Wireless/Bluetooth Subwoofer Options

[Seight_Returns]

I'm having an extension built at home which will incorporate a modest 5.1 surround system.

I'm having speaker cables for ceiling speakers installed as part of the build.

I'm unsure where I want to put the subwoofer in the room, so don't want to commit to having a subwoofwer cable installed.

I haven't bought a receiver yet - but am intending to go for a budget Yamaha receiver, RXV475 or similar which doesn't have any inbuilt Bluetooth or Wifi functionality.

What I'd like to do would be to drive the subwoofer wirelessly. Looking around I see that Bluetooth subwoofers seem to be the norm for soundbar systems but I can't find any standalone ones.

Ideally I'd like to be able to buy some kind of accessory that will enable me to choose whatever subwoofwer I like and connect it wirelessly to my basic AV amp. Does such a thing exist and if so are they any good ?

[VEX]

The simple solution I do for installs is to run ordinary (sat quality) coax to two or three locations in a room. Subwoofer signals work perfectly well over these cables and are a good cheap way to keep flexibility.

Alternatively there are a couple of manufacturers that offer wireless subs, the ones I have used in the past have been from Polk Audio but the have changed distributor recently so I need to do some digging to find out where they have gone.

V.

[ASK1974]

One of these will do the trick assuming your AVR is in the same or next room. Velodyne's WiConnect. Place your sub anywhere you have power.

http://velodyne.com/product-accessories/wiconnect-...

[Seight_Returns]

ASK1974 said:

One of these will do the trick assuming your AVR is in the same or next room. Velodyne's WiConnect. Place your sub anywhere you have power.

http://velodyne.com/product-accessories/wiconnect-...

Thanks - that's exactly the sort of thing I wanted - but the UK distributor only sells the wireless subwoofers, not the transmitter/reciever.

I've seen traces of the Polk product VEX refers to on various websites but no-one has stock. Saw one on Ebay in the US but 110v/60hz so no good.

I thought this would be a common requirement and there would be a mainstream product available - apparently not.

I think getting my builder to run a few metres of coax from where teh amp will be going to a backbox/coax faceplate at each of the 2 or 3 potential SW locations before the room gets plasterboarded, as VEX suggests, is going to be the cheapest and most effective solution.

Many thanks both of you for your replies.