1700 Wireless Speaker Kit with one Wireless Amplifier, 2x40 Watts, 300ft range

Absolutely fantastic. Worked like a charm and easy to setuo. I bought some small cheap speakers to be my rear Dolby speakers that’s the only deficiency but that’s on me. I’ll be getting better speakers.

This is the worst review I've ever written for a product. While there have been some bad reviews for these speaker kits, I've tended to ignore them assuming that people's expectations for a product such as this shouldn't be too high. Also, people who love things and people who hate things are the most likely to take the trouble to write reviews. People who are simply satisfied may not be motivated enough to write. So, the story is that like anyone interested in wireless speakers, I wanted to get rid of the wires running across my living room floor from the receiver to the surround speakers at the opposite side of the room. Some months ago, I bought my first Amphony wireless speaker device. I barely used it before it finally stopped working. However, that was maybe a year or more from the date of purchase and the warranty expired. My bad luck. Assuming that first experience was a fluke, I ordered a second speaker kit. I barely used it and the transmitter failed after a few weeks, still within the warranty period. I contact Amphony and received a reply relatively promptly offering a warranty replacement or refund. I wrote back saying that since this is my second bad unit in a row, I'll take the refund. Since then they have been silent even though I've contacted them a couple more times. I also contacted the seller (not Amazon) who has also been ignoring me entirely. After contemplating the speaker wire problem for a while, I realize that my best solution is to carefully drill some holes in the floor and run wires in the crawlspace. I would try Bluetooth speakers, but I have an older audiophile system and hate to replace the speakers with potentially inferior sounding ones. Hence, I'm stuck with wires for a while. As for the sound when the Amphonys were working: OK at best. Lots of pops, issues with dropped signals, distortion and certainly not high fidelity at all. However, I would have lived with that if they were not cheaply manufactured junk. Net-net I'm out $200 or so and experienced a lot of aggravation.

When I moved into a townhouse, I wanted to be able to listen to the stereo that I keep downstairs through backup speakers in my office upstairs, & I figured this system would do the trick. Although I had some trouble setting it up, I eventually got it working despite how tech support didn't answer the phone when I called and never returned my call even though I repeated my number twice when I left a message. The sound upstairs at first seemed a little muffled but not bad; soon, however, it began cracking repeatedly when I listened to music,. Moving the amplifier to the floor (closer to the transmitter) seemed to alleviate that problem significantly, though it still cracks occasionally.

This Amphony 1700 is quite a potent little package. I was looking for a way to get music to my back garage. I spend a lot of time there working on my cars and tractors and the local radio stations leave a lot to be desired. I decided to look into wireless transmission. I have a total distance of 85' from transmitter to receiver, in a separate building. The 1700 offers an amplified receiver which eliminates the need for a separate amp in the garage. It is rated at 100' through walls which is more than some of the more expensive units. I've not had good luck in the past with advertised ranges for other wireless devices so I contacted a seller (HIFI Corner) and asked if they thought it would work for my conditions. They said it should but, if not, I could return it, so, I ordered it. Boy am I glad I did ! Although 85' is probably its building to building limit, with careful positioning and aiming, the sound quality is excellent. I'm driving two way, double chamber reflex speakers ( w/ 8" woofers, 5" h/f drivers) with the 40W x 2 receiver/amp. I was expecting a tinny, AM radio sound (which would have been acceptable) but the sound is rich and colorful - a splendid surprise. Now I can hear any of my music, CDs, vinyl, cable music stations, in its full glory while my hands are covered with grease and oil up to my elbows. For my installation (at the limit) I found that mounting units as high as possible helps. This is a new installation and I hope it will last a long time. UPDATE: It's March 2019. After 2 1/2 years, the 1700 is still working fine, no problems. I've just added a second receiver for my shop in the basement. It, of course, works fine because it doesn't challenge the limits of range. I'm still amazed at the sound quality. I couldn't find a seller for the receiver (R1700) alone and the Amphony Web Shop doesn't accept PayPal on their web page. I contacted Amphony.com and they were happy to charge my order to PayPal. It's a very good company to do business with and their products are top notch. (I do hope they will include PayPal in the future)

Don't place these devices too close to Wi-Fi devices. Note there is a lot of power pulled from the transformers as these are mini-amps for the speakers. As such you may see sparks when connecting or disconnecting the power plug to the AMP if the transformer is plugged in already. I suggest that you install the power plug into the AMP before you plug the transformer into the wall and unplug the transformer before disconnecting the power plug from the Amps. Note there is sometimes noticeable transformer hum that can be sent to the connected speakers when the (gain) Volume is turned up too high on the AMP. Also the occasional noise in the form of an audible pop can be heard from your connected speakers so make sure that they can handle the rare surge without potential damage. Line of sight between the transmitter and the AMP generally works best.

I bought this to replace the prior model, which I had for 3 years. (The prior one started giving me static.) This unit was easy to install -- much easier than drilling holes in the floor and crawling around under the floor. The sound is just fine. Several audio connection options on the sending unit. I set the volume knobs at the mid-point and let the receiver balance everything for me. Piece of cake. *** I am updating this review after having my 2nd model for 3 years. This one has stopped working, too. Now I have gone through two of these units, and I give up. I have temporarily run a 4-wire cable along the perimeter of the room to my rear speakers. When the weather gets warmer, I will venture into the crawl space under my den to run the cable out of site.

Sound quality is perfectly fine for my surround sound application, surprising given how small/light the amplifier is (actually, too light - I finally had to put a small paperweight on top to keep it from walking off the shelf). The performance doesn't seem any worse than the Rocketfish Universal wireless unit which this replaced. I'd had the Rocketfish for several years when it suddenly developed bad distortion/noise in one channel. Reviews I've read online suggested I might have gotten lucky the Rocketfish worked that well for so long, and it seems to be going out of production, so I looked for an alternative. What's out there is a mixed bag, to say the least, but this Amphony iFinity setup seems the most widely used/reviewed. My main beef is that there is no way to turn off the rear amplifier. At first the lack of an on/off switch didn't seem that big a deal, figured I could use an external power switch on the outlet. No go - the speakers get a loud POP whenever external power goes on/off, doesn't seem best for their longevity, so I just leave it on all the time, which feels wasteful. Kinda wished they'd charged an extra $10 to include a clean on/off solution. I did consider returning it, but unfortunately, as noted above, there aren't a lot of options, and none with consistently better reviews. So I'm going to live with it, power vampire and all. It ain't pretty, but it works.

Been installed for about 5 months now, works great for us, powering 2- 6” Pyle ceiling speakers in the kitchen & dining area, to spread the sound out from the main system in the living room. Couple of things: 1. the base and receiver are both powered with transformers and stay on all the time. Plenty of things in your house have transformers that stay plugged in & powered up continuously, but for this device, I wanted to power it down when not in use, to extend service life, etc. So I plugged the base transformer into the switched outlet on my a/v receiver. I do have to manually plug/unplug the receiver transformer in the laundry room, and there is a little “pop’ each time this happens, but not a big deal. 2. Pay attention to speaker connections with a home theater/subwoofer type system. To get the best, full-range sound, the inputs need to be full range, which may take some finagling (this is not the fault of the Amphony device however). Since our receiver has the 7 “small” speakers (the “size” of the connected speaker is selected internally by the receiver) and a subwoofer, and no full-range line or speaker-level output, I had to use a Y connection from subwoofer output ALONG WITH the speaker-level inputs from the front satellite speakers to the base unit to get a complete, full range sound sent to the receiving unit for the kitchen speakers. When I connected everything using just the “small” size front speakers, the kitchen speakers sounded thin and tinny. But now they sound awesome! Hope all that made sense, GL!