Audio Systems: Office Stereo System, wireless speakers, office stereo

Question
QUESTION: Hi, I work for an attorney and we have a small office that we'd like to put a sound system into to provide some background noise. We don't own the office, so we can't do any in-wall speakers or installations, but ideally we would have speakers in several different rooms that were somehow connected to a central CD player. I know not having the speakers in-wall may mean a lot of awkward cords everywhere, but wireless might also be an option. Please let me know your reccommendations and how we might proceed.
Thanks,
Madeline Gangnes
The Law Office of Jamie M. Moore

ANSWER: I don't know if there is a Brookstone in Michigan but if not you can go to their website http://www.brookstone.com/store/product.asp?pid=497362&wid=100&cid=59&sid=688&se look at their wireless outdoor speaker. Up until this speaker was made I would never have recommended wireless speakers but this device is an exeption to the rule. Depending on how far apart the rooms are and what the wall construction is, you might have to run a some of signal wires to local transmitters (that come with each speaker) but the benifits are extensive. For example there is no limit to how many you can use; you do not have to use them wireless there is an input on the bottom. The sound is full range and if you save the box it comes with a 30 day money back guarantee.

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QUESTION: That sounds like a good possibility. So how would I use something like this to transmit from a CD player? Let's say I bought three of these and put one in each of three rooms. How would I set them up to transmit from one source and does it matter what type of CD-player it is, etc? Thanks.

Answer
In this instance you would start by buying one speaker and experimenting to see how far it will transmit. Connect the CD player to the tranmitter in one room and then carry the speaker, while it's playing to the other rooms to see how far it will transmit. If there are rooms where you lose transmission then you simply run a very long RCA cable from the room with the CD player to another and buy a couple of RCA Y adaptors for the CD player output. That means that your CD output will be split between a local transmitter and a long RCA cable going to another room where at the end you would locate a second tranmitter. You can continue the split until the signal level needs to be boosted (meaning that you can add a second transmitter, third, etc). If the level becomes to low then all you need to get is an audio distribution amplifier.