Advent AW810 900 MHz Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Speaker System

by Advent

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 7.5 x 9.5 inches ; 6.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000JII6
• Item model number: AW810
• Batteries: 8 C batteries required.
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (97 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #7,727 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 20, 2006

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Advent AW810 900 MHz Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Speaker lets you enjoy to your favorite music virtually anywhere in your home and yard. The 900 MHz wireless signal technology travels with ease through walls, floors, ceilings and other obstacles, delivering high-quality stereo sound up to 300 feet. Just hook up the transmitter to your main stereo and set up the wireless speaker wherever you want to listen to your CDs, MP3s, tapes or records. The system features dual power options that allow you to plug in the speaker with the included AC adapter or install 8 C cell batteries for maximum placement flexibility.

The two-way speaker features a waterproof 5" woofer and 1" dome tweeter for extended high frequencies and rich bass sound. The speaker is compatible with most audio sources, including TVs, stereo receivers/amps, boom boxes, CD/DVD players, cassette players and more.

Product Description

900 MHZ Indoor/Outdoor Wireless Water Resistant Speaker up to 300 feet Range - Two-way acoustic Suspension Design

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

76 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let's disturb the neighbors!, July 16, 2003

By	May V. Ray (Mogollon, NM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Advent AW810 900 MHz Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Speaker System (Electronics)

I love the digital music channels provided through my cable TV service, and I wanted to be able to listen to this music outside. I just got so sick of dragging the boom box outside during dinner parties or while gardening and then having to fuss with changing CDs--especially when I had great music playing inside the house.

The speaker has exceeded my expectations. If you read the directions carefully and follow them step-by-step, you'll have good sound outdoors, too. I was up and running with tunes oustide within ten minutes. I needed another five minutes to fine tune, which was easily accomplished by reading the instructions and the troubleshooting guide. (If you refuse to read instructions or to show a little patience, you get what you deserve.)

Contrary to what you may have read in other reviews, if the unit is set up correctly, the sound is NOT thin. The bass is substantial and even with the volume set to maximum, there is no distortion. I set up the speaker (loud!) and strolled my entire yard perimeter, as well as the far side of my neighbor's yard, and could hear everything perfectly. I used the cordless phone right next to the unit--no problem. The distance from my stereo to the backyard is the entire depth of the house--about 60 feet--with signal passing through several plaster and brick walls. I found that it's important to place the transmitter up as high as you can. That solved the few little sound problems I had at setup. What can I say? It sounds great and I love it.

56 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful product of its kind, June 23, 2003

By	A. Thai "Hifi Dude" (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Advent AW810 900 MHz Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Speaker System (Electronics)

I'm very happy with this wireless speaker set. It offers much more stable tuning than the Recoton set I owned 7 years ago. It's especially rewarding when the price I paid for this Advent set was clearance price at 50% off.

Regardless of the price, I plan to buy at least one more set for the other bathroom and also sunroom. It's over all quite musical, to my pleasant surprise, even though I wish for a bit more upper midrange and higher frequencies.

Signal strength/range is rather good, perfectly adequate for my 1600-sq-ft. home. Those customers who give a 1 or 2 ranking for this model probably didn't read the manual carefully. One important step is to avoid overloading the transmitter with loud audio source. That would make the speaker sound as if damaged or having a bad transmission. Input should be only loud enough to make the red light blink intermittenly. It's important to adjust the level of input volume especially when connecting to a CD player, which usually generates rather strong output.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works for me, June 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Advent AW810 900 MHz Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Speaker System (Electronics)

I bought this for my parents just a couple of days ago so I haven't used it enough to know completely if there will be hissing/popping etc. However, I have tried 3 different places outside of my house and it sounds great. I read the manual and did exactly what it said. I have it plugged into my headphone jack on my stereo. I have a $600.00 receiver so that might make a difference??? I doubt it though. I played a CD on my 10 year old CD player and it sounded wonderful. It is definitely loud enough (it has volume control). I actually had my receiver volume lower than the manual told me to put it and it still works great. It only took a couple of seconds to get it tuned in to where there was no static.

Now for the rest of the story. Yes, if you do have several people moving around in and out of the house, then you will get static. If you use a cordless phone or a cell phone around it, you'll get static, but that's life of wireless products. It's not that bad either. Haven't you listened to a radio and you move a bit and get static? same thing. Plus, haven't you heard static on your cordless phone when you're around electrical stuff? that's the same thing too. I bought this for my parents to use in their hot tub area (so noone should really be moving around).

So far, I have no complaints about this product. Only praise. Make sure and read the directions when you're hooking it up. Plus, I would suggest plugging it into a headphone jack on your stereo equipment. I have not plugged it in using the RCA jacks, but I know the headphone jack works great.

I'm sure it's different for different people and different surroundings. I have a brick house so the "waves" are going through wood and brick just fine. I don't know about metal. I'm sure that would hinder it's performance. Plus I've tested it up to about 30 feet (not 300 like it says it can go). If you're interested in this product. I would go ahead and buy it to try it, but make sure you can return it. I bought it at my local [store] - more expensive than what I found online, but I got it same day and I can return it if I don't like it.