Wireless Bluetooth 2.1 Speakers

Sandy Cheeks writes "The Saitek A-250 Wireless 2.1 Speaker System made a stong impression when showcased at this year's CES with its sleek styling and rather impressive performance... The compact boomerang shaped device can provide 2.1 stereo sound up to 30 meters away from a source PC, and can alternatively be used hard wired to any other audio source with an 1/8" stereo jack output."

Comments

Improvement

[Saiyine]

Does it come with an audio output - bluetooth adapter? It would be really cool if it has.

Think of the posibilities! Think of the children!

Re:it looks terrible

[PFI_Optix]

I don't see a lot of use for this now that I think about it.

On the desk, you can get a comparable 2.1 speaker set and a keyboard with media controls for a lot less than $100. For remote listening, I have a better idea: 802.11b.

I'd like to see a device like this that would either access a shared folder or use proprietary sharing software (so a complete novice could set it up without creating a security risk). The software would make more sense, because then you could stream sound from a CD or some other audio source if you wanted to. Then the PC would just have a service running in the background and wouldn't have to launch a media player to operate. Surely you could pull that off for not much more than $100.

I don't get the hoopla surrounding far ranging BT

[Illbay]

If I want something that has an extensible range, I'd go with 802.11x. To me, Bluetooth is more useful when its range is only a hundred feet (okay, 30 meters) or so--if even that.

I mean, aren't the problems with so-called "bluespamming" and "bluesnarfing" bad enough without allowing the punk kid in his bedroom across the street access to all your stuff?