For her 20th birthday, my niece wanted to organise a big party, with 60 guests. She wanted to create a special mood during the buffet, with musical effects and games. At about 10 pm, people would be invited to dance.

The problem was the room size: 60 guests could not fit in the same room, and would have to be spread into 3 different places : the living room, the dining room and the garden. A music system in each place would create too much noise, and anyway, my niece did not have 3 complete A/V equipment sets. On the other hand, people far away from the Hi Fi would be missing the fun.

On speaking with the disk seller, my niece discovered there was a very simple solution to her problem : X10 2.4 GHz Speaker Link. This product allows the transmission of any music from an Audio / Video source to another pair of Hi Fi speakers, without any additional wiring. The 2.4 GHz passes through the walls, so it is possible to spread the music all over a house, in several places, as many times as they are additional speakers. You do not need to duplicate your complete Hi Fi system, old speakers are enough. To get such a result, you just need a couple of video senders. A transmitter is plugged into an Audio / Video source, for example a CD player, and the receiver is connected to a second pair of Hi Fi speakers, located in another room. If you wish to transmit the music to several pairs of speakers, just add receivers in the same proportion.

In the years 1980, many people changed their old microgroove disk player to a CD appliance. At this time, most also upgraded their speakers to get a better sound quality. In many homes, there are  old pairs of speakers which are now useless. X10 speaker link is a good way to recycle them in a very simple and funny manner.

This is what my clever niece did ! On adopting the X10 system, she managed to spread the same music into various rooms, without hurting any ears or disturbing the neighbours. The upbeat sounds of the disk jockey could be followed by everybody ! Every thing was perfectly synchronised. Thanks to a X10 RF Universal remote control, my niece could also control the CD player from any place, i.e. modify the volume, change tracks, etc...

Spreading sound is just the first step. X10 2.4 GHz video senders are also able to send images, from a TV or a PC to another screen. My niece already plans to organise real time projections during her 21st birthday celebration !