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klipsch wa-2 - does anyone have any experience with it??? is there a delay in signal?? does it a take more time to detect a signal and power on????
 
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Sorry, I do not have experience with this model. From Klipsch's web description it's "plug and play" which would imply that's it's simple to use. I doubt that there would be any major/significant delay; most subs use an "auto-on" feature that powers-on the sub's amp when it detects a signal for a second or so anyway.

"The two-piece kit, composed of a transmitter and a receiver, conducts a simple pairing process that syncs the transmitter and receiver the first time they are used; after that, the sub is automatically activated when ready for use."


I love the idea of a wireless sub and doubt that there would be any major delay problems after initial set-up; someone that has direct experience with this will chime-in at some point and correct me if my assumptions are wrong.
 
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I doubt that there would be any major/significant delay; most subs use an "auto-on" feature that powers-on the sub's amp when it detects a signal for a second or so anyway.
I do not know this sub but:
1. All subs with an active crossover will introduce some audio delay unless you can bypass the crossover.
2. All wireless transmission links that I have used will inevitably introduce some audio delay.
3. The delays are on the order of milliseconds, so they will not have much, if any, effect on the sub turning on in response to a signal. However, they will affect the "distance" setting for the sub that you set on the AVR but, if your AVR uses an auto-setup with a mic (Audyssey, YPAO, MCACC, etc.), that will be taken into the measurements.
 
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I know that Hsu has the ULS 15 sub that is wireless. I have read that people said that the wireless worked good. I could see wireless phones and game controllers being an issue. In my opinion you are usually giving something up when you go wireless.
 
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