Our home theater relies on a single quasi-surround speaker solution mostly due to budget, but also partially because we hate the idea of running speaker wire willy-nilly across our small rental. Wireless speakers may be a future solution when we finally decide to upgrade, especially when prices for performance speakers are coming down to a reasonable mark.
Speaker manufacturer Crystal Audio is offering two wireless speaker solutions, the TR-100 and TR-60. The two wireless systems use a transmitted good up to a 75ft range, with the TR-100 providing up to 100 watts of power driven by an ultra compact 200W stereo amp for each speaker and operated by individual receivers. The more affordable TR-60 has a single receiver powering both speakers with a built-in amp.
Wireless speakers are a cool concept, and if you're okay with some likely fidelity-loss they can be incredibly convenient; thus you're starting to see them in lots of mid-fi home theater-in-a-box solutions.
But, if you're an audio snob who is set on 'full fidelity'; they are likely to leave you disappointed with the quality.
Unless the signal is digital from the stereo to the remote speaker; then converted through an onboard DAC (digital analog converter) and amplified you're going to likely have some signal loss.
It would be really interesting to read a comparison of your Yamaha soundbar to a wireless system and see which you prefer.
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