Friday, April 20, 2007

How Wireless Home Theater Speakers End Wire Snarls

By Tomaz Mencinger

One of the downsides of having your own home theater is the giant snarl of wire that tends to come with the array of devices that make it up. Now, wireless home theater speakers prevent this problem, allowing you to experience movie theater quality sound without the mess of wires and cables ruining the look of the room. Wireless home theater speakers are relatively inexpensive, and have come on the market at the best time to take advantage of advances in home theater technology.

Dolby Surround Sound came onto the scene in the 1970s, making the movie-going experience even more vivid. People who want this experience in their homes have often created their own theaters, but these have been very expensive up until now. Wireless home theater speakers can solve some of this problem.

Instead of creating the surround sound experience by interconnecting many speakers to an amplifier that is hooked to all the other devices in your home theater, the wireless type of home theater speaker works through transmitter/receiver systems. This is much like the method used to control RC cars. Each device is fitted with the appropriate transmitter and receiver, and the sound signal is sent across the room without the need for cluttering wires. This also reduces the expense of home theater sound.

This lower price is not connected to a reduction in quality. The biggest companies in the home audio visual field produce wireless home theater speakers. Kenwood recently released the HTB-S620DV system, which has just as many features as their wired models, including Dolby Digital EX support and DTS sound support. Despite the low cost of only $600 for the Kenwood DVD and amplifier model, these are not low-quality, budget products, but the next thing in home theater entertainment.

Many other big name manufacturers such as Yamaha and Denon are tapping into the wireless home speaker market with products of their own. The new technology makes them comparatively cheaper than conventional technology, while still providing competitive sound quality and performance.

They don't quite match up to the very high end wired systems, which use gold and copper in their connector cables, but wireless home theater systems are far more economical.

The average consumer won't know the difference between wireless home theater speakers and those $5000 plus wired models. The market is expanding and the quality of wireless home theater speakers is improving all the time.

These systems offer an inexpensive solution for people who want their own home theater but can't afford the costly speakers and don't want to deal with all the wires. Wireless home theater systems are sure to replace the conventional wired type as technology continues to improve, and you can be at the forefront of the wireless home speaker movement.

About The Author
Tomaz loves and researches modern technology information and gadgets. For more information about wireless home theater speakers visit his Techno Whiz blog.