I am guessing two in rear of room was intended.I'm not clear what you mean by this.
How good are wireless subwoofers today?
Reading the ultra hi-end audio magasines there are zero reviews of wireless hi-end speakers and subwoofers, they are all wired electro-mechanical audio components.
Can noise interfer with wireless transmissions? Can there be a lack of full resolution, an inferior audio signal transfer, a drop in some frequencies of the audio spectrum, a fog obscuring the clarity like a veil covering the face of the drivers, a dress over a nude body, a hiding face?
If wireless subs and speakers were hi-res there wouldn't be any need to ultra hi-end audio cable manufacturers.
In a full blast home theater with sixteen channels and four subs, wireless seems to cut complications. How truly good wireless is today?
Reading the ultra hi-end audio magasines there are zero reviews of wireless hi-end speakers and subwoofers
Wireless subwoofers are rather rare, and are not common among audiophiles and home theater cinéphiles.
They are in a very small minority; why is that?
The popularity in subs and speakers use wires, powered or not.
In the computer world wireless is the norm, as in telecommunication systems.
But in the audiophile world we aren't there just yet.
It is interesting, and I was intrigued by your above posts on wireless subwoofers.
The funny thing is this: Wired speakers required only one set of speaker wires with the positive and negative terminals.
Wireless speakers required an AC powered chord, plus two interconnects for the DSP crunching numbers.
The Focus XD don't require physical digital connections, but they can be used that way. They can also be used just with a wifi antenna and a power cord.
Or were you referring to the Connect hub that connects to sources?
That would be correct. Typing on my phone should be avoided.I am guessing two in rear of room was intended.
No you are correct; the RCA digital and analog jacks are optional, an additional feature to facilitate versatility for people who desire to do so.
They still use more wires though for them, which negates somehow to a high degree the wireless advantage...that's what I was mainly referring to.
But yes, they only need one AC powered cord connected to a near AC outlet.
For hi-fi stereo duty it is simple, and not many ultra hi-end audiophiles use that type of connection in their professionally acoustically tuned hi-end music listening rooms.
In home theater rooms with fifteen speakers and six subwoofers you are required to have several AC outlets positioned all around...six speakers are in or on the ceiling. But true, those could be wired normally, with speaker cables.
Tried out a couple of cheap subs over the past 2 weeks with the view to buy 4, one for each corner.
Paradigm PDR100 - 10" Ported sub, behaved as such - port tuned to 29 Hz and very sharp roll off below. Not very tight sounding with no tuning/adjustment options. Not very impressed, but it is crazy cheap.
Then I tried a B&W ASW608. I laughed when I saw it, tiny 8" sealed design......and the I tried it. Sounded tight and extended. Then I measured it. I am surprised this box can do this. No doubt some EQ in there, but that doesnt appear detrimental. It has 3 extension settings an 2 EQ settings. This was the flattest. (A, A).
200w class D. Obviously there is going to be a SPL and distortion limit with these (I'll take stepped distortion measurements later), but the intention is to use 4 of them, so not going to be driven to distruction. So this is actually a very tempting purchase considering price/performance. Use with a bit of judicious EQ and thats pretty flat to 20Hz.
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Wow, it's small enough to fit into one of the cubby holes of the Ikea Kallax I use to store LP's:
I think you mean it is small enough to put four of them in this Ikea Kallax sub rack.
If I was a salesman, I would say that is 32 inches of fast, tight subwoofery.
Knowing about pi and stuff I would only claim 16 inch equivalence.