5.1 surround-sound speaker system with wireless rears?

[wax lyrical]

Does this exist? Must have great lag-free sound quality - will be paired up with an LG OLED TV.

Thanks!

[SuperchargedVR6]

Plenty of wireless speakers around but the amp would have to output the rear channels over wireless / Bluetooth or what ever. That might narrow down the options somewhat.

I know B&O have done wireless 5/7.1 for a while now, but we all know how much that stuff costs!

[wax lyrical]

Any other options or advice?

[SuperchargedVR6]

Does your amp have line level outputs for the rear channel? That is your first hurdle.

[matjk]

I've been looking into this for ages now, and although you would think it would be a farily easy and popular option it seems this is not the case.
You can kinda do it with a sonos soundbar, then have a Sub and use 2 play1s as your rears, infact you could use play3 or 5 if you have the cash, I listened to this setup John Lewis the other week and it sounded very good, but its in the 1000's. Bose do a similar setup now with a soundbar and wirless rears. I want a good elegant setup and it should not have to cost over £1k but its a struggle. Philips used to do one that had battery powered rears, you just picked them up off fronts and placed them behind you, i liked that idea as wireless is never wireless but i dont think they make it anyomre. Be interested to see what you find

[Jez O]

I'm looking for something similar. As already posted above, Phillips do a soundbar called Fidelio b5 where the ends detach to be used as completely wireless rears. It doesn't seem to be made anymore though. Phillips also do a full 5.1 system - search for Phillips zenit 5.1. I can't find any reviews though.
I also tried a KEF universal wireless system from eBay which was DOA unfortunately but would have worked well.

I can't believe there are so few options for this either. Good luck!

[remould]

Sony do a system,soundbar looks with wireless surrounds and sub,model is HR5-RT

[superstreek]

Interesting topic as I am also looking for something along these lines.

E5 Looks nice but have never been a huge Philips fan and I do like the idea of occasional surround.

Sony looks nice but you still need power to the rears, which could be an issue for needs.

http://www.whathifi.com/philips/fidelio-e5/review

Davie

[tankplanker]

If you can't provide power and can't provide a speaker cable then you are stuck with batteries that will need replacing or recharging at some point.

Any particular reason you can't have wired speakers? The difference in price between wired and wireless at present the money saved going for wired you could pay for somebody to lay the cable under the carpet/flooring and still save money.

[superstreek]

A combination or concrete floors with tile and an impending house move.
And to be fair most of the time I would use 2.1 anyway, so if something has a slick charging solution that would be nice.

Davie

[parabolica]

Was just looking at this an hour ago. It's a home cinema system rather than just a speaker system, but the rears are wireless. Got me tempted as I'm moving house and my old system is due an upgrade.

[anonymous-user]

Samsung K950 Soundbar might work for you.

Atmos support, rear wireless speakers. The sound is pretty amazing, so is the price tag.

http://www.samsung.com/uk/audio-video/soundbar-k95...