Violet Speakers - True wireless HT System - Review

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Finally, we got to DEMO the coveted Violet which has got rave reviews AV Max and also from some of our members.

The start:
I had heard the Klipsch range of bulb/wireless speakers when in US and I was impressed by the idea but not by the audio quality of the product. Though I was fascinated I gave it a miss. Then I read about an Indian company which has come up with this break through product very similar to Klipsch but a complete HT 5.1 setup. It really piked my interest and I sent an email to Mr.Bhatia. I wasn't really looking forward for a quick reply (though I was hoping I would since HFV has now become a respected word in Hifi world). I got a prompt reply from him and courteous follow-up and we fixed up the date of the demo. I have total respect for his professionalism. We decided to do it my place as it will give us real feel of our home environment which is acoustically challenging.

The review team:
Since its my house, I decided to call a select few people who can give an objective review. I also posted an open invite in our forum to keep it open for any enthusiast. The final team:

HFV team:



1. Snap team - Pradeep
2. MBR
3. Sound Advice
4. Srinisundar
5. Capt Rajesh
6. venkat CR
7. Rajiv

The snap network team:


Pradeep (marketing) and his engineer (sorry I forgot his name :( )

I also wanted couple of non-audio enthusiasts to give that un-biased opinion. They were:
1. Kavitha - A very good friend who does not understand too much gizmo language and is looking for a bose kind of setup with minimal fuzz and wireless interface. Has a budget of 50-60k.
2. My wifey - The no-nonsense, on my face, take it person whom I always rely on to cast the final vote in my hi fi purchases.

System: Since Violet speakers is not an high-end audiophile kind of HT system we decided the best competitor would be my 5+ years old Philips HTS 4750 HTiB (price - 22k).

Violet Speaker:
The system comprises of:
1. 5 beautiful and gorgeous speakers shaped like bulb with a flat end (size is similar to a 200W bulb). The speakers are active.
2. An active subwoofer
3. Central console until which takes in all the connections from the DVD or media player or any other source. It has a 5.1 analog pcm input, a digital coax input, and stereo input. The console has Dolby decoding ability which means you can directly connect your media player via digital coax and play a dolby audio movie file or use your DVDp coaxial output to play a Dolby DVD. BUT it does not decode DTS. So if you have a DTS DVD you need to have a DVDp which can decode DTS and also has 5.1 analog pcm output so it can be connected to the console (major irritant for me!). However, the violet team said that this might be enabled once they receive license from DTS as the console has the capability but it hasn't been enabled due to license from DTS.
4. A 3 mike calibration unit which calibrates the entire setup automatically.
5. A cute and functional remote

For more info on the specs pls read (avoid repeat):
http://www.hifivision.com/speakers/14260-watch-out-violet-speaker-unit-4.html

:: Violet ::

Some pics:
Neatly packed speakers, stands, and mike (you either get the floor stand to keep the speaker on floor or wall fitments)


Close-up of speakers (they come with screw type male bulb socket)



Calibration mike set (its got 3 mikes)


One more close up of the speakers


Some more close-ups:




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The setup:
The Snap networks (violet manufacturers) team of Pradeep and his technical developer landed at my house at 11 am. The setup took 27 minutes to be exact.
1. They surveyed my house and decided the placement - 8 mins
2. Setup the speakers - 10 mins
3. Calibrate the speakers - 9 mins

To be honest, my house was not challenging as I had right electrical points already made for a 7.1 system. Center speakers in the center, L and R speakers on either side but the Right side speakers were spaced at distance more than the left side speakers from the center (that is lets say if L speakers was 5 ft from center, the right side was 7 feet from the center and not in straight line.)

The surround speakers were placed behind the sofa at two corners.

The front setup (forgive us for the messy wires!), you can see that the Right speaker is not even in the pic. This was done to see how it sounds with mis aligned placement


Right speaker:




Left Speaker close up (This was not kept on floor to check again for sound in various speaker positions)


The central console (the indicator light indicates the input)


Rear view of the central console (see the 5.1 input for DTS)



The active subwoofer:


Rear view of sub:


Calibration mike (with Mr.Venkat):




The DEMO:
As I detailed earlier, we had decided to A/B Violet setup and my Philips HtiB 4750. We used the Philips DVDp the snap had brought and decided to try the DTS Demo discs. The following was used for comparison:

5.1 setup:
1. Eagles - Hotel California 5.1 live audio
2. U 571 - the submarine war scene
3. Kill Bill Vol 1 - the famous last fight scene

Stereo:
1. Patricia Barber - Cafe Blue - Ode to Billy Joe
2. Varanam Aiyiram - Nenjukkul Peithudum

My Impressions
To be brutally honest, the Philips HTiB was truly the winner by a larger margin when it came to 5.1 movie experience. The bass was tight, punchy, and clear. The bass in Violet was okay in fact my wife nudged and asked if the sub woofer was working. This was crystal clear in the U571 scene where the bombs were dropped and they explode under water. instead of the bomb making a deep impact it was more of a high pitch explosion. I am NOT referring to the volume but the impact of bass.

In the Eagles track, I felt the violet lacked body when compared to the Philips HtiB and vocals were little better in the HTiB and was more life like. The placement was also good but the violet placement was virtual and flowing

In the Kill Bill scene, the violet had the virtual placement and the surround effects were spot on but again it lacked the punch the Philips HTiB had. BUT i was really really impressed with the surround effect through the speakers were not aligned properly.

Coming to the stereo part, honestly I believe the Philips HTiB sucks. The violet was better when we compared it with the HTiB in stereo mode. The violet creates a very nice virtual stage. But the problem was placement of instruments which was totally missing, I just couldn't place the instruments anywhere. When the same song was played by the Philips HTiB in Dolby mode the placement was relatively better.

I will leave the concept of Sound Bubble and circle to be explained by Venkat C R. During the stereo session we experienced a strange thing. Irrespective of where we stood (myself and Venkat), Hariharan''s voice was always coming from in between Center and Left speakers. It was like everything was placed there. Then we asked the Violet team to place the L and R speakers at equi distance from the center speaker. They did that and re-calibrated the entire system again. Now when we played the same song, Hariharan was no more in between Left and Center rather he was traveling with us. If I stood on the extreme right we were able to hear him between Center and Right. This gives a clear impression that speaker is IMPORTANT even for Violet speakers to get the correct sound stage :indifferent14:.

That also reminds me the question me and Srini had initially asked after reading about these speakers which said placement is not very important. We asked the team
"Since speakers placement according to you doesn't impact your sound stage and algorithm takes care of it can we place all speakers say in the front?"

The clear reply was no, you need to place the 4 speakers at four corners creating a basic square for optimum sound stage and surround experience but they need not be in straight line or equi distance.

However, I feel even in this speaker placement matters a lot.

My Verdict
First and foremost, I am extremely proud to see such an innovative product made in India. Hats off to Snap Networks for this. It is a capable HT system with lots of buts and ifs. If you can install an HTiB with wires then you might want to give this a miss (I hope I will change this impression soon as snap makes improvement to their system after collecting all feedbacks). If you are in the market, where you are looking for an excellent wireless, non complicated, basic HT system with good sound capabilities, and you see BOSE, then this is your system throw BOSE out.

What I liked:
1. Fit and finish of the product. Its been ages since I saw a product made in India with this level of finish. KUDOSSSSS
2. True wireless with no wires (between the system). Off course you need electrical socket for each speaker to be connected. But this is far far more easy then getting wires
3. Anyone can do the setup and calibration in 30 mins
4. Portability is a major plus. Say, I have it my Living Room, I want to enjoy a nice movie cosy with my wife in my bedroom, just remove the 5 speakers and install in my bedroom in 30 min!
5. Life style product which will get rave view from friends
6. Beautiful contemporary design
7. Minimal controls and fuzz (but adequate)
8. Ability to add more speakers and make into 7.1 (future proof but not sure if the console will be upgraded via firmware)

What I don't like:
1. Just Dolby encoding. This is a major turn off for me. You need a DVDp with 5.1 PCM output and there aren't many DVDp in the market. Common snap, you make a product for minimal complexity and you expect the end user to have a DVDp with 5.1 PCM and connect 6 wires across etc????
2. Average sub-woofer. clearly needs more life and juice in it
3. Average to Good sound effects
4. Placement still matters and needs tweaking to find the right place. This needs more work and like Venkat suggested may be they can provide individual calibration option for each speakers but then it will add to complexity which is what the product is against.

My wish list:
1. Clear direction on future strategy for implementing DTS HD and Dolby HD
2. HDMI input
3. DTS decoding
4. Marketing strategy to sell it only through select dealers is a NO NO for me. In my opinion this needs a good channel partner. A guy walking into AV Specialist dealer is going to compare this with the Onkyo's, Denon's etc of the world and for thats its not good news. The market is for gadget or layman who want no complication and are more looking for WOW factor. They come to eZone or Croma's.

My Score:
(compared to my 5 yrs old Philips HTiB)
Movie Experience: 3/5
Stereo Experience: 3/5
Sound decoding options : 2/5
Simplicity : 4/5 (it lost one point bcos of DTS not available and need to connect via 5.1)
Aesthetics : 10/5 (I am blown over)
VFM: 2.5/5
VFM compared to BOSE: 5/5


My wifes take
Until and unless they improve the sound quality I prefer wires in my bedroom. Sorry, you dont have my approval to buy this now :sad:

Kavitha's take
May be if I had heard it alone I would have been impressed, but after hearing your HTiB I am not convinced. Though I love the concept and the simplicity it offers, I will give it a miss currently


There goes my short and sweet review on Violet speakers. I will let Rajiv, Venkat, Rajesh, Arjun, Srini to post their view.

I would like to thank Mr.Bhatia and his team for taking time and providing a home demo of their system. Also, my hats of to their team for coming out with an innovative system like this. I am 100% sure with some more research and improvement this can very well become an EXCELLENT wireless HT system but today it falls below my expectations.


Blooper:
Venkat trying Pole dancing ;)

 
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Very nice review and more over Open review indicating all the pros and cons...I agree with all the points what Ram has told not much comments except below.

Just Ram forgot to indicate(or i missed the same) that the speaker can be directly screwed in the bulb holder. I believe it is one of the very innovative idea and moreover give an fine look for your apartment.:clapping: and nobody knows it is an speaker except you.

As I am an into pure movie watching( recently into stereo) i could see the difference in the system. I am really surprised to see Ram's philips HTiB which we taken as consideration is far better for movies.

As Ram indicated this system is not for an hardcore audiophile who digs the sound into detail and it is for an easy go person who swaps the credit card without much hesitation by looking the look and easy installation procedure.

Purely and heartly you can recommend to your friends who is not an pure audiophile and you will be appreciated by them and their family too for its space saving capabilities.
 
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On Saturday, a few of us assembled at Rams flat in Velachery. Though I had planned to reach at exactly 2PM, I got a little lost and reached around 2.15. The representatives of Snap Networks were already there and they installed the speakers.

The Speakers and the Concept

Essentially, the Violet system consisted of 5 satellite speakers, a sub woofer, and a wireless transmitter. The transmitter also acted as the central hub to which you connected the (DVD) player. Connection to the hub was either through six analogue cables, or a single coaxial digital cable. The Violet system was capable of decoding Dolby Digital signals, but was not yet capable of decoding DTS signals. Though they have the technology, I believe they are waiting for approval from DTS.

The hub transmits the audio signals to the satellite at 2.4GHz. According to Capt. Rajesh this is an open frequency that is not allocated for any particular use. If there are other transmitters and receivers operating at the same frequency, the hub and satellites will essentially hop in small steps to get an exclusive channel. Called frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS), the transmitter sends a short burst and the receiver responds with a seed signal allocating a specific channel that is free. This channel has a narrow bandwidth and will have little or no interference from other signals. This channel allocation can change constantly and happens very fast and there will be no disturbance from other items such as mobile phones and cordless phones. Many modern cordless phones also operate at the same frequency.

In the beginning, the Violet system has to be set up. Set up consists of connecting the satellite speakers to power points in a rough 5.1 design across the room. Once this is done, you calibrate the speakers. For calibration, Snap Networks provides three mikes fixed on a stand. The stand is a small rod about 3 feet high. On top are three thin plates that are at 120 degrees to each other. The mikes are attached to the tip of these plates. Each mike has a different color red, white, and blue. You place this stand at the sweet spot and point the plate containing the red mike roughly towards the centre channel. Then using the remote you start the auto calibration. The system sends out a short burst of high pitched pink noise first to all speakers, followed by a burst of another sound that covers the mid and low frequencies. Unlike AVRs that send the signal in increasing amplitudes, the Violet System seemed to send at a fixed amplitude that, to my ears, sounded somewhere close to 65-70dB at the speaker position.

According to the reps, this calibration does two or three things. It measures the distance of the speaker from the mikes. Two; it fixes the relative level of each speaker. Since the position of the speakers can be random, it also uses that information to create a 5.1 bubble. There were some issues with the calibration as I will explain below.

Let us look at the satellite speakers first. This is in the shape of an hour glass with the bottom half slightly smaller in diameter. The bottom half is just a holder that has an electrical cable going in and a standard screw socket that is used for regular bulbs.

The top half of the hour glass stores the driver, a 40 watt class D amplifier, and a wireless receiver. The top part is a circle, roughly 3 inches in diameter. Seated inside is a two inch driver that, according to the reps, is sourced from China. On top of the driver is a lattice that holds half a sphere with the spherical part pointing towards the driver. Called an ellipsoid, this helps push the sound coming from the driver in all directions (or 360 degrees). The bottom part of this half has a standard bulb screw that fits into the screw socket in the other half. Since this uses a standard bulb screw, it can be fitted into any bulb socket that has a screw type holder.

The satellite speaker gets its power from a standard electrical outlet if used as an unit, or from the bulb socket if connected to an existing bulb fitting.

Let us understand the bubble now. Since each satellite transmits the sound in 360 degrees it creates a small ball(ish) area of sound. When placed on the ground, not much sound travels downwards as the driver is transmitting in one direction and the ellipsoid is pushing the sound in all directions. Obviously the sound cannot be pushed through the driver and this will create a v shaped hole in the ball. If you place the satellite hanging downwards, the hole will be at the top.

Five of these satellite speakers create five such spheres of sound that kind of merge with each other. Theoretically speaking, if you stand somewhere in the middle, you should be enveloped in sound from all directions. That is in theory. In reality, sound loses energy as it travels and the merging points will be weak. You should either have a very powerful amp, or the speakers must be very closes to each other. This is impractical.

When you stand anywhere in the middle of the merging sound spheres, essentially you should always be in a sweet spot. In other words, the various channels should move with you when you move. But, as the reps explained, the sweet spot with the Violets are a linear area to the left and right of the spot used for calibration.

The Set Up.

The Snap Networks reps placed the centre channel speaker right under the TV, and the left channel speaker some 5 feet to its left. The centre channel was on top of the AV cabinet, and the left channel on a small stool that placed it slightly lower than the centre channel. The right channel speaker was placed some 7 feet away and on the floor, as that was the nearest power point available.

The left surround was placed on a corner table some 5 feet away from the sweet spot. Like the front right, the surround was also placed on the floor some 7 feet away.

The Audition

Since Ram has already spoken about music, I will only use the movie auditioning we did to evaluate the system. I am sure Rajiv and others will also have something to say about the musical capabilities of the system. The system has a long way to go to be effective for music.

For auditioning we used standard demo scenes from Gladiator, Kill Bill 1, and U571. What we did was to play first on the Violet system, and then immediately switched over to Rams Philips HTiB for comparison.

The first time we played a movie clipping, I felt the centre channel was coming, not from the centre, but from somewhere in between the centre and the left channel. As the clipping was being played I walked around the room and realized the sweet spot is critical. Contrary to what I understood from the white paper, (http://www.snap-networks.com/White paper.pdf), you cannot sit anywhere in the room. You have to sit roughly 3 to 4 feet on either side of the spot used for calibration.

Rajiv and I asked the reps to reposition the right front speaker both at the same height as the left speaker, and about the same distance from the centre. Calibration was done again. The centre channel immediately moved towards the centre as it had to. So placement of speaker both in terms of their distance and in terms of their vertical positioning is also very critical.

In Chapter 1 of The Gladiator, Maximus leads the Roman army against the Germanic barbarians. This scene is etched in my mind as I have seen it hundreds of times. The noise of the soldiers, and the shouting of Maximus as he goads his army all create a low thunder around you just before the attack starts. The attack itself is set by the flow of arrows followed by the screaming of both armies. In between is the sound of Maximuss dog as it labours up a hill to lead the attack from behind the Germans. In most systems, Maximuss shouted encouragement is never very clear, and the panting and breathing of the dog is never heard properly. As the attack progresses, Hans Zimmer plays a lovely tune that somehow magically merges with the noise of the war. Allegedly copied from Gustav Holst's "Mars: The Bringer of War", the music is lovely and captivating, and I always tap my feet to it.

The Violet was not able to create the soundstage needed for such a scene. Maximuss dialogue were unclear, I could not hear the panting of the dog, and I has to strain to hear the strains of the orchestra. Was I expecting too much, for frankly, this scene can only be painted by large floor standers driven by monstrous amps?

We played the same scene in Rams Philips HTiB. It certainly created a much larger and deeper soundstage, and the dialogues were a little more clear, and I could hear the dogs panting.

Chapter 15 of U-571 is again a killer scene for any system. As the US crew of the German U-boat sneak underwater, they are chased by a German destroyer and depth charged. The depth charges are dropped every 25 meters. Lt. Andrew Tyler takes the crippled U-Boat as deep as he dares and starts racing to safety. He has to do all this and also keep deadly quiet. He whispers his orders to his crewmen including the Chief Engineer through the U-Boats internal communication system.

The sound is spacious and immersive. The subtle yet palpable sound of the creeks of sub and the pressure of the water against the hull, the sometimes whisper-quiet chatter of crew in the background, the sonar pings, all add to make you sweat. The depth charge attack in chapter 15 always rocks your entire room, and I use it regularly to test a subwoofers capability. Surround activity, of course, is high, evidenced by both atmospherics and unrelenting action and music. Director Jonathan Mostow makes you experience the explosions from above the water, from inside the water, and from within the U-Boat itself.

Played through the Violet system, the sound just did not come across the way it should. The depth was missing and, as Rajiv said, one could not hear the roar of water as one of depth charges exploded very near the surface. In the scene where four or five depth charges explode very near the hull of the U-boat, the Violet system nearly merged the sounds instead of delivering each explosion independently.

It was in the fight scene of Kill Bill 1 that I felt the Violet system failed completely. As The Bride fights for her life against the teenage Gogo Yubari, there is series of sounds that is played at various frequencies. At first is the voices of the two players. Then when Gogo throws a weapon held on along leash, it smacks into a wooden pillar with a deep thud. As the Bride jumps atop a table, there is the deep thud of her boots on the table as well as the tinkle of cutlery as they fall to the ground and break. When Gogo catches the Brides sword in her leash and yanks it away, the sword goes and falls on a steel girder. There is the clear sound of metal against metal that is played a few times with different intensities and tones as different parts of the sword smack against the girder.

The Violet system, to my ears sounded anemic. The sound was very thin in all frequencies and could not differentiate the superb tonal qualities of the scene.

The Violets satellite, according to the reps, stops at 200 Hz, when the sub takes over. Form what Rajiv and I could make out of what the reps said, the sub plays all frequencies between 150 and 200 Hz. Does the sub stop at 150Hz? We are not sure, and unless we get the exact specs, we will not be able to tell. I believe Violet is not interested in revealing the specs. This is unfortunate.

Rajiv also felt there is huge gap, void, or hole between 200Hz and 500Hz. I would also agree to that, as the satellites seemed incapable of going down to 200 Hz. The Violet operates very much on the Bose principle of Sub/Sat system, fooling you into thinking that low frequency sounds are coming from the satellites when they are actually coming from the sub. When the crossover is done well, this will not matter. But, when, as we felt with the Violet, there is gap between the low end of the satellites and the high end of the sub, this will become evident in most sound passages.

At the end we also played some songs from Varnam Ayiram. When fed with a stereo signal, the Violet converts it, like Neo6, into a 5.1 sound. This did not appeal to any of us, and we quickly ended the auditioning.

Conclusions:
The Violet System is an attractively made 5.1 system that is a lifestyle speaker set. It is very easy to set up, and needs no changes to the room. The best position would be to hang the satellites from the walls or the ceiling. Their positioning relative to each other in terms of height and distance is critical, and hanging from the ceiling would make this easy. For a room between 150 to 200 square feet, they can deliver an acceptable sound for movies. Devoid of any wiring, they will draw the admiration of your visitors to whom you can boast of a full 5.1 system that is very attractive physically. The Violet system could be a good competition to most HTiBs, as well as AVR plus sub/sat systems.

The finish of the Violet satellites is top notch. This product is best sold from electronic super markets to someone who does not want the hassle of an AVR, wiring, and room acoustics. Hang the satellites, connect the hub to a DVD player, do a quick calibration, and you are ready to watch Salman Khan gyrating along with Munni. In all of 15 minutes you can have a full 5.1 running.

This is a product designed and manufactured in India. I believe the company is already in discussion with Wal-Mart. If they succeed in selling in large numbers, it will be a fantastic win for Indian design and manufacture.

Cheers
 
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Hi,

First of all a big thank you to Ram for inviting me to his home for the demo of the Violet loudspeakers.

Ram and Venkat have posted detailed reports on the demo and also their impressions.

I would agree with their observations.

The Violet speakers are very well put together ,truly world class.:clapping:

As Venkat and Ram have pointed out speaker placement is critical for a proper soundstage,contrary to the claims made by Violet. The overall sound is thin without any body,the two inch driver is struggling to reproduce the lower midrange .It also has an uptilted balance and is spitty and edgy at high sound levels.

I asked the engineer from Violet for the driver specs and he said that he did not know them. He mentioned that this driver was selected after testing and trying out several drivers, because of its good HF extention.Violet is also reluctant to divulge the frequency response graph/specs of the system.

If someone is in the market for a hassle free surround system that looks good this is it ,but if sound quality is a factor in your choice of AV equipment then it is best to look elsewhere.

Regards
Rajiv
 
Thanks for the reviews.. It would really help us in understanding the system better.. Now i really got a feel of how it would sound...

Thanks
Nag
 
So wireless solution is Best of this system & need to improve on Subwoofer area.
Even adding audio codecs will be +point in future.

Thank you HFV team for lovely,neutral review.
 
In Chapter 1 of The Gladiator, Maximus leads the Roman army against the Germanic barbarians. This scene is etched in my mind as I have seen it hundreds of times. The noise of the soldiers, and the shouting of Maximus as he goads his army all create a low thunder around you just before the attack starts. The attack itself is set by the flow of arrows followed by the screaming of both armies.... the US crew of the German U-boat sneak underwater, they are chased by a German destroyer and depth charged. The depth charges are dropped every 25 meters. Lt. Andrew Tyler takes the crippled U-Boat as deep as he dares and starts racing to safety... As The Bride fights for her life against the teenage Gogo Yubari, there is series of sounds that is played at various frequencies. At first is the voices of the two players. Then when Gogo throws a weapon held on along leash, it smacks into a wooden pillar with a deep thud. As the Bride jumps atop a table, there is the deep thud of her boots...

Your narrative is better than watching the real movie.
 
A good clean complete review by the chennai fellowship as always...thanks guys !! dot !! ...sounds like a decent competition to bose and its likes...hope the little discrepancies mentioned above are resolved , and if reasonably priced mebbe we have a winner here.
cheers!!
 
I thank Ram for inviting me to audition the system. Both Ram and VenkatCR have posted detailed and accurate review of the system and Rajiv has added right supplementary comments.

For a wireless system, the system has performed quite well and has demonstrated well that wireless music systems have come of age. Being involved in product development in the wireless field myself, I understand the trouble these guys would've gone through and they deserve full commendation for the work done. As such, the system stands out as a viable alternative for techno-phobics to install hassle free home theater and enjoy a reasonably good set up.

Having said that, there still is scope for improvement by addressing the concerns raised by the reviewers. Going by the technological development in the field of wireless communication, I believe these are very much doable.
 
Nice review by all. Almost felt I was in the reviewing room.

MBR - I think the following quote "If you are in the market, where you are looking for an excellent wireless, non complicated, basic HT system with good sound capabilities, and you see BOSE, then this is your system throw BOSE out." is not warranted as you have not done a side by side review with Bose and Violet.

I suppose the biggest challenge for a company like Violet would be to market the product as a lifestyle product is sold more by brand building and not through technical specs. I hope they find the financial muscle to do the marketing push.
 
@Sud: Though I have not done a side-by-side review of BOSE, having lived with it for 3 yrs now and still with it in uncle's place every weekend I can clearly tell its better. The system I referred was the Lifestyle 5.1 system.

Also, last weekend we had taken a DEMO of BOSE Lifestyle 48 for my friend Kavitha and I had viewed the same set of clips during the demo (U571, Gladiator, and KB II). So this is with reference to that.
 
Nice Review by the HFVers. Good point by point comparison. Well this is a nice innovation by snap. The convenience factor is huge. Pricing remains a issue though. Should be positioned in Reliance Digital, Croma etc.
 
Thanks to all folks who gave the review on the product.
So it can be said "It will satisfy any non-audiophile person who is not looking into true sound quality". BTW, i see its quote as 50-60k. So is this worth the price to go for? Can this be recommended for a non-audiophile (who is looking for wireless system)?
 
Yep.. It can be recommended, if at all the DTS decoding is implemented at earliest...Non-audiophile also know about Dolby/DTS and it is an basic thing for an HTiB.
 
Purchase the Audiolab 6000A Integrated Amplifier at a special offer price.
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