Simply place the speakers anywhere you are such as the beach or a campsite in the mountains and you will be inundated with the soothing sounds of your music.

An increasing number of wireless audio transmitter products promise the ultimate freedom in streaming music all over the house. We will take a look at different products and technologies to find out in how far these products are useful for whole-house audio applications and what to look out for when buying a wireless system.

Digital wireless audio transmitter products utilize a digital protocol. The audio is first converted to digital data before being transmitted. This method ensures that the audio quality is fully preserved. Some transmitters use some form of audio compression, such as Bluetooth transmitters, which will degrade the audio to some degree. Transmitters which send the audio data uncompressed will achieve the highest fidelity.

Powerline products send the audio via the power mains and offer great range. They run into problems in houses where there are separate mains circuits in terms of being able to cross over into another circuit. Also, these products build in a delay of several seconds to safeguard against transmission errors during power surges and spikes which prevents their use in applications where the audio from wireless speakers has to be in sync with other non-wireless speakers or video.

Select a transmitter that has all of the audio inputs you need, e.g. speaker inputs, RCA inputs etc. Choose a system where you can add receivers later on which offer all of the required outputs, e.g. amplified speaker outputs, RCA outputs etc.

If you go with a digital audio transmitter, choose one with an input audio level control knob to prevent the audio signal from clipping inside the transmitter audio converter. This will ensure optimum dynamic range regardless of the signal level of your equipment.

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