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Advent AW820 Wireless Stereo Speaker System

Advent AW820 Wireless Stereo Speaker System

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Your Price: $129.34
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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great product ever!!
Review: This product has excellent sound. I couldnt find a better set of wireless speakers. The distance you can move the speakers is awsome! I think everyone should own this product!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Just ok, not as good as expected.
Review: To read the reviews from others on these speakers (huge speakers, btw)
you'd think they were just like wired without the
tiedowns. Maybe they are, but I live in a suburb neighborhood and
my speakers pickup noise constantly. It's impossible to find
a clear channel, they pick up various transmissions, and
they're difficult to adjust frequencies with any certainty.

First, lets take up the channel thing - I've run the dial
(way to adjust the channel freq they use) back from one end to

the other without finding a clear, static free channel. This is
equally frustrating because you have to change the dial on the
transmitter AND the receiver. This isnt good unless they're both
side by side. If I had wanted side by side I'd have bought wired
speakers. The best I could find was a channel with a low whine
in the background.

Next, lets talk about what the speakers receive. This is
actually funny. We were listening to someone's vacuum cleaner for
a while off their baby monitor, we got a long rather racy CB
discussion, and we heard two of our neighbors chatting away on their
wireless phones about their kids not getting along all
the time. Hmph, I thought they played rather well with all the
other kids...

Lastly, the frequency issue. Freq. is adjusted via a little
dial on the front of the speaker. There's one on each speaker
and one on the transmitter. Now, the only way you know you have
the right signal on reciever and transmitter is that the light
on the speaker turns green. It doesnt matter if the freq is clear
or full of static, if they're noticing each other it's green.
Now, take my situation. We have the transmitter downstairs and
the recievers (speakers) upstairs. Every time someone changes
the channel on their phone or something affects quality, I'm
mr. marathon man running up and down the stairs till I get both
synced up and on a clear channel. This can take upwards of 30
mins. (turn dial downstairs, run upstairs and turn dial..check
for static, repeat.) I'm sure I've lost about 5 lbs just for
buying these with all the running. It seems like they could use
a digital tuner or an "auto scan" mode for finding a clear freq.
for this kind of money. (My auto radio is 250.00 and it has one!)
Oh well, maybe in the next model.

In short summary, they're probably ok if you live out where
there's no interference, but for us suburbanites they're just
barely functional in my opinion.


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