Looking for advice on a surround solution with wireless rear speakers

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This is NOT a purely Roon related topic - however I’m looking for advice on building a X.1 (X≥5) surround system that integrates wireless speakers except for the front (front, center, sub).

  • as for the front speakers, I want run my Dynaudio Confidence 20 over my Hegel H590, i.e the AV Receiver (AVR) must have a pre-out for the front speakers. The Hegel will also be the Roon endpoint, the AVR is only for TV/DVD.
  • as for the subwoofer, I have an active T+A TCD 610 W SE that I want to integrate, which shouldn’t be an issue. It will be connected to the AVR, not the Hegel, as I don’t really need it for stereo.
  • as for the center speaker, I want to use a passive T+A TCD 510 C because it’s affordable, cat-proof and visually complements the 610 W.
  • as for the two surround (and potentially any other additional) speakers, they should be wireless and therefore active. I don’t really care if they connect via Heos, BluOS, Music Cast, Bluetooth, Wifi, whatever. They should be small and in the 500 €/$/£ range (per piece).

The AVR should state of the art and feature HDMI 2.1 and not exceed 2k €/$/£. AV processor plus power amplifier for the center speaker would be OK.

I’m looking forward to hear from one or more experts. :smiley:

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I would purchase a new receiver that supports wired and wireless surround sound speakers. Use your old stuff elsewhere or sell it.

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My question would be which one supports mixed wired and wireless speakers for surround.

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I googled that and found quite a lot.

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So did I and found a confusing mix of multiroom and surround with no clear indication of what combination of I/O would work.

I’m looking for a tried and tested solution.

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Sadly I don’t think there is. Best I found was a 500 usd Yamaha on amazon that you needed to use their wireless rears to do 5.1. But lots of complaints about earc issues.

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