Cheap SonicLink 2.4 GHz Remote Digital Music System (Electronics) Price

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Customer Reviews of SonicLink 2.4 GHz Remote Digital Music System

Poor sound quality
Low expectations key to avoiding disappointement. At least in an appartment building where the neighbors employ a variety of electronic devices the sound quality was poor, the songs sounded like they were coming from a dusty sratched up record spinning on a turntable. Changing channels (there are four) didn't help. Oh, and there were some minor problems too: couldn't get the remote to work, one cable was missing from the package while another came with a duplicate, only two batteries were included instead of four. Had to return the product. Maybe someone else with more patience and better luck will be able to get satisfactory performance out of this thing.

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BEWARE of interference if you have 2.4 GHz phones!
I was looking for a way to transmit digital music from cable TV to my stereo in the family room about 40ft away. Running wires would be very difficult, so this product looked like the ideal solution. Set-up was fairly straightforward. The location of the transmitter/receiver is somewhat sensitive, but once everything is in place and the antennas adjusted for clear reception I kept getting clicks as if the music was coming off a dirty vinyl record. Totally unacceptable for listening.

Suspecting my Panasonic 2.4 GHz cordless phones at the opposite end of the house, I proceeded to unplug them. The clicks went away and I received a very nice clear channel of music. Unfortunately, I can not unplug my phones, so I will have to return this product. I called J&R Music and promptly got return authorization. Too bad, I'm still looking! Has anyone found something that works?

I'm now exprimenting with a 8oo MHz system, but I'm fighting clicks from my 800 MHz cordless phones. If I'm really careful I can position the receiver so that the clicks are tuned out. I'm finding that you have to be really careful when mixing wireless gadgets together.

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Good Value
A bit of experimentation with the placement of the transmit and receive devices yields a good signal and decent sound quality.

I have avoided 2.4 gigahertz phones to reduce competition with my 802.11b wireless lan equipment and adding the soundlink didn't cause any problems.

This product is superior in every way to the US Robotics 900 megahertz product that I tried out first.

Neither device is true "HiFi" quality, but for music originating from a PC expectations need to be realistic and the Sonic Link is wholly acceptable.