Audio Unlimited Wireless Speakers with Remote (SPK-VELO-001)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 7.8 x 10.2 inches ; 7.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000N5WINO
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: SPK-VELO-001
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (237 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)

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Product Description

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Great Sound, Inside or Outside the Home

Audio Unlimited 900MHz Wireless Speaker solutions offer unlimited installation options for today's consumer seeking high quality sound virtually anywhere. The beauty of this amazing technology is all of the 900MHZ wireless speaker options/products run on the same transmitter and frequency allowing you to add as many speakers as required for you unique installation. The signal works just like high powered wireless 900MHz phones delivering a crystal clear signal through walls or any other obstacles in your yard offering endless installation options.

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Weather-Resistant, Wireless Sound for Listening to Music Indoors and Out

Integrated brackets allow for mounting on vertical surfaces

Unlike the speaker, the transmitter is not waterproof

Your Music, Anywhere

Listen to music just about anywhere without the hassle of running unsightly speaker wire! These high-quality, weather-resistant speakers can even be used in wet areas. Powered by 900MHz Phase Loop Lock circuitry which automatically locks in and keeps the audio signal clear and strong within a range of up to 150 feet with no line of sight limitations. The signal works just like high powered wireless 900MHz phones delivering a crystal clear signal through walls or any other obstacles in your yard truly offering endless installation options.

Expansion is Easy

The system transmitter supports all types audio inputs including RCA inputs for home theatre receivers, MP3 players, computers and iPods. Audio Unlimited's wireless speaker system is the perfect solution for adding music around the pool/spa, on the patio, near the BBQ, in your office, garage, in the garden, or out on the deck during those hot summer nights. With the optional add-on units (sold separately SPK-VELO2) you can spread the sound even further around your garden and they can all work off of the same original transmitter. These stylish portable speakers come with a remote, so you can fine tune without having to play with the unit itself. Have time for fun with your guests, not a bunch of buttons.

No-Hassle Installation

The wireless speaker system does not require any kind of speaker wire making installation quick, easy, and painless. Stop digging up your lovely yard to install troublesome speaker wire. Audio Unlimited's 900MHz Wireless Speaker system offers all the same quality sound as more expensive wired solutions without the headache of dealing with annoying trench digging to install troublesome speaker wire which can potentially fail due to corrosion and moisture. Even the power options are varied— the speakers can either be battery powered, using 6 C cell batteries per speaker (not included) or with the included AC adapter.

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What Kind of Audio Unlimited Products Are Right for You?

Audio Unlimited's 900MHz wireless speakers and headphones solution truly offers unlimited installation options for your home. The beauty of this technology is that all of the 900MHZ wireless products run on the same transmitter and frequency, allowing you to add as many speakers as required for your unique installation. The signal works just like high-powered wireless 900MHz phones: delivering a crystal clear signal through walls or any other obstacles in your yard and truly offering endless installation options.

Whether you are looking to add sound poolside, on your deck, near your hot tub, garage, bedroom or office, in your garden, or anywhere else you can imagine, Audio Unlimited has the solution.

	Audio Unlimited 900 MHz Wireless Rock Speaker Bundle (SPK-ROCK-DUO)—Audio Unlimited Outdoor Wireless Weather Resistant Rock Speaker System is the perfect solution for today's consumer looking to add to or expand high quality music and home theater sound taking it anywhere outside or inside the home. The system transmitter supports all types audio inputs including RCA inputs for home theater receivers, MP3 players, computers and iPods. This incredible outdoor wireless speaker system does not require any kind of speaker wire making installation quick, easy, and painless. Stop digging up your lovely yard to install troublesome speaker wire.
	Audio Unlimited 900MHz Wireless Rock Speaker System (SPK-ROCK)—Audio Unlimited Outdoor Wireless Weather Resistant Rock Speaker System is the perfect solution for today's consumer looking to add to or expand high quality music and home theater sound taking it anywhere outside or inside the home. The system transmitter supports all types audio inputs including RCA inputs for home theater receivers, MP3 players, computers and iPods. This incredible outdoor wireless speaker system does not require any kind of speaker wire making installation quick, easy, and painless. Stop digging up your lovely yard to install troublesome speaker wire.
	Audio Unlimited 900MHz Wireless Rock Add-on Speaker (SPK-ROCK2)—Audio Unlimited Outdoor Wireless Weather Resistant Rock Add on Speaker is the perfect solution for today's consumer looking to add to or expand high quality music and home theater sound taking it anywhere outside or inside the home. The system transmitter supports all types audio inputs including RCA inputs for home theater receivers, MP3 players, computers and iPods. This incredible outdoor wireless speaker system does not require any kind of speaker wire making installation quick, easy, and painless. Stop digging up your lovely yard to install troublesome speaker wire.
	Audio Unlimited 900MHz Wireless Add-on Speaker (SPK-VELO2)—Listen to music just about anywhere without the hassle of running unsightly speaker wire with Audio Unlimited's indoor / outdoor 900MHz Wireless wall mountable, add-on speaker. These high-quality, weather-resistant speakers can even be used in wet areas. The system transmitter supports all types of audio inputs including RCA inputs for home theater receivers, MP3 players, computers and iPods. Available in black, white, or pink.
	Audio Unlimited PoolPOD 900Mhz Wireless Floating Waterproof Speaker—Audio Unlimited's PoolPod wireless floating speaker allows you to enjoy your music while relaxing in a hot tub, pool or any other water environment. The transmitter delivers a powerful signal through walls or any other obstacles in your yard. Just plug in your iPod, computer, stereo, MP3 player or any device that has a 3.5-millimeter or RCA output and enjoy high quality music without the hassle of running wires.
	Audio Unlimited ShowerPOD 900 Mhz Wireless Shower Speaker—Audio Unlimited's ShowerPod 900MHz wireless shower speaker system allows you to take your favorite tunes into the shower with you. This water resistant speaker is powered by 900MHz PLL circuitry, which guarantees a strong, clear signal up to 150 feet away. The transmitter delivers a powerful signal through walls or any other obstacles keeping your player safe from water.

Product Description

Listen to music just about anywhere without the hassle of running unsightly speaker wire! The powerful transmitter uses 900 MHz technology to send music through walls and floors to the dual wireless speakers up to 150 feet away. These high-quality, weather-resistant speaker can even be used in wet areas. Enjoy the complete freedom of taking your music or other audio almost anywhere.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

169 of 170 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally, wireless speakers that work!, April 1, 2007

By	Sssan "Book hound" (Bay Area, California) - See all my reviews

I bought these wireless speakers with some trepidation, and I love them! The sound is good, they work at the advertised distance, and they look cool! I've tried many other wireless speakers, and all the annoying hisses and drops got to me and I returned every one.

This one's a keeper - even at 900MHz frequency, there's no perceptible interference from other devices, and the sound remained remarkably steady as I moved the speakers from room to room.


On the flip side, a few pet peeves:
- With individual volume controls on each speaker, it's hard to tell if you've got the balance right (this may be moot - see below)
- The transmitter needs plug-in power, not batteries, thus making it less than portable
- The Saitek speakers had one neat feature - the ability to control Windows Media Player functions (pause, skip, etc.) from the speakers and the remote. This is more useful than you can imagine!

Also, I discovered one dirty little secret - that there's no Left and Right channel with these speakers. In other works, sound is not in stereo! This is a bummer (-1 star).

Other than these issues, I think this one's a winner.

102 of 107 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but disappointed, June 10, 2007

By	Jordan Weinstein (Durham, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased these speakers for my screened-in porch, and planned to mount them high on the wall. My thinking was that I could use the remote to turn them on/off. But when you turn them off (on battery power), they stay on standby for about 10 minutes, and then shut off completely - meaning that they don't respond to the remote. This means that I then have to get up on a stool and press the power button manually for each spearker... which isn't a very good system.

Sound quality is good though - just disappointed about the remote functionality.

If you don't need to be able to turn them on/off remotely, these are good speakers.

58 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very Good or Very Bad Depending..., May 9, 2009

By	Michael H. Kay (Hollister, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought these wireless outdoor speakers for a Mothers Day gift for my wife and I have found them to be either very good or very bad, depending on a few critical factors. Of the 150+ reviews I wish someone had taken the time to figure out the "bad" factors - it would have saved my Mothers Day. Here it is for your information - you decide.

The Good:

For the price (under $100) the reproduced sound quality of the speakers is very good. The technical details from Amazon are a bit misleading, though. The speaker has a SINGLE, 3 inch rubberized element housed inside the weatherproof enclosure, projecting the sound upward. There is a venturi sound dispersal structure which sends the sound out the sides and top. There is also a low frequency sound tunnel similar to those used in some high end sound systems (you know the ones, very expensive, four letter name beginning with B and rhyming with "nose.") At 900mhz, the distance is limited. In my ordinary stucco-and-wood two story house, it is about 25-30 feet. By taking the transmitter outside the house the range increased by 3x to 60-75 feet. While the speakers are not truly stereo (they blend the right and left channels into a single mono channel) the sound effect when you're within earshot of both speakers is quite good. With a high quality sound source like an Ipod, the full range of sound can be heard. When I thought some music sounded "tinny" I ultimately traced it back to source; the source music was the cause. The transmitter is quite forgiving about the input sound level. The printed instruction booklet that comes with the speakers gives good advice (set earpiece volume on source device at two thirds full). The speaker enclosure is well thought out, has two simple mounting eyelets on the back where the surface is flat. No mounting screws are included; you'll need to provide those yourself if you want to mount on a wall. There are low-profile four rubberized feet on the bottom in case you want to set it on a delicate surface. The brand name (Audio Unlimited) appears as a small discreet logo on the front of the speaker. The transmitter has two transmission channels selected by a switch on the transmitter itself. Tuning between the two offered channels is a snap, just press the button on each speaker and it automatically finds the signal. There is a reassuring blue LED on the front of the speaker to let you know it is active at full power. Using the remote's Power button puts the speaker in Standby and the LED turns to yellow. To fully power off the speaker you must press the power button on each speaker. The Infrared remote emits a strong enough signal to work in direct sunlight and the infrared sensor on each speaker is a 2 inch oval vrtical window on the front. It works well from just about any angle. Each speaker comes with its own AC power adapter capable of 110-240v input. when loaded with its six C-cell batteries the weight of each speaker is hefty enough to withstand wind gusts or the occasional bump, when not fix-mounted, without toppling over.

The Bad

Each speaker requires 6 (six) C-size 1.5v batteries, not included. The remote needs two AAA batteries (again, NOT included.) If you haven't bought the C-size battery lately and you're accustomed to AA and AAA prices, get ready for a shock. The price for twelve good quality alkaline batteries is between 12 and 26 dollars, depending on brand. I bought Ray-O-Vac at $12. Duracell copper top were $26. I had planned to use rechargeable niMh, but at $14 for TWO batteries (you can find twelve on the internet for about $60), I decided to wait to see if I liked the speakers. I do not know if the speakers will actually work on rechargeable - something to check out before you buy those expensive batteries. Rechargeables are only 1.2volt (versus the 1.5v of regular batteries). Batteries last for approximately 16 hours of continuous use.

NOW HERE IS THE REALLY IMPORTANT PART:

If you are surrounded by lots of wireless technology already - wireless telephones, wireless internet, wireless security, wireless garage door openers, wireless mailbox sensors, wireless garage door sensors, wireless iPod headphones, bluetooth headsets, bluetooth printers, keyboards, mouse... THESE SPEAKERS ARE NOT FOR YOU.

I'm a fairly geeky guy who loves his gadgets, and I reasoned that most of my devices operate at or above 2.5ghz and wouldn't interfere. I was WRONG! by process of elimination I figured out that you need to get up abouve 5ghz to be safe from interference with this device. Remember this is an analog device that translates signals into sounds. Our ears are remarkably sensitive to any interference. And the digital kind of interference doesn't come across the speakers the gentle hiss of background static; it comes across as sharply (loud) punctuated squeals, cracks and pops. I live on a golf course, and by taking the transmitter and speaker out onto the middle of the fairway behind my house (with a long extension cord for the transmitter) I was able to eliminate all interference. But as soon as I went back near the house, the transmitter needed to be 4-5 feet away from the speakers to eliminate most of the digital wireless interference (it never truly went away unless I was on the fairway, well removed from any human digital wireless technology).

Summary

If you live in a relatively wireless-free world, or all your other wireless devices operate above 5ghz, these are great value for the money - watch the batteries, the cost can quickly overrun what you paid for the speakers.