Conventional hi-fi to wireless speakers ?

[rlw]

Putting the hi-fi back together after a recent move and wondering two things. It's all old Linn, Naim, Epos kit and works a treat but....

Is there a way, using appropriate speakers, to do away with the need for speaker cables so they can be repositioned anywhere?

Will the sound be as good if I did that, using decent speakers obviously?

Ta.

[Tony1963]

You’d need active speakers that can receive either WiFi or Bluetooth. Problem being, you’d then render all your decent amps etc redundant. And don’t forget the speakers will need power from somewhere too.

[matjk]

Nothings been invented yet .
Either stick with what you have and hide the cables as best you can
OR
Flog everything as replace with WiFi compatible speakers . Sonos, Yamaha, bluesound no name a few all sell them .
Honestly I wouldn’t go back to separates and speaker cable now. I much prefer multi room music and convenience of streaming

[paralla]

I have settled on a halfway house solution of a pair of Sonos play 1’s In the bedrooms, hidden away Sonos Connect Amp’s powering pairs of ceiling speakers in the kitchen and bathroom and outdoor speakers in the garden.

The big Denon AV amplifier and KEF speakers in the front room is mostly used for 5.1 TV viewing but also takes a signal from a Sonos Connect to integrate the front room with Sonos and Spotify and the rest of the house.

AV Amp and 5.1 speaker package outperforms the Sonos equivalents at the price.

[911newbie]

Or.... digitise all your formats, buy a new set of powered speakers and a streamer.

I think Linn themselves do powered speakers with wireless connectivity ?
Pretty darned expensive of course.

I'm slowly digitising* my vinyl and CD collection. Not gone down the active speakers route.

• Slow and fiddly but the convenience is probably worth it.

I cannot detect a quality drop using flac format, even when the CD player (marantz CD player) is up against the Raumfeld Connector.

[Narcisus]

Have a look at KEF. I have a pair of LSX on my desk but they also make the LS50 if you want as bigger sound.

[JimexPL]

Dynaudio have a range of models to do exactly that.
The first gen Xeos were a little too warm sounding for me, but subsequent models sound great.

PM me if you want a price on any of them - I’m a trade dealer.

[VEX]

Several reputable manufacturers do something like this and the quality is supposed to be good.

SVS do a transmitter kit and active speakers with the receivers built in, even a sub too.

https://www.svsound.com/collections/prime-wireless

I hope to be able to listen to them as soon as we can visit our suppliers.

V.

[Tony1963]

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