What do I need to know if I want to add bluetooth to my surround sound speakers?

[Arkitech]

Basically I just want to make my rear surround speakers wireless. I've read a few articles that stated that bluetooth has the capacity to transmit lossless audio. I'm just short on some of the details needed to implement everything correctly.

Anyone here doing something similar?

 

[JeffMD]

...no, BT does not have any lossless profiles at all. Under the best of circumstances (short distance, good antenna, moon and stars aligned just right) you can get about 800Kbps, which would actually be enough for a mono cd quality channel, but again the profile does not exist.

Wireless satellites use their own wireless tech built in that usually works on the 2.4ghz spectrum. It isn't wifi or bt, its just wireless radio like wireless phones use.

Even sonos I think is wifi to the base station, and then the base station uses its own 2.4ghz radio connection to the speakers.

 

[Deders]

If both your sound source and Speakers/headphones support AptX, then you will get near lossless stereo sound.

The quality of AptX over standard bluetooth is noticeably much higher due to the amount of bandwidth it allows for audio compared to the ~192Kb/s of standard bluetooth. I'd say it compares to DTS quality which I have yet to find any fault in.

As for getting the sound source to split the surround signal between 2 different destination, that's another can of worms.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Google Chromecast Audio + Dolby Pro Logic II enabled receiver (will use all speakers including back ones) = win

Forget bluetooth, wifi is the way to go.

 

[Arkitech]

Google Chromecast Audio + Dolby Pro Logic II enabled receiver (will use all speakers including back ones) = win

Forget bluetooth, wifi is the way to go.

Is there a guide on how to go about setting that up?

 

[poofyhairguy]

Is there a guide on how to go about setting that up?

Well step one is to check your receiver and see if it has a Dolby Pro Logic II setting. Most decent ones produced the last ten years do.

Step 2 go buy a Google Chromecast Audio, plug in the AUX audio on the receiver and set it up on your phone via the Chromecast app.

Step 3 is go into your music app and cast the signal to the Chromecast audio. Every audio app I have tried, even my podcasting app, supports it.

Turn on the Dolby Pro Logic II setting and you are set.

 

[Arkitech]

I wonder if there would be sync problems with video and sound. Also I wonder how the timing would work with front and rear speakers.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I wonder if there would be sync problems with video and sound. Also I wonder how the timing would work with front and rear speakers.

The Chrome app allows you to adjust the sound sync and add a delay if needed.

The second question I don't understand. Dolby Pro Logic II would keep all the speakers in sync.