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Wireless audio devices that come with a "base" have a longer range because the radio uses DECT, not Bluetooth. It's the same technology used in cordless landline phones.
I know visualization "breaks the rules", but it's awfully hard to ignore a walkie talkie on someone's head!
Here they are, working beautifully.
This pair of Minimus-7 speakers came from Radio Shack, back in the 20th Century when they not only were still in business but actually sold stuff you might want to buy. The 7's were very popular as extension speakers, which is how this pair was used in its previous life. They pack a pretty big sound and now seem to have a bit of a cult following on teh internets. My original plan was to convert them to a set of Bluetooth speakers using the TDA7492p board (also quite popular), but then I found the cute acrylic case that shows off the electronics.
These will be going up on a shelf I'm planning to put over my desk.
I know no one replied to the last two messages, but I'm still very happy with this little amplifier. If you have an old set of speakers lying around that you might like to turn into a set of Bluetooth speakers, I am highly recommending it.
[ http://tinyurl.com/y8e849fl ] that's the eBay link.
Today I learned that there is now such a thing as an "MP5 player."
There's no format called MP5, or even being branded as MP5. But you can buy an MP5 player.
Anyone want to guess (without a web search) what it is?
The Military Police 5 player.
It provides a framework for people within the armed services who also function as policemen to provide theatrical performances.
(I ... suspect this isn't the answer you sought).
2018-03-17 12:09 from IGnatius T Foobar @uncnsrd
Today I learned that there is now such a thing as an "MP5 player."
There's no format called MP5, or even being branded as MP5. But you
can buy an MP5 player.
Anyone want to guess (without a web search) what it is?
Given that this is A/V Talk, I guess it has nothing to do with Heckler & Koch.
So it's all marketing claptrap at this point. And yes, there are CheapChinese(tm) manufacturers already touting MP6 players because it's the next step of evolution of their technology.
Car speakers are about to disappear,
Car tech supplier Continental has a pending technology that will create speakers out of other interior parts. It retains the moving electromagnetic coil part of today's speaker but uses it to vibrate some existing part of the car's interior instead of a dedicated speaker cone. A door panel or other interior trim could do...
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/the-best-car-speakers-may-soon-be-invisible/
In the 80s Stereo Review magazine had ads about using your wall as a speaker. From what I understand the sound was horrible. Now that everything is compressed it sounds horrible so it wont matter.
Moisture could be a problem though. We've already had two digital thermostats fail, and they were both in bathrooms.
I briefly looked at Sonos for multi-room audio, but I quickly determined that I don't like their mesh networking. I want to be able to turn off the mesh and use my own wifi network.
I'm also still trying to get the guy who heads up the sound team at our church to understand why his Sonos mesh keeps failing. I put a beautiful wifi network into that building, with a controller and a dozen access points. He goes and puts in Sonos, which doesn't use our network, but instead uses its own mesh. He keeps insisting that he's been testing it and it works great every time, but when they try to use it on Sunday mornings it fails horribly. I'm trying to get him to understand: on a Sunday morning there are hundreds more transmitters on the air than there are when there are only two or three people in the building.
Feh. I'd rather pull cable anyway.
2018-06-11 20:31 from IGnatius T Foobar
Does it have integrated bluetooth+amplifier or does it just pair up
with whatever you add to it?
I assumed you were pulling cable.... It's a wired in-wall speaker.
So you end up with a beautiful flush-mount audio system in the wall, connected with a stupid wall brick to the outlet next to it.
I'd be willing to bet that there are plenty of people who are burying the power supply inside the wall, in all sorts of NOT code-compliant ways. In my case, I have a laundry/utility area below my bathroom so I suppose I'd just station a power supply there and run low voltage up into the bathroom.
But at that point I might as well just put a bluetooth receiver there and run speaker wires up into the bathroom.
Or we could just keep bringing our battery powered speakers in :)
Polk has a speaker that's moisture resistant specifically for use in
bathrooms and saunas, or outdoors where it's not getting directly hit
with water.
I looked at these speakers when you posted this messages and they are nice, but a little more pricey than I'm willing to spend just to listen to podcasts in the shower. I found a cheaper option. For $15 I got a pair of CheapChinese(tm) marine audio speakers, also designed to handle moisture. At that price it's worth trying out even if I have to replace them with something better later on.
Now all I need is an idle weekend to do the project.
I briefly looked at Sonos for multi-room audio, but I quickly
determined that I don't like their mesh networking. I want to be able
to turn off the mesh and use my own wifi network.
Really glad I didn't go the Sonos route.
[ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/21/sonos_bricking_laudio_gear/ ]
Sonos has decided that they can't be bothered to continue supporting older speakers in their lineup. This doesn't just mean that they'll be vulnerable to security issues that come up; it also means that newer speakers and older speakers will soon not work together on the same network.
My distaste for Sonos is already well-documented, as they insist on setting up their own mesh instead of interoperating with the wifi network already available in the home or building. Now this makes it even worse.