I purchased these speakers two years ago refurbished for $89. I placed one speaker in a room that is 30 x 42 and connected it to a laptop and LCD projector and had an instant home theater. The remote can not turn on the speakers which doesn't make sense, but the sound is just fine. In my house I have a 5.8 ghz Uniden 4 phones system and G wireless router which does not interfere with the signal. If you have a 900 mhz phone or baby monitor nearby it might mess up as with any wireless device operating in the 900 spectrum. You can power the speakers with D size batteries or plug the speakers into an outlet which is the way I used it and have no problems. I saw a teacher in my building use the same speakers which made me decided to by a pair for myself. The speakers are close to the size of a 2 liter bottle and sound like computer speakers. You are not getting Bose quality speakers, so don't expect perfection. They are good computer quality speakers that give you wireless capabilities. Audio Unlimited SPK-VELO-003 900MHz Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Speakers w/ Remote and Dual Power Transmitter (Black)
My 2 main disappointments upon plugging those in were:
1) Very poor sound quality, worse than pc speakers. This has nothing to do with signal reception - 1 feet away from the transmitter and the signal seemed strong with no interference. The sound is just muffled, similar to what you hear from those cheap tiny iphone speakers that sell for a few bucks.
2) Discovering these do not support stereo sound. Now, I know I should have paid more attention and noticed 'stereo' is not mentioned anywhere in the product description. I simply assumed that since the speakers were shipping in pairs and due to their popularity and price, that they must be stereophonic.
To conclude, there is simply no enjoyment to be had with this set. It feels like you've gone 30 years back in time in terms of music experience. Whatever advantage wireless brings in, goes away when the first few notes play.
If you care anything at all about the quality of sound you listen to, don't get these speakers. If wireless is a must, get something more expensive, preferably from a different company. I recommend you look for "stereo" in the product description and read all the 1 star reviews. If I was less compulsive, I would've been spared this purchase.
This is our second set of this speaker system, the first one having not survived a recent vicious storm, after three years of service in our back yard. If you are looking for top quality sound, these are not the speakers for you. But if you are looking for a serviceable set of wireless speakers that produce "outdoor BBQ" quality sound these fit the bill. The remote is nice for adjusting volume to fit the conversation levels around the speakers. For the price, they are a good reliable system. We did not experience the interference problems mentioned in other reviews and our base is proximate to a full wireless home office, including wireless router, printers, server and workstations.Our first set lived outside under our open porch roof for their entire three years. We just plugged an iPod into the base and turned the speakers on whenever we went outside, never bothering to bring them in when the weather was bad.
I have tried hooking these up both indoors and out, from 10 feet to 50 feet away but no matter what I try the sound is awful and there is a ton of interference. The auto tune does very little to improve things and changing the channel only means slightly less static. In addition it is not a real ipod dock, it only plugs into your headphone jack and will not charge your ipod.
These speakers use an analog RF link. They pick up a lot of interference resulting in a lot of static in the sound output. Its completely unbearable. These speakers are not cheap enough to justify this poor sound quality.
I have purchased five of these speakers in less than two years. I am a senior citizen and do not play sound full volume and have used speakers only occasionally (certainly not daily). After the first speaker passed the one year warranty period it developed horrible static and noise problems. I contacted Cables Unlimited and was told that the speaker could not be repaired and speaker was out of warranty, and they recommended buying new, which I did and purchased two more. Again, after the warranty period expired the speakers developed static and noise problems which made them unusable. i was told by Cables Unlimited that the manufacturer does not supply parts to repair the speakers and to look for a repair shop (which may or may not be able to fix the speakers) or buy new. Now, I have three unusable speakers that cannot just be discarded in the trash. As an environmentally concerned consumer, I abhor this waste and hopefully anyone thinking of purchasing these speakers will think twice about doing so given my experience. I just can't afford to keep purchasing new speakers after making these high price purchases and only getting probably less than a year's usage from them.
I've hesitated buying wireless outdoor speakers for quite a while, expecting poor sound quality. But I grew tired of always hauling my Bose system outside every time we wanted to entertain on our deck. When I received the Audio Unlimited speakers, I was immediately impressed with the great styling of the speakers and with the heavy construction. The quality LOOKED great. After only a moment or two (just long enough to drop in batteries), I was up and running. Again, I found myself impressed--this time with the ease of use. Finally, I powered up the system and found high-quality sound pouring out of the speakers.
The system is expandable, including availability of speakers designed to look like rocks. Now that I've seen the quality first-hand, I will expand this with some additional speakers quickly.
Finally, having this available for Prime shipping with Amazon was fantastic. I upgraded to one day shipping for about $4. This same option through a non-Prime shipper would have cost me nearly $60!!! Prime shipping rocks, and is key to me when I am selecting products. - Good Price - Outdoor Wireless Speakers - Outdoor Wireless Speaker - Wireless Outdoor Speaker'
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