So I, probably like most you, get a lot of calls from friends and relatives asking question about TV's and speakers. When most people come over and see my dedicated HT they immediately go into "i have to have this" mode and begin bombarding me with calls and text about what do i buy first? Though very little actually ever materializes. I did however get a call yesterday that puzzled me. A very excited friend called to say his wife had approved a surround sound system for their living room. He then went onto explain that for stealth and convince he was going to do 7.1 surround with all in-ceiling speakers. Sigh... for me this is unacceptable in my convoluted audioholic bigotry but the only person that needs to be happy is the owner so whatever. I said "good, have fun building it and be sure to test a lot of setups before buying" He then went on to explain that for even further ease of installation the speakers would all be wireless and battery powered
Ok so I know there are plenty of wireless speaker out there and even battery powered but I always though of those as coffee table and desktop low quality jobs. But I realize that I have no right to piss on others less than audiophile aspirations so I just said "that must be something new. never heard of battery powered, good luck let me know how it turns out".
A bit bewildered I didn't even ask make or model. Anybody know anything about these? Immediate reaction is that batteries in an HT speaker won't last 10 minutes let alone a two hour movie at high volume. Should I organize an intervention?