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Is there a reason manufacturers of speakers and receivers continue to use speaker wire without connectors? Would a connector degrade the audio signal as opposed to bare wire? It seems to me that setting-up one of these systems is more complicated than it should be.
The reason that I hear routinely for no Connectors is High Impedance Joints not to mention the correct polarity of whatever it is you are connecting.
However saying that I recently setup a Samsung 5.1 System and that all had connectors for each device. There was a HDMI from the TV to the Box, and then individual speakers had their own Special Plugs Color Coded for what they where.
So the Center Front had to be plugged to the Center Front Connection and while the Left & Right Front could be mixed up it was more just that. The Rear had a different connector again and while you could mix up the Left & Right Rear that's all of the Mix-up possible.
However having said that way too often these low end Surround Systems don't have anywhere near enough wire between the Speaker and Controller Box for what the Individuals need. In the case of the above setup the Front's where long enough provided you didn't want to move the Front Speakers far enough apart to get good Stereo Separation and the Front Center was a little too short to really suit that particular bench.
Personally I prefer bare wires that you have to strip back and then push into Captive connectors at each end because they are easier to pull through tight spaces. Once you start placing connectors on the ends you need to make bigger holes in things to run the wires and some are very big.
Ideally if you are using connectors you need Gold Connectors so you don't get any High Impedance Joints and then you have the problem of a High Impedance Joint where the wires join the connector so instead of 1 Possible High Impedance Joint at the speaker or Box end you get 2, 1 where the wire joins the connector and the other where the connector in the speaker/Amp joins the wires inside the device.
However saying that with the typical Surround Sound Systems used for Video if you get the speakers out of Phase most people will not notice it as they are all small low powered speakers with limited frequency response and not a great speaker enclosure design, not to mention poor Q on the actual drivers in the enclosures.
All of the Surround Sound Systems that I've seen and while I don't claim to an expert here are low power with crappy drivers in even crappier enclosures. What helps them is Poor Quality Sound on the recorded Video be that a Blueray Disc or HD DVD.
You can accuse these Surround Sound Systems of many things but comparing them to AR Drivers as High End Audio isn't one of them.
Col
However saying that I recently setup a Samsung 5.1 System and that all had connectors for each device. There was a HDMI from the TV to the Box, and then individual speakers had their own Special Plugs Color Coded for what they where.
So the Center Front had to be plugged to the Center Front Connection and while the Left & Right Front could be mixed up it was more just that. The Rear had a different connector again and while you could mix up the Left & Right Rear that's all of the Mix-up possible.
However having said that way too often these low end Surround Systems don't have anywhere near enough wire between the Speaker and Controller Box for what the Individuals need. In the case of the above setup the Front's where long enough provided you didn't want to move the Front Speakers far enough apart to get good Stereo Separation and the Front Center was a little too short to really suit that particular bench.
Personally I prefer bare wires that you have to strip back and then push into Captive connectors at each end because they are easier to pull through tight spaces. Once you start placing connectors on the ends you need to make bigger holes in things to run the wires and some are very big.
Ideally if you are using connectors you need Gold Connectors so you don't get any High Impedance Joints and then you have the problem of a High Impedance Joint where the wires join the connector so instead of 1 Possible High Impedance Joint at the speaker or Box end you get 2, 1 where the wire joins the connector and the other where the connector in the speaker/Amp joins the wires inside the device.
However saying that with the typical Surround Sound Systems used for Video if you get the speakers out of Phase most people will not notice it as they are all small low powered speakers with limited frequency response and not a great speaker enclosure design, not to mention poor Q on the actual drivers in the enclosures.
All of the Surround Sound Systems that I've seen and while I don't claim to an expert here are low power with crappy drivers in even crappier enclosures. What helps them is Poor Quality Sound on the recorded Video be that a Blueray Disc or HD DVD.
You can accuse these Surround Sound Systems of many things but comparing them to AR Drivers as High End Audio isn't one of them.
Col
The sheer volume of transceivers in the average American household is staggering. It comes as no surprise that you have seen the interference first hand. I will refrain from getting in to the effect of radio smog on life forms and stick to the purely technical fact that there is a limited spectrum available for public use. This forces all of our consumer devices in to this narrow band where you have all sorts of electromagnetic cacophony. It???s completely unreasonable. Once all frequencies are sold out we will be moving in to light waves (infra-red) at the high end and sound waves at the low end. I think we need to be making more efficient wireless technology and using less until we can come up with something that makes more sense.
Aperion Audio just released a new 5.1 / 7.1 Wireless Home Theater system that addresses most of the challenges Mark faced in setting up his home theater system.
In addition to fantastic audio, some of the unique features of Aperion???s Home Theater One system include:
1) The system uses the newly opened 5GHz UNII spectrum, which unlike the crowded 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz spectrum, the UNII spectrum is interference free. This means no chance of interference with 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth devices or Microwave ovens
2) The system automatically identifies the location of each speaker in the room within a couple inches of accuracy. This enables the system to automatically configure itself and optimize the volume and delay from each speaker to set the audio sweet spot where ever the user chooses at a touch of a button.
3) 100% wireless audio ??? each speaker has its own amplifier. Plug into power and its ready to go.
4) Completely digital HD audio. There is no conversion to analog and back to digital in this system. It supports full 24 bit, 48KHz, uncompressed audio up to 7.1 channels direct from the content source to the speakers.
For more information go to http://www.aperionaudio.com/wireless_home_theater.aspx. You???ll find links to reviews of the system from David Pogue at the NYTimes, Wired Magazine, and others.
Now for the full disclosure... I???m employed by the company (Summit Semiconductor) that enables many of the features - so I???m a bit biased on the product. If you can overlook this, go to www.aperionaudio.com or www.summitwireless.com to learn more.
In addition to fantastic audio, some of the unique features of Aperion???s Home Theater One system include:
1) The system uses the newly opened 5GHz UNII spectrum, which unlike the crowded 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz spectrum, the UNII spectrum is interference free. This means no chance of interference with 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth devices or Microwave ovens
2) The system automatically identifies the location of each speaker in the room within a couple inches of accuracy. This enables the system to automatically configure itself and optimize the volume and delay from each speaker to set the audio sweet spot where ever the user chooses at a touch of a button.
3) 100% wireless audio ??? each speaker has its own amplifier. Plug into power and its ready to go.
4) Completely digital HD audio. There is no conversion to analog and back to digital in this system. It supports full 24 bit, 48KHz, uncompressed audio up to 7.1 channels direct from the content source to the speakers.
For more information go to http://www.aperionaudio.com/wireless_home_theater.aspx. You???ll find links to reviews of the system from David Pogue at the NYTimes, Wired Magazine, and others.
Now for the full disclosure... I???m employed by the company (Summit Semiconductor) that enables many of the features - so I???m a bit biased on the product. If you can overlook this, go to www.aperionaudio.com or www.summitwireless.com to learn more.
I don't agree. Efficient wireless technology ? a recent study from the university of Ottawa in Canada shows that wireless tech has an impact in the the brain cells. Neurons signals can be misinterpreted from the brain if exposed to many wireless sources. Long term side effects of wireless tech are unknown. If this technology is really damaging to our CN system than we will all be effected..
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