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I've had these speakers for a while now, and I tried, really tried to get them to stop picking up interference. Even when the transmitter is a few inches away, they'd still squawk and spatter, ruining the music. No way to attenuate their receive sensitivity. So, into the trash they will go, so much for that folly outlay of cash.
I love the concept of wireless speakers - who wouldn't. But these just don't work. Forget the stated range. We ended up using an ipod or playing music streamed to computer speakers.
At first, I encountered the same problem but with some tweaking found that the transmitter wouldn't cut off if you turn the signal all the way up on it and use the controls on the H. These work fine as remote speakers when listening to music. There is a timer on the transmitter that cuts off the power automatically after a minute or so of low or no signal - a frequent occurence in movies. the 1550 comes with two 50 amp wireless amps that need plugging in and hook up to your speakers using regular speaker wire. Quality, noise free wireless sound with plenty of power @ 50 amps. Pop - off they go and they won't come back up unless you crank the volume and even then not for awhile.
You then turn the volume down on the remote amps until you get the desired surround volume. The problem comes when using them as surround rear speakers with home theater. Theater system to turn up the gain on the surround outputs to +10db - that's the trick. Theres nothing you can do to make them work. However, I returned them and replaced them with Amphony wireless model 1550 which uses existing unpowered speakers. Viola.
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I bought the AW-871 speakers over a year ago & loved them. I asked about this & was told that they still advertise the 871's because they "sold a ton of them" & claim that the 877's are the manufacturers replacement, except that the 877's are listed separately with their own specs, NOT as a replacement. So. I tried to purchase another pair & ordered them at Amazon but through an outside vender. But as far as the revue for the AW-871's. Unfortunatly they sent me the less powerful AW-877. One speaker quit working recently, probably because I had it blaring at full volume for 10 hrs a day. The 871's were a more powerful speaker both in wattage & in range from the transmitter.
After a bit of hassle I was finally able to return the speakers for a refund. What I found out was that (Supposedly) the 871's are dicontinued & they substitute the 877's hoping no one will complain. as it stands I still have not been able to locate a set of 871's altho there is one other company on Amazon who claims to sell it but I have to contact them to find out if they also are pulling the same scam. I loved them.
Only go with this or ANY brand of wireless speaker if you absolutely have to. I took a chance on these after reading the dozens and dozens of poor reviews here on Amazon, and I'm sorry I did. Probably made in China. My advice. There's a reason Bob Barker refused to use anything but a traditional long wired microphone up until the day he retired, he realized the truth that many people either don't talk about or refuse to admit: wireless just doesn't cut it and will ALWAYS be inferior to hard-wired speakers and such. The range is quite poor, and the sound quality is abysmal.
Always ALWAYS run regular speaker wire to your speakers if you can, only use the AW-871, the AR-871, etc. These are unfortunately a poorly-crafted example of shoddy, hastily-assembled garbage that has become the norm in consumer electronics these days. I've come to discover the dirty little secret of the electronics industry: that this kind of unreliable clap-trap is the norm with ANY wireless technology, and you will never EVER have these problems and inconsistencies with a regular traditional wired speaker, which is what I should've gotten in the first place. My one speaker is 15 feet from the transmitter, and STILL cuts out with regularity, despite me following the instructions and trying a bunch of different things to get them to work properly. The bass is MUCH too strong, even when I have the bass/treble levels on my stereo set at flat or below, the beats rattle the speakers with distortion and muffled static. as a last resort.
Always.
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