Acoustic Research AW822 900 Mhz Outdoor Wireless Speaker (Single, Brown) by Acoustic Research
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Digital camera reviews of Acoustic Research AW822 900 Mhz Outdoor Wireless Speaker (Single, Brown)
Digital camera Review: As good as advertised
Summary: 5 Stars
Easy setup, no adjusting to link the speaker with the sending unit, just plug it in and turn up the volume. The sound quality is also vey good.Digital camera Review: Can't beat it for the price
Summary: 4 Stars
I became interested in an indoor/outdoor wireless speaker when I went into Brookstone and noticed how they had their wireless speakers set up around the store. I like to play internet radio at home but grew tired of having to crank up the computer speakers so I could hear the music in my kitchen. I also wanted the speaker to be weatherproof so I could put it on my porch or deck. The Brookstone speaker was about 3 times more expensive, so I decided to give the Acoustic Research a try since I could buy more speakers for the same price. I have been very pleased. The unit was very easy to set up, is small and unobtrusive, and works as described. Although I am not an audiophile, I think the sound is very good. The music is clear, and the bass is adequate. It has a convenient, built-in handle. BUT this speaker does NOT work in addition to your other wired speakers when you plug it into your computer's headphone jack; the sound only comes out of this speaker, just like it would only come out of headphones. I bought it knowing this because some people had complained about this in their reviews. I believe you could use an audio splitter so you could play the wired and wireless speakers together, but I have not tried this yet. I will update this review if I decide to try to get all the speakers working together.
March 6, 2009 update: I finally got around to getting a 2.5 mm stereo splitter from Radio Shack for about 3 bucks, and it worked perfectly. I plugged the splitter into one of the speaker plugs on the rear of my Dell and plugged both of the computer speakers into it. I then plugged the Accoustic Research transmitter into the other plug. Now I can play music over the computer speakers and the Acoustic Research wireless speaker at the same time.
Digital camera Review: Consider high quality rechargable batteries
Summary: 4 Stars
This speaker used as as a satelite for Pandora radio is what I expected. It has decent range and the sound depth quality is pretty good, but it will pick up static as it passes thru walls and beyond 75'. I am pleased with battery life using Tenergy rechargables. I haven't figured out why I can't use it w/ an Ipod.Digital camera Review: Doesn't work
Summary: 1 Stars
Received the product in very good time. However I couldn't get it to work. The Speaker was fine but the transmitter would not transmit!!
Wrote to the e-mail address in the instruction manual but haven't heard back yet. Aggravating to say the least. You buy a product and expext it to function. I guess that's asking too much.
Digital camera Review: Doesn't work at all and have been unable to get service from AR
Summary: 1 Stars
The AW822 wireless speaker doesn't work and I have been unable to contact Acoustic Research. Their website has no specific contact information.
When it did work, the combined volume/control is very poorly designed, hard to regulate. What was the designer thinking?