On 27/04/2016 20:38, John Rumm wrote:
On 27/04/2016 18:38, BobH wrote:
On 27/04/2016 10:07, Chris French wrote:
In message , BobH
writes
On 27/04/2016 07:44, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:17:55 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

I would like a wireless speaker , not bluetooth, to play music
from
either tv or amplifier.
I've looked at wifi dongles for my tv and other similar devices,
but
not sure if what I buy would do the job.

There are quite a few WiFi enabled speakers about... have a look at
the
Sonos range for example.

Yes but I'm not sure they will work for this application. I think the
problem will be that TV (presumably that has the USB port for the
dongle) won't have any means of streaming live audio out over the
WiFi or serving files. TV's tend to be "clients" not "servers".

But again why wireless for the audio link? Any speaker worth its salt
is going to need a decent bit of power and there is the WiFi Rx etc
so that implies a cable. Unless you really want to get into changing
batteries.


I don't mind if it is a mains electric powered speaker as long as it
plays the music.
I have tried one or two different supposebly wireless speakers, but
when I play the music, which is on the tv from my nas drive, the sound
only comes out of the wired attached speakers.

What sort of wireless speakers, most are Bluetooth, there are a some
that use wifi. But you TV is unlikely to have a wireless audio output
other than Bluetooth, even that doesn't seem that common.

Reading between the lines, I'm assuming this speaker is maybe in another
room? hence the requirement for not bluetooth as the range isn't very
good. and not wanting to use a cable?

There are wireless audio sender and receivers, plug one into the
amplifier and one into an active speaker (powered, with built in
amplifier) of some sort. There is no standard for this sort of thing,
they are proprietary. I'm not sure though of what range they have.



I tried a Azotom A2 or something which was wireless but wouldn't play
from the TV or TV box. Next was a Sony ALL3, again wireless but same
result.

Yes I want a wireless speaker so that it can be in another room.
What wireless transmitter would you suggest for a samsung tv. I have
looked at transmitter for a samsung tv and they are not cheap.

What I am perhaps missing is why you want a wireless speaker for the TV
- since presumably if you are listening in another room, you won't be
able to see the TV anyway?


It's not for the TV at all, just for music as per the title of the thread.