Thoughts on wireless subwoofer.


Just looking for thoughts on whether this idea might actually work!

I have an Ayre ax7e integrated amp which does not have a sub out so best connection to a sub would be from speaker terminals taking care on connections as this is a fully balanced design.
This has been discussed previously in other threads and with Almarg.
However in my system hooking up a sub like this AND alternatively using the tape out RCA resulted in a very audible ground hum especially on phono.
This I could not get rid of so abandoned the idea.

Now here are my thoughts anew.

What if there was no actual physical connection between amp and sub? Surely then I should not suffer a ground loop hum?
Started looking at wireless subs and there are a few hifi orientated brands than run of the mill HT units.
One in particular I have been studying is the Martin Logan Dynamo 700w. This has a built in receiver and uses a transmitter that accepts RCA inputs and transmits on Bluetooth to the sub.

Sounds like it should work but.....

Anybody see any downside or has actually used a wireless sub?

Thank you.
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Thanks Al!

Should be here next week and then we will see what occurs.

I am sincerely hoping it is not that efficient that it faithfully passes on the ground loop hum...lol.

The ac transmitter will be plugged into the back of my Equicore 1800 whether that will help or not remains to be seen!

Will update later!
Well for once my thoughts and a plan actually panned out perfectly in real life practice!

Sub online via a Bluetooth transmitter and absolutely no ground loop hum at all on any input.

And with it being a 10 inch sub it is fairly tight and musical and able to use as a variable input and tailor its frequency response so it is dialed in and for once I would say it is near impossible for me to detect actual sounds coming from the sub itself.

But it has done its job exactly as I wanted and nicely just filled in the very low end that my 2 way Devores could not.

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while!
Great news, Uberwaltz, and congratulations!  And a great quote about the squirrel.  I'll have to remember that one for my own purposes :-)

Best regards,
-- Al 
Thx Al.

It used to be a favorite saying of a work colleague whilst troubleshooting electrical maintenance issues in factories.

A very skilled technician but always modest, a rare commodity nowadays.


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