04-24-2016, 07:01 AM
And a good Sunday morning to you all.... The weather here is a bit crazy, we're still in the 90's today, but will drop to the low 80's by tomorrow and suppose to be pushing 100 by early next week. Oh, a bit of rain in there somewhere, but you can't count on it.
Been looking for a way to hook to TV to some wireless speakers. Just about everything now days is Bluetooth and our TV is not Bluetooth ready. I asked the guy over at Best Buy if there was a way without using Bluetooth and he showed me a soundbar that connected to the TV audio output and you can add as many remote wireless speakers as you like. A good solution, "the best speaker system money can buy", he says, but then again, $699 for the soundbar and about $100 a piece for the remote speakers just about dropped me to the floor. He's looking at me spending $1000 to replace a cable I now have running around the room, and no, I'm not setting up a surround-sound theater in our small family room, I just want to hear without turning up the volume where it will drive my wife crazy. I can't hear too well, and she can hear a pin drop across the street
. "No more RF systems, and an audio to Bluetooth converter doesn't exist right now", he tells me. Well, it does, just that they are very particular what can be paired to them, but...... checking the Best Buy web site, I find a system they are selling that does what I want.... wireless using RF.... Oh, and they have it in stock at all Best Buy stores for $99 and it works with any 4 to 16 ohm speakers. Now I'll probably have to go to Goodwill and see if they have any of those speakers I gave them when we moved. I had three pair that I didn't think I'd ever use again. 
The point of this story is simply, why doesn't a salesperson know what they have to sell, especially when someone walks away from their solution because it's too expensive and they do have what that person is looking for for a fraction of the price? 
The other point is now you know why some people don't throw or give away anything, even if they haven't used it in 10 years.... 
Been looking for a way to hook to TV to some wireless speakers. Just about everything now days is Bluetooth and our TV is not Bluetooth ready. I asked the guy over at Best Buy if there was a way without using Bluetooth and he showed me a soundbar that connected to the TV audio output and you can add as many remote wireless speakers as you like. A good solution, "the best speaker system money can buy", he says, but then again, $699 for the soundbar and about $100 a piece for the remote speakers just about dropped me to the floor. He's looking at me spending $1000 to replace a cable I now have running around the room, and no, I'm not setting up a surround-sound theater in our small family room, I just want to hear without turning up the volume where it will drive my wife crazy. I can't hear too well, and she can hear a pin drop across the street
. "No more RF systems, and an audio to Bluetooth converter doesn't exist right now", he tells me. Well, it does, just that they are very particular what can be paired to them, but...... checking the Best Buy web site, I find a system they are selling that does what I want.... wireless using RF.... Oh, and they have it in stock at all Best Buy stores for $99 and it works with any 4 to 16 ohm speakers. Now I'll probably have to go to Goodwill and see if they have any of those speakers I gave them when we moved. I had three pair that I didn't think I'd ever use again. The point of this story is simply, why doesn't a salesperson know what they have to sell, especially when someone walks away from their solution because it's too expensive and they do have what that person is looking for for a fraction of the price? The other point is now you know why some people don't throw or give away anything, even if they haven't used it in 10 years....
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD