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zaphod:
I second the thumbs-down on wireless surrounds. 

Is there another way you can configure your HT setup that would make the surround wiring a little easier?  Or could you snake it up one corner and around the room in the corner of wall/ceiling?  Maybe throw up some molding to help hide it.

ChadTower:

Rear speakers carry such a small amount of actual sounds... I can't imagine it would be all that stressful a thing to have with a powered wireless transmitter.  A passive one would of course suck but one with a power supply could work quite well in theory for rears.

shardian:

--- Quote from: CCM on November 27, 2007, 02:13:20 pm ---My friend has wireless surround speakers and they sound horrible and they don't always work.  I would stay away from them.

--- End quote ---

Well, the question is are his stock wireless, as in they get their wireless signal straight from the receiver? Do they plug in or run off a battery? What wattage are they?

Dustin Mustangs:
I have one of those general how-to books from Home Depot and they show a technique where you pull off your baseboards and cut a channel in the drywall behind them.  Run the wires through the channel, terminate were desired, re-install base boards, and your good to go.  One downfall to this method is if you have a door along your intended route.  I guess you'd have to do the same thing but with the trim around the door.

 :cheers:

ChadTower:

If you go that route, odds are your drywall doesn't extend completely to the floor anyway, so you may not have to cut a channel at all.  This method doesn't address getting the wire from the floor level up to the speaker, though, wherever it ends up being.

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