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I'm going to send it back for three reasons:

1.) There is an audible hiss which, depending on how far away from the base station you are and how much wireless interference there is can be extremely loud. For me, the sound quality tradeoff is too much. I tried the noise reduction feature and switching betwen the 3 channels the base station offers but couldn't get an acceptable audio result. It could be my crazy neighbor who has a massive HAM radio polluting the airwaves. Your mileage may vary.

2.) Needs more speakers. There is only one speaker and when you place it in a room the first thing you notice is the lack of a stereo sound. I think the speaker itself may actually be stereo and the curvy plastic piece is attempting to spread the sound around but it fails for me. I wanted another tower.

3.) The battery life on the speaker is really poor. It charged all night and worked for all of 15 minutes before I had to plug it in. Maybe there is something wrong with mine because this seems impossibly bad.

Its too bad because this is a great idea and if you're like me and all your music is now stored on the hard disk of your computer, it would be a great way pump music anywhere in the house.

The prouct itself is really quite beautiful and has this blue light that makes it look like a piece of art but I was looking for a higher quality audio result.

I don't want to totally discourage you from trying it out especially if you have a small place and you're not a total audiophile but if you like your high quality sound, beware.

Well I ignored the negative reviews of this sony speaker, and went for it , just because I normally love sony products and this one just looks cool too. Luckly, I was surprise to find this set up to be totally usable!! sound leaves a small amount to be desired in terms of freq. range ( not the widest - does not really produce BASS - more like low-mids there)

But the wireless range is enough to use in any room in my 1000sq ft place, static is minimal and does not cause me to NOT enjoy the music.

I do wish it had a direct input ON the speaker as well, to be able to use the speaker as a normal rechargable speaker if wanted - IE - plug your iPod right into to - but it does NOT - you have to plug into the base sender to get any audio into it.

I think this technology is simply not yet a mature one, but with so many options for music from your computer from the web. Things will only improve over time.

for now this is my chosen device to get my music around my place wirelessly. Starting to really love this thing ( sony stuff will do that to ya sometime )