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

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)

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.

I bought my first Amphony wireless speaker kit 5 years ago to connect my surround speakers and avoid running cables through walls & ceilings. The system was easy to install and the sound from my speakers was excellent. Unfortunately, several months ago the sound from my rear speakers started to break up. I tried all of the suggestions in the user manual to correct the problem which could be caused by interference. None of these solutions worked so I order a new kit. As soon as I replaced the transmitter, the problem was corrected, with no need to replace the amplifier. One possible cause of the failure was due to leaving the transmitter being plugged in all the time. As one Comment suggested, the transmitter can be plugged into the switched outlet on your receiver, if you have that option, to extend the life. My current Yamaha receiver does not have that option so I will try to unplug it manually when not in use.

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!

I bought two of these units which worked well in the beginning. They both failed within six months of use

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.

Very easy setup, When I connected all wires and turned switches on from both transmitter and receiver, it just connected and started to work even without need to push any pair button. Sound quality is good too, although rear speakers sound quality is not as critical as front ones. Very satisfied. Hope it will last long. Update: I find this device interfere with the bluetooth signals sends from my iPhone to the receiver I use, which resulted in broken music play. But it seems ok with my home Wifi internet signals.

I needed a wireless solution for the rear speakers on my home entertainment system. The speakers were expensive, and I didn't want to replace them--they sound awesome, but my new home meant that 2 wires were exposed. So I went looking for a wireless speaker adapter kit. I found the Amphony. I could not get the product to work. There is a transmitting base unit that connects to your receiver (amplifier). You plug the adapter into a wall outlet, and attach the output for your rear speaker(s) to the base unit. Easy peasy. Right? The you take the receiving unit, plug the adapter into a wall outlet, and attach the output from your speaker(s) to the receiving unit. 4 wires and 2 plugs. Still easy peasy, or so I thought... The base units start flashing red, meaning that they are ready to "pair". Good luck with that. There is a button on the transmitting unit that you push to start the pairing option. Then you go to the receiving unit and push its pairing button. The lights were flashing red. I pushed the buttons. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. So I tried again and again. Unplugged and tried again. No luck. (And I'm following the booklet of instructions--I'm not winging this.) So I get the paper with the help-line number on it, and call the help line. Well, no help. There is no answer. Just goes to voice mail. The voice mail message says to leave a number and they will call you back. For reals??? Sorry, not for $109. I spent 2 hours trying to get it to work. If they can't even answer the phone, I'm not messing with it any more. It does not work. It won't sync up. Caveat Emptor. I should have know there would be trouble when the first thing I saw out of the box is the warning to STOP and call them before you send it back. See the photo.