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Hi everyone, being as there are quite a few wireless systems available on the market, I am starting a thread up to see what peoples opinions are on both types of systems, wired and wireless, please feel free to leave your comments.
The advantage of B&O speakers is that you can hardwire them to whatever system or ML extension you have, or attach them to the BeoLink Wireless 1.
(if that's what you meant by "wireless").
The A9 is a modern exception :-) and the Playmaker is a replacement for ML BeoLink Wireless 1 approach.
In my case, I have had BL4s and Bl 6000s attached to my Beolink Wireless 1 and I have never been able to discern a quality difference -- that of course could be the "fault" of those particular speakers.
I have also used the BeoLink Wireless 1 to bridge into the BeoVision 8-32 (with other BL4s as L+R) that used to be in our bedroom -- again I could hear no quality differences when listening to CD or N-Music or A-Mem.
However the BeoLink Wireless 1 was difficult to get setup into what are the wireless sweet spots in our house.
Wireless can be tricky ... and getting both the transmitter and receiver right is part of the challenge.
This week I spent some days working at home in a newly established home office that has "direct" line of sight (only a lathe and plaster wall in the way) between the desk and where the broadband attached Time Capsule is.
My Apple laptop held its connection steady as a rock; but every time my wife traversed the "line of sight" the Lenovo laptop's connection would fail and then re-establish itself 60 seconds later.
So in short, wired is better, but wireless can be made to work with trial and error and patience.
As to quality other people's ears (or speakers, or both) are better than mine - and therefore can detect differences.
(equally a quality consideration, most of my source is MP3 not FLAC)
BeoNut since '75