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Wireless Bluetooth 2.1 Speakers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-isn't-that-clever dept.

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."

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  1. Marketing Hype by Jason+Hood · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I always get a kick out of marketing hype surrounding wireless capabilities.

    30 meters? I bet its more like 3 with marginal quality.

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    1. Re:Marketing Hype by otisg · · Score: 5, Informative

      Not necessarily. I have mine set about 10 meters away from the transmitter, and they work fine. And they are RCA speakers!

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    2. Re:Marketing Hype by jo42 · · Score: 3, Insightful
      24 hours on 4 AA batteries?

      Flaming bull excrement.

  2. Introducing the new Slashdot! by bcat24 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now with 100% more ads!

  3. Wireless Electricity by otisg · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've got wireless speakers at home, have had them for about a year, and I love them. Now I'm waiting for wireless electricity and I'll be set! I'm not joking. Batteries are ok, they last a few months, but they get weak with time, so you have to keep turning up the volume.

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  4. Awesome. Now do the same for headphoens. by deathbyzen · · Score: 4, Informative

    For now, the headphone market seems something like this: wireless, portable, stylish. Pick two.

  5. Compulsory RIAA message by Cygnusx12 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can't do that with your music either. Sincerely, --RIAA

    1. Re:Compulsory RIAA message by whodunnit · · Score: 5, Funny

      Correction:

      You can't do that with OUR music either. Sincerely, --RIAA

  6. I might have figured it out... by LodCrappo · · Score: 4, Insightful
    All those times I have read:

    1) Do something
    2) ????????????
    3) Profit!

    I think I finally figured out step 2. It's advertise with a "story" on Slashdot.

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  7. Techno lingo by Fr05t · · Score: 5, Funny

    "made a stong impression"

    I just can't keep up with all this new technobable lingo. I have no idea what a stong is!

  8. Re:Obvious feature missing... by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 3, Funny

    As much as I'd love to walk around the house with dangling a set of wireless speakers from my wired headphones, I think bluetooth headphones are probably the way to go for that sort of thing.

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  9. Bluetooth IS Wireless, last time I checked by ziani · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does "wired" Bluetooth exist? Maybe I missed a press release.

    Just wondering.

  10. they're not that good, they have a terrible flaw by neverland0 · · Score: 3, Informative

    The advertised wireless range is not accurate, I get sound with lot of hiccups even 5 feet aways, and then 10 feets away I get good quality, so the sound quality varies a lot and the speakers are kind of picky. Also the 24 battery life must not be true. I use rechargable batteries, that may be 6 months old, but they die pretty soon while being inside the speakers (9-11 hours). The one thing that really annoys me is that I HATE the fact that the remote controls doesnt work unless the application is opened and is the current window. If for some reason something takes over (like screen saver) they wont work. That sucks, every multimedia keyboards that I know can pause and play music even if the music player is minimized and youre doing something else.