in your wall which means you could just as easily use wires to connect the speakers.
Despite being a bit of an analog nut myself, I'm going to have to disagree here. It may take a little while, but I expect that eventually we'll see amplified speakers integrated with A/D converters, and the digital source will be sent directly to the speakers, perhaps over wireless.
You have this backwards. I understand what you mean but speakers would contain D/A converters which are cheaper and easier to get right versus A/D converters IMO.
But why would any consumer want to buy 5 or 7 DACS when all you need is one? I
Because adding rear channels is a pain. Sure you can go the extra mile and hide the cables but it's work nonetheless.
Originally posted by jante99
It just seems a little overkill to have your speakers be wireless when normally they are a few feet away from your TV/stereo components.
Part of the point is to eliminate the TV/Stereo components as the heart of the system, so you can send audio from any source to the speakers without having to wire things up in a certain way. On this model, the speakers are just nodes on a wireless network: you could send them audio from conventional A/V components or computers or anything else (even the doorbell -- a really loud doorbell!) from any location in the house or beyond. People are already bumping up against the limits of the standard A/V system structure. Of course, standards and protocol will need to be developed to make everything play nice together. But the payoff is a tremendous degree of flexibility. As I said: someday.
I can't wait until the Bose line goes all wireless. Next to a neural impant, that is as good as audio life could be.
Wireless FireWire. Ohhhh yeah. 8)