My living room is not ideally set up to run wiring for a wired system.
Anyone make a decently priced wireless complete system?

I don't know what - if anything - is available in bluetooth 5.1. I have a 7.1.2 system of Emotiva speakers and a Denon 9 channel amp that is wired. My electronics are in my bedroom and my speakers in my living room.

To install, I removed my baseboard in my bedroom and living room where I needed wire. I then cut about a half inch slot in the sheetrock for the speaker wirel. I fish taped the wire up to where my speakers were mounted and put it back together. Was it a pain to do - sure, but it sounds great. All said, it took about a day to do the install.

I went from a Sony 'Wired' system to the Sonos wireless system. Nice to get ride of wires running around. Sonos sound great, super easy set-up, and you can add speakers to system as you like. It is a little on the spendy side but it's worth it to me.

Reasoning for wanting wireless is we have really high ceilings in the living room (close to 17-20ft), and no easy attic access above the TV to fish wires through.

Not opposed to figuring out a wired system, if it's significantly cheaper.

Just something I'm considering, since we're probably still a ways off from setting up the dedicated media room (which will get a nicer surround system).

Yamaha receiver + Yamaha wifi surround + wifi sub-woofer + wired front speakers (L, R, center) can give you 5.1.

As a possible alternative approach, there are available bluetooth audio receivers that plug into traditional wired "HiFi" pre-amps/receivers via standard RCA "line in" jacks, 3.5mm plugs, or HDMI. This allows connecting your modern source device, e.g smart phone, tablet, laptop, etc. to your multi-buck legacy sound system or sound bar without having to buy a UE Boom powered bluetooth speaker or equivalent. They are not expensive, the one I have, a 1Mii B06 Plus from Amazon shilling for our good friends across the Pacific cost about $30. The description says it supports/provides "3-D audio" but says nothing about 5.1 surround, there are only two channels of output.

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Originally posted by urbanwarrior238:
I went from a Sony 'Wired' system to the Sonos wireless system. Nice to get ride of wires running around. Sonos sound great, super easy set-up, and you can add speakers to system as you like. It is a little on the spendy side but it's worth it to me.

Same here. Sonos is great, but pricey.

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Originally posted by P250UA5:
Not opposed to figuring out a wired system, if it's significantly cheaper.

A quality wired system will be significantly cheaper than a quality wireless system.

Wired is always the way to go if can be done efficiently. I have a bedroom that I converted into a HT, and run 7.2.4 and I would not trade it for anything, life changing for this film buff. Slays the cineplex in both PQ and audio. But it is a PITA to setup. The wiring is elaborate (all through the attic), you need hiqh quality speakers, good subs, and a good AVR which is a few grand alone. Then the tuning and acoustic treatment. None of which I’d do in a living room. The good thing is once it’s in, the only thing in the future that needs to be swapped will be the panel and AVR.

So wired if you have the budget and it is important to you, ie replicating the cinema experience. If not as big of a deal to you, they make decent audio via sound bars, that come with a sub and have optional rear wireless channels (you’ll need to buy simple stands for them) that to me are a requirement. I have two such setups in the house. Like your living room, mine has the large ceilings (rest of the house is the signature 8 feet that is standard) and wood paneling that I did no want to drill into. Attic and wall access is also a PITA. Attic can be accessed but a PITA but the bigger issue is the exterior walls I’d have to drill into, a no go. In there and in my office I went with Sony soundbars with wireless rear channels and a sub. Think I spent $750-800 or so on each. I run Sony panels all through the house so stuck with Sony for compatibility.

I’d recommend a quality soundbar, preferably with Atmos enabled and rear wireless channels. If your tv is on any kind of mount, they make an attachments that will bolt into it to hang the soundbar directly under the TV. Wireless rear channels and wireless sub(s) can be placed anywhere you want. Each will need an electrical plug. Pretty simple and effective. A lot of R&D has gone into them because most don’t want to fool with the elaborate wired setups so the mfr’s have spent a ton of dough to replicate wired setups. They still don’t but it’s close enough for most. You’ll get full surround, decent bass, and today, even Atmos support. And to me Atmos is a game changer because it creates a full bubble of sound.

What kind of panel do you have? Sony makes some good soundbars, as does Samsung. But if I were buying today, it would be the Nakamichi setup since it includes two subs and supports Atmos.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/n...gs.com&skuId=6348384

research: https://www.rtings.com/soundbar/reviews/best/soundbar

How much do you want to spend? This is on woot:

Klipsch Reference Wireless 5.1 Home
Theater System - $1,499.99 - Free shipping for Prime members https://electronics.woot.com/o...share&utm_source=app

Thanks to the above. The soundbar plus wireless rears sounds like a good approach for a living room.

TV is a 65" Samsung Series 8. Been just running the TV speakers since we got it.
Assumption says a Samsung SB would mount directly to our TV, which would be a plus for a clean install.

Not looking for super HT quality, as that will go in the dedicated HT when we get around to starting that & it'll get at least 7.1 or better.

No idea on budget yet, just starting to investigate a bit on it.

Love our Sonos wireless system. A bit pricey, but you only buy it once, cry and move on and enjoy the amazing sound. We watch a lot of action movies, when the sub kicks in the windows almost rattle !