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Cheap Wireless speakers
Can anybody help me?
I have a friend who owns a cafe, he is playing spotify and wants 2 to 4 wireless speakers for one large room which is quite large and has plenty of reflections. I guess we will have to buy a tablet and plug in a mini jack into it. Also it's got to be cheap...!
This being a coffee shop it's just background music so sound quality only needs to be only half decent and he's on a tight budget!
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Re: Cheap Wireless speakers
2014/12/08 14:54:34
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it'd be cheaper to wire speakers from a typical boom box.
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Re: Cheap Wireless speakers
2014/12/08 16:50:50
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Go to the Alto web site, they sell exactly what he needs. I think it's not a common product other than bluetooth which would be probably too small. http://www.altoproaudio.com/products/ts112w Alto powered speakers are getting good reviews. I'm thinking of getting a pair. ( not wireless) All the stores say they have sold a lot of them and none have come back so far. And best of all they are as cheap as you can get. Same price as the "B" brand.
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Re: Cheap Wireless speakers
2014/12/08 17:07:38
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Thanks. First thing I did was recommend cable but he wants wireless.
Speakers don't need to be powerful BTW, rather they need to be cheap :) It's mainly for muzak. Thanks...
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Re: Cheap Wireless speakers
2014/12/09 06:33:04
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Is he happy changing batteries twice a day? Or would he rather run mains cable to powered speakers than speaker cable to passive ones?
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Re: Cheap Wireless speakers
2014/12/09 07:02:47
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I used to work for a Jukebox and background music company. What he wants will be bad. He is going to have to spend $$ for even a basic system for background music. Put up a cheap speaker system and it will be crap (and could even drive away customers).
Wireless may work but it needs to be a decent system and that means spending $$.
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Re: Cheap Wireless speakers
2014/12/09 12:23:11
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For playing Muzak in a business he could ask a professional audio contractor. They specialize in these systems and have all the proper info.
Now we have wireless and cat5 systems. But you won't find these products in a music store or at Radio Shack. It's a specialty industry that's a sub set of being an audio engineer, contractor, installer.
Example TOA, Factor, Erickson Commercial,
But that said most Cafes have a cheap getto blaster and run undersized wire into a bunch of plastic speakers (2 ohm load ??) and seems to work fine.
Blue tooth will be the only choice at the low end of things.
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Re: Cheap Wireless speakers
2014/12/09 13:56:00
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If he wants cheap he should forget about wireless. You can score an old amp, two passive speakers, and cable for a pittance these days and then the system is self contained. All he needs is the input source. The speakers can get signal with just speaker wire (ie, no power needed) and he get something good sounding.
Wireless though? That's current technology and will cost him money. But if he really wants to save money I'd just get a FoxL or two. Super small and big sound. You gotta recharge them, which will get annoying, but they're super portable.
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Re: Cheap Wireless speakers
2014/12/28 18:18:49
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Finally managed to convince him to go wired (he looked at this post and saw everybody had similar opinions)... He will be able to obtain a half decent system now rather than a sh1ty cheapo wireless system. Thanks to all.
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Re: Cheap Wireless speakers
2014/12/28 18:45:32
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Re: Cheap Wireless speakers
2014/12/28 18:53:52
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Well, yes... if he is going wired he should just get a pair of Klipchorns or some Altec Voice of the Theater, maybe some Realistic Mach IIIs. I am half serious, I really like speakers from the 70s stereo wars. There are some Pioneer and Sansui speakers that are incredible, as well as being nice furniture.  Oh... I forgot you said cheap! Look for Pioneer SX-1010 that has been checked out and find some Machs or some Sansui or Pioneer speakers with the lattice and never look back. They still don't make stereos to compare to these.
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Re: Cheap Wireless speakers
2014/12/28 19:04:21
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We tried a Bose system with a sub and it sounded great for the price. He really only needs two speakers plus sub for the large room. £200 or less on eBay. And yes exactly know where you are coming from jbow. I wouldn't swap my 1980's seperates HiFi for the world and could buy it again online for peanuts.
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Re: Cheap Wireless speakers
2014/12/29 04:49:14
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jbow
Well, yes... if he is going wired he should just get a pair of Klipchorns or some Altec Voice of the Theater, maybe some Realistic Mach IIIs.
I am half serious, I really like speakers from the 70s stereo wars. There are some Pioneer and Sansui speakers that are incredible, as well as being nice furniture.
Oh... I forgot you said cheap!
Look for Pioneer SX-1010 that has been checked out and find some Machs or some Sansui or Pioneer speakers with the lattice and never look back. They still don't make stereos to compare to these.
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Re: Cheap Wireless speakers
2014/12/29 05:41:52
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Well, if wired, something like these speakers may work. Passive Speaker System.  6" Woofer speaker system can handle up to 280 watts power $199.99 or so for a pair http://www.jbl.com/estore...roductOnly&sCatId=bookshelf speaker. Sensitivity(2.83V@1m) 88dBMaximum Recommended Amplifier Power150WCrossover Frequencies3000Hz – 24dB/octave; 9000Hz – 18dB/octaveFrequency Response(-3dB) 50Hz – 40kHzNominal Impedance8 ohmsPower Handling (Peak)280WPower Handling (Recommended)70WFive year warranty.
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