5.1 Speakers, 2.1 Speakers - Rear - Rear Speaker - Live DSP Soundfield - Player(s): CD/DVD Player - Playable Disk(s): CD - Live DSP Soundfield

while even audio amateurs have been struggling for years to figure out an efficient way to ditch - conceal the wires in their 5.1-channel audio systems, solutions from manufacturers have been limited. sure, there's the rocketfish amplifier, which essentially makes the rear speakers in a 5.1 rig cordless, but there's still tons of room for growth in the sector. enter acoustic research, which is introducing its 5.1 modular wireless speaker conversion system. the arw51's claim to fame is this: its point-to-multipoint technology can take any 5.1 speaker system and make it wireless. better still, ar promises six full bandwidth, 16-bit audio channels, and the code-hopping circuitry enables it to deliver cd-quality sound while avoiding any potential interference from cordless phones, 802.11 computer networks and microwave ovens.