Once all is hooked up, go to the transceiver and receivers to switch them on and press the link buttons and wait for the green lights to signal that everything is connecting.
To give the system a good listen, I powered up a Samsung Blu-ray player with the civil war film Gods and Generals—lots of bullets, cannon fire and triumphant music.
First off, the main front speakers and subwoofer performed very well, especially considering the whole system sells for only $800. Dialog was clear amid bombs bursting in air and horses galloping to and fro. The subwoofer carries a lot of punch. It’s a bit boomier than higher-end subwoofers, but users who want to feel the soundtrack in their gut will get their wish.
But what about those wireless surround speakers—true to it’s word, the Acoustic Research system works. The rear receivers picked up all the surrround effects, without any delay that I could notice or interference from other electronic devices. When the transceiver was hooked up with speaker wire, I could detect a very slight hiss (the speaker inputs on the transceiver were not designed for the large gauge wire I used) but not when I connected the transceiver via RCA cables.
The wireless speaker system is a good solution for people dead set against lots of speaker wire. Interestingly, there’s nothing particularly unique about the speakers themselves, so in another form, this system could even work with other speakers. Maybe that’s something to look for in the future.
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