Rocketfish Universal Wireless Rear Speaker Kit Review

Mar 17 2008, 12:00am CDT | by Shane McGlaun

The problem with home theater systems are all the wires. Speaker wires for the front speakers aren’t all that bad. However, that changes when it comes time to run the rear speakers, especially if you have a large room that you need to run speaker wire through for the rear speakers. Thankfully Rocketfish has the answer to the problem of running rear speaker wires for your home theater with a universal wireless rear speaker kit. Today we are going to take a look at the Rocketfish Wireless Rear Speaker Kit.

Gallery

4 images

Benchmarks

Features & Specifications
The Rocketfish Wireless Rear Speaker Kit uses wireless connectivity to send the audio signal from your AV receiver to the rear speakers with up to a 100-foot range. The system promises uncompressed CD-quality audio to the rear speakers and includes the transmitter, receiver, stand and two sections of speaker wire for connecting the transmitter to your AV receiver.

Connection & Use
Connecting the Rocketfish Wireless Rear Speaker Kit to my SLS Audio AV receiver was easy and straight forward. The transmitter is a small device about the size of your typical DSL modem and requires an AC outlet to operate. The kit includes the speaker wires to connect the transmitter to your receiver. The only control on the transmitter are a power button and a connect button for pairing with the receiver.

The receiver unit is larger than the transmitter at approximately twice as large. The receiver has a built in AC cord that can be wound around an internal spool to minimize the amount of extra cord you have to deal with. Controls on the receiver include a volume control for the rear speakers.

Once everything was connected up the system worked flawlessly. As soon as I pressed the connect button on the transmitter the rear speakers synced up. In my room the rear speakers are about 30 feet from the transmitter. There was no lag, popping or other issue noticeable with the sound when watching a Blu-ray movie.

I could hear no discernable difference when using the Rocketfish Wireless Rear Speaker Kit compared to when I used the rear speakers directly connected to my AV receiver. The sound is clear and the only way you know that the rear speakers aren’t connected directly to your AV receiver is because your wife isn’t complaining about the speaker wires running across the living room. The only bad thing about the technology used here is that it still requires an AC adapter. Once someone figures about a way to power this sort of system with batteries it will be perfect.

Verdict

Conclusion

Pros

Easy to set up
Works very well
Small and easy to hide

Cons

Requires AC outlet

Verdict
The Rocketfish Wireless Rear Speaker Kit is exactly the sort of device that can be the difference between getting a home theater in your living room and not getting one. Anyone with a significant other more apt to consider the visual appearance of a room over the audible bliss of surround sound will know how hard it can be to get speaker wires past the wife approval-o-meter. Thanks to Rocketfish Wireless Rear Speaker Kit your spouse now has one less reason to not let you get your surround sound.

9.0

Updates

TiVo to Present at the Twenty-Eighth Annual Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Strategic Decisions Conference 2012

Source: iStockAnalyst

About TiVo Founded in 1997, TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) developed the first commercially available digital video recorder (DVR). TiVo offers the TiVo service and TiVo DVRs directly to consumers online at www.tivo.com and through thi ...
Full article at: iStockAnalyst More like this 1 hour ago

DVD: Newswire: Amazon opens "Never Before On DVD" store, mostly collects stuff already available

Source: The A.V. Club

The shift toward on-demand production of DVDs of unavailable titles in the past few years has been one of the most welcome moves in home entertainment, even if the number of titles available still lags. No ...
Full article at: The A.V. Club More like this 2 hours ago

Dudley Mansion items going on the block

Source: Wilmington Star-News

Patsy Watson (left) and daughter Twyla Satterfield of Wilmington look at a sideboard on Friday, May 25, 2012, during a preview of items from the Dudley Mansion at Big South Auctions ...
Full article at: Wilmington Star-News More like this 2 hours ago

where to buy

Buy from Amazon

Don't miss ...

Home Entertainment

LG hires Megan Fox to Promote LG's Cinema 3D TVs...

Shane McGlaun
Leading our review center, Shane knows technology inside out. His extensive experience in testing computer hardware and consumer electronics enable him to effectively qualify new products and trends. If you want us review your product, please contact Shane.
Shane can be contacted directly at shane@i4u.com.