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The popularity of surround-sound audio has always been hampered by the amount of wiring you need to set it up, even if you're using so-called wireless rear speakers. Today at CEDIA 2010, Aperion announced its new solution to the problem, the Zona Wireless Surround Speaker System, which consists of two powered speakers and a wireless transmitter and is expected to ship on October 25 for $500.
Most wireless surround-speaker solutions use a wireless receiver placed in the back of the room, and speaker wire still needs to be connected to both of the surround speakers from the wireless receiver. Aperion takes a different approach, opting instead to use powered speakers that require no speaker wire and a wireless transmitter that stays by your AV receiver.
The first catch here (and there's always a catch with "wireless" audio) is that each of the speakers will need to be powered, so you'll still have a power cable running from each speaker to an outlet. That's a fair tradeoff to us, as it's often more convenient to find nearby power outlets than run speaker wire across a living room.
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