I Want Wireless Speakers for my Home and Theater.....That Work

Wireless Speakers is an interesting phrase. It says wireless speaker right, so it should just work with what I have and be completely wireless right?? Yes and no, some of it depends on what your goal is, because as with most electronics, there are different "types" of wireless speakers. These types all affect how well your system will work, and the features it will offer you. Let's dive in to this with more detail below.
I've had lots of clients ask me if they could use their existing Bluetooth speakers outside and connect them to their phone. Note I said speakers and not speaker, so they want to play to more than one speaker with Bluetooth. This is an important clarification that will be addressed later on. First we have to start with how these speakers work. Wireless speakers generally work two ways. Bluetooth and Wifi. (as you read on you will generally find for more features and reliability WiFi is the way to go).
Most people have a portable Bluetooth speaker, you connect your phone or portable device to it and boom your playing audio from that device to the speaker. Simple right. Yes when you only want to do just that. The complexity comes when people want to add more features, more speakers, or make them rear speakers in a theater system. This is where we find limitations and differences in how Bluetooth works versus WiFi.
Did you know Bluetooth has versions, and these versions are directly related to the features and performance the Bluetooth speaker will offer? The first bluetooth version started in 1999 and was version 1.0. That makes sense to start with version 1. Take a look below at the time frame of how bluetooth evolved and the amount of versions they have.
Bluetooth 1.0 - 1.2 (1999) Bluetooth 2.0-2.1 (2005) Bluetooth 3.0 (2009) Bluetooth 4.0-4.2 (2010) Bluetooth 5.0-5.3 (2016-Feb. 2024)
The point of these versions is to show that as newer versions of bluetooth evolved more features and reliability came onboard. So this client that was looking to play to multiple bluetooth speakers that he already owned....can he do that? Yes and no. Yes....if he has bluetooth speakers and devices that are version 5.0 or higher. Bluetooth 5.0 introduced dual audio. Dual audio allows one device to play to multiple bluetooth speakers at the same time. Check out Dual Audio below, along with more details on how wireless speaker technology works.

So when a client says "I would like a 'wireless speaker'", these are some of the things I think of from a professional standpoint. What is the client after, what are their goals? Do you want multiple speakers? Do you just want a surround with wireless speakers? These answers and solutions will help determine the best wireless speaker option, a happy returning client, and no callbacks (which means no problems).
If a person just wants one speaker or perhaps a pair, the standard bluetooth speaker could be an option. However, if they want to use these as surround speakers, or to add more speakers to expand the system, a standard bluetooth speaker is not the best option. We would look at Wiim or Sonos and Sony for a surround, or look at a whole home audio system.
In the electronics world it would be nice if simple questions had a simple answer, sometimes they do. But when it comes to "wireless speakers" there are different types of "wireless speakers" which work in different ways. Visit our Youtube page for videos on installations with "wireless speakers". Give us a call at 419.668.5131, or contact us here or below and we would be happy to provide the right solutions for you....making you a happy client.

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