A Peek At Power Sources Inside Wireless Surround Sound Kits

By Mike Heller


While putting in rear speakers for your home entertainment system, you have several options. Most people just hard-wire the speakers to the surround receiver. On the other hand, a few people prefer to get rid of the speaker cable mess by employing wireless transmission. Wireless surround speaker products are readily available at this point. On this page, I'm going to evaluate exactly how those wireless kits are powered and also discuss some requirements which the built-in power source of these types of sets has to satisfy.

The lengthy speaker cable from the front to the back of your space is eradicated by these types of kits. Having said that, there'll nevertheless be wires. Because both the cordless transmitter and also receiver require energy, there will be a power cable between each of these parts and the mains wall socket. Several wireless receiver types possess an built-in power source and connect to a mains electric outlet by means of a cord and some come with an external wallwart.

One benefit of a ac adapter is the fact that the receiver by itself can be smaller. The majority of wallwarts are direct-plug-in types. Another type of wallwart provides an IEC type power jack. This jack hooks up to a mains wall socket by employing a power cord. These kind of AC adapters are really similar to those utilized by notebook computers. From the standpoint of a manufacturer, bundling a wallwart has some advantages compared to an integrated power supply. First of all, determined by what country the wireless kit is going to be sold in, a unique AC adapter can be included which is compatible with the native mains voltage and electric power connector. Also, quite a few wallwarts are already approved for safety. This will likely save big money in comparison with needing to safety approve the receiver. Also, they are less pricey to change in the event of failure versus changing the entire wireless receiver. Wireless receivers that include the power supply are generally bigger than models with an exterior supply though are easier to install.

Now, I'll take a look at what requirements the power source needs to meet. Safety factors are crucial. Therefore, the power source should abide by the safety standards which apply to each country which the system is sold in. The regulations were made to guarantee that there's adequate safety in order to avoid harm to humans in case of line fault conditions. The insulation from the mains voltage must satisfy rigorous prerequisites. Yet another factor included in a lot of safety standards is the behavior of the power supply while in regular function. You can find standards regarding how warm the power supply can become and in addition how effectively it's going to safeguard itself in the eventuality of overload or over-temperature situations.

The wireless receiver has a high-frequency radio which receives the cordless signal along with a power audio amplifier which amplifies the music signal. These two parts demand power. As a consequence the power source needs to be in a position to satisfy the voltage and also current requirements of both of these components. The power source should be dimensioned large enough to be able to supply the audio amplifier with ample current to be able to drive a connected loudspeaker at the rated RMS power level no less than 10 minutes. The power supply top current rating can also be essential because normal music signals possess brief bursts of high energy. A further requirement would be that the power supply voltage needs to be pretty constant and also have as little ripple and noise as possible. A number of sound amps can compensate for power source ripple and noise. A handful of high-end music equipment employs linear power supplies despite their weight and size because of the good noise performance. The vast majority of power sources are switch-mode power sources. The supply voltages of the RF receive and power amplifier section are likely to be different. As a result a large number of power sources offer several supply voltages. Lastly, the power supply must have ample overload as well as over-temperature safeguards to keep everything safe in case of a fault of the power amp.




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