Does anyone know if any manufacturer has yet to come up with a pair of wireless speakers that have very good performance? Every now and then we have a job where this could be a real lifesaver.

Greg Davids
Audio Excellence
San Francisco

Nope (That means they dont exist....)

I would think that a high-fidelity stereo-FM transmitter combined with a stereo (or ProLogic (in 3-channel mode) for quasi-6.1/7.1 surround) receiver would work, if the physical space they occupy isn't a problem. It could always double as a back-of-the-room second system for background/non-critical listening.

Just my thoughts.

Larry
www.fineelectricco.com

Larry, I would think that, too, if I were convinced that such a thing did not cost an arm, a leg, an FCC license and a bucket of giblets.

I have actually done this using a car stereo modulator*. These usually come with a switch allowing selection of one of two frequencies near the bottom of the FM band, but I am just not sure that these are good enough in enough markets (i.e. with no interfering stations) for a stereo receiver to cleanly receive the signal.

And if it does, then you have a wireless link that goes, what, twenty feet? Then you have to have a stereo or ProLogic component back there with wires to the speakers. This could solve some logistical problems, but is sort of on the complicated side.

*I hooked this up to a super mamma-jamma antenna amp one day, and fed it to a full-wave circular antenna I had made. It nicely, illegally, gave me about a quarter mile range. Now, THAT is REAR channel!

I truly enjoy this site. Some of the history you gents come up with is downright hilarious! I have this mental image of an elderly guy who lives behind Ernie putzing with his FM dial one day...
Jeff