SVS SoundPath Wireless Audio Adapter

Easy set up, works pefectly, LED is too bright

On July 14, 2020 I received the SoundPath Wireless Audio Adapter from SVS and tested and used it in the intended location. It performed as expected in several ways, but failed in two respects that were unacceptable, as described below.

The line-of-sight path was 15 feet long, from chest high on a shelf with the SVS transmitter and computer workstation to the next room's SVS receiver placed on the audio equipment stack at waist height. The path was at an angle through an open doorway. The problem was that whenever a person crossed that path or even blocked any part of it, the audio signal was lost or broke up. No amount of reorientation or shifting of either transmitter or receiver solved this problem. This was clearly unworkable.

The other problem was that the adapter link distorted the audio signal when I used the normal output levels from my sound card on the pc and the Aux or CD or Line inputs on my audio amplifier. It was clearly an overload/clipping situation at the SVS transmitter input. I had to keep the sound card output level lower than convenient and the amplifier's volume/loudness settings higher than for any other sources (tuner, CD, tape, phono) to avoid the overloading at the adapter's input. This required adjustments at both ends of the audio adapter link. This involved running back and forth to adjust level settings, each time breaking the beam and losing the signal.

I suspect that this limitation was due to the transmitter circuitry being designed around a 5-volt DC USB-type power supply. If this design were changed to a 12-volt DC supply and used an A/D converter or RF modulator that had a wider dynamic range, this limitation could likely be eliminated. However, the path-blocking problem would probably require abandoning the 2.45 GHz band and moving down in frequency (and up in wavelength, which is the key), to an alternate FCC slot. I'm not familiar with current FCC allocations beyond those in the 600 MHz range for FM wireless microphones so can't suggest specific alternative bands.

I also did a quick test of potential interference from a 1990 GE microwave oven that was located in the same house but one floor down and 40 feet away. Older wireless internet equipment, including external antennas and laptops in the same location as the SVS adapter have historically been interfered with by this microwave open, which (legally) radiates in the 2.45 GHz band. I was pleased that the SVS adapter experienced no problems when the microwave oven was running. In closer proximity it might have.

I would note that I have experience spanning over 60 years with repairing, installing and designing audio and radio equipment and taught the subject in my career as physics professor and consultant in industry. However, I'm not current on chips and devices in consumer equipment of this type, nor Wi-Fe, Bluetooth and other digital RF technologies.

I returned the adapter for a refund and was impressed at all stages by the customer service I received and the opportunity to provide this review. I very much wish that the SoundPath Wireless Audio Adapter had worked in my application, as I'm sure it does for many owners.

I purchased a wireless audio adapter in hopes of connecting my turntable's preamp to my amplifier, remotely without any cables. The product works flawlessly. Prior to the purchase received prompt confirmation from customer service about the wireless adapter's capabilities for successfully solving my problem. I am very satisfied and impressed with this company and its products.

Worked perfect. Moved subwoofer where I wanted it, connected the transmitter and receiver and all is good in audio land.

My family room situation became such that a wireless product was necessary. I had choices, but the quality and performance of my SVS SB2000 subwoofer made choosing the SVS solution a no brainer. It took me a few minutes to set it up and voila, wireless subterranean magic! I made the right choice.

Cords are really short, it does receive interference from the wireless router, could be better designed. It's okay but we had to modify the cords to get the boxes to talk to each other.

I purchased the SoundPath Wireless Audio Adapter for a somewhat unique use. I needed a means to get a signal to the back surround channel in my Dolby Atmos 9.1.2 system. I had a good location to mount the the rear speakers, but no method to get a wired connection to that location due to an open floor plan. I ended up using the SoundPath Wireless Adapter to send the two channels of back surround from my Anthem MRX-720 Receiver back surround line outputs to a set of powered KEF LSX speakers. The setup works great. I set the rear speakers to a distance of 30 feet (even though they are only about 3 feet away physically) to compensate for the time delay in the encoding, transmission/reception, and decoding of the wireless signal. The only negative at all is that the power/synced indicator LED is BRIGHT, I have covered the LEDs with a piece of black electrical tape for now. I am thinking I might see if I can place a piece dark opaque plastic with a very small hole drilled through the plastic over the LED so that it is possible to see if the sync is lost (the LEDs blink if the transmitter/receiver are not in sync), without the size and intensity of the LED being as obvious. Very pleased with the purchase, and recommended to anybody else that might be in a similar situation.

Great sounding subwoofer it was very impressive to hear.No wires in the front room.My wife was happy with that.My last subwoofer lasted 15 years ,I hope this pb16 can do the same.

This worked well and allowed me to move my sub about 25’ from my amplifier. Installation was easy. I am giving it 4 stars instead of five because the price is too high for what it is. At a $90 price point I would have given 5 stars.

Boy was it nice to not have to pull and hide speaker wires

I was concerned I’d lose performance if I used the Bluetooth kits . Wrong!! They were a breeze to set up and worked instantly. I’m not the best tech wise but I can tell you they are worth the investment.

I recently finished my basement. I pre-planned two locations for my PB10 sub to be located by creating in-wall PVC tubes, wall plates, etc. While this was good planning, and absolutely usable, it was also a major challenge. I needed 50' cord and it had a lot of turns and tucks from behind the TV (my AV closet) over to the first location. There is always something you would have done differently or better. That first location I thought would be best but my #1 client (my wife) did not appreciate the beauty of the hulking PB10 in that location. Moving it to the other location would have meant unanticipated challenges in getting the sub cable even further away. Long story short, I decided to try the SoundPath Wireless Audio Adapter. I was concerned about needing line-of-site because I had designed the basement to hide the AV equipment in a closet. I needed not to fear - the signal cut right through the wall between the two units and my sub sounds great! Look honey, no wires! One subjective critique - the blue light on both units is very bright. It's a cool looking electric blue, and in my AV cabinet it's really cool how it creates the blue glow. However, I had to put it on the side of my sub between it and the couch to minimize the "light pollution" in the room. If there were a way to dim that light, or cover it, or do something so that it isn't pumping electric blue into my eyeball that would be great. It's not enough to subtract even a half star though. The signal works on the side of the sub sandwiched next to my couch, through a 14" wall with two layers of drywall, studs, and 4" rockwool. I'm good! Very happy with the device, easily solved a dilemma, and made my wife and me happy! Thanks SVS!

Easy to install and “works like a charm”!

These worked flawlessly. I hooked them up to a Yamaha soundbar that had a wired subwoofer. Installing the SoundPath units worked perfectly. The SoundPath connection went through a granite countertop and wood cabinet enclosure right underneath the countertop. The units paired immediately.. The subwoofer worked like it should. Bravo! If you need something like this, go for it!

I am using these wireless adapters for both of my SB-3000 subs. They work flawlessly, even though the W-Fi signal is traveling through a couch.

Works fine. Receiver in a closet about 15-20 feet away

Perfect. Easy to hook up and works flawlessly.

works perfect for my connection of my receiver; front of room; to sub in the back of the room. About 18ft line of sight. There is NO latency, would work for surrounds as well. but wanted each for my sub. First connect the audio adapter marked "receiver to your sub or surrounds. Then connect the one marked "transmitter" to you receiver. Plug both in and press either one to make the blue light flash. Then go to the other and hold it 2-3 seconds till both are lit solid blue.
whala, you're done.

The fact that My sub is wireless is awesome. I was able to place it for the best low end response! And it was out of the way too. Thanks for the quality device.

Great service

Connection was not as good as I had hoped for.

First off, I must comment on how SVS went above and beyond with a "delivery from hell," the details of which are beyond the scope of the product, put the service is perhaps the best I've ever experienced.

The Wireless Adapters are lighter than expected, and downright simple with all the needed goodies provided. They have one GLARING problem: The blue LED. I mean, come on, can that thing be any brighter? It's truly a horrible design decision unless you like a blue glow coming from behind your subwoofer. Of course a little electrical tape goes a long way to correcting the problem--just be prepared when you go to install them.

Speaking of which...these are about the easiest things you've ever installed (about). You will spend more time trying to find the electrical tape which your children actually used up in an art project. Follow the directions and they just work. Well, mine did. Because of these little boxes, I was able to eliminate a long subwoofer cable which unceremoniously transited in front of a bathroom, and a patio door, and then still wasn't long enough.

As a test, I didn't tell my wife about them--I wanted to see if she would notice. A week after the install, I brought it to her attention, she hadn't notices, but like so many things, once you see it, or don't see it, you can't help but notice how much nicer it is. Fantastic.

For the record, I have buried the transmitter with its covered blue LED behind the AVReceiver and mounted the receiver behind the Subwoofer with no line of sight. The sit about 12 feet apart, and there is no problem.

In spite of the stupid glaring blue LEDs, these are great devices. I do wish the cost less, but they get 5 stars from me. I may likely buy another set for zone 2 connectivity--you never know.

Worked like a charm. Very easy

Purchased two wireless adapter kits, product came with everything needed to hook up. These are connected to two svs pb-2000 . Which sound great. First svs product I have purchased and I'm extremely happy them. I have these matched up with monitor audio silver series and my home theater has never sounded better.

It was as advertised! Super simple and sounded great. No complaints at all.

Easy to set up. If you need this, the app makes getting the phase easy.

I bought a new 9.2 pre-amp and was wondering how to add the additional channels without running wire across the room.

I decided to start with one new pair - the rear surrounds, and bought this product along with a pair of Edifier R1280T powered speakers.

While I wanted to buy everything from SVS, they don't manufacture "vanilla" powered speakers -- all of them have Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.

Anyway, connecting the SoundPath to my preamp's outputs and the speaker inputs was easy peasy and the sender and receiver are pre-paired. Surround in minutes.

Now that I know it works, I need to buy another pair of speakers and SoundPath adaptors to add rear presence to my system.

Works as advertised. No issues thus far!

Whoever designed the house we bought in Jacksonville was not a movie fan! Despite lots of upgrades -- and the use of a well-known local audio company in the original build -- they did NOT include any surround sound wiring!! Unbelievable!! After years of frustration with the situation, I recently coupled your SoundPath Wireless Audio Adapter with a pair of Audioengine A5+ active speakers placed unobtrusively on top of the kitchen cabinets, and BAM, I've got SMOKIN' surround sound!! Installing the SoundPath Wireless Audio Adapter took a total of about 10 minutes, the receiver and transmitter synchronized INSTANTLY, and I've been enjoying a real surround experience ever since. JUST AN OUTSTANDING PRODUCT!!! Thanks, A Big Fan in JAX

When You Think Quality and Performance, You think of SVS Always. The SoundPath Wireless Audio Adapter on My SB-3000 Subwoofer works Flawlessly.
As Does My SVS Ultra Bookshelf Speaker, Piano Black (4), Prime Pinnacle Speaker, Piano Black (2), Prime Elevation Speaker (4) Premium Black Ash.
Thank You, for Your Qua;ity and Performance.

It's perfect, easy to set up and use.

Work great as advertised

they work great for my prepuse

Makes it easy to move the sub.

Very easy to set up and establish the connection, was up and running in minutes! The response of the bass in movies and music is flawless...highly recommend. Also installed the subwoofer isolation system and the bass feels much more controlled and way less muddy, plus you can tuck the subwoofer away anywhere in the space, which works really well with the layout of my room.

This system allowed me to hook up a sub that hadn't been used in years. Tremendous add to the existing surround sound system.
Took no more than 5 minutes to hook up and signal is traveling about 25 feet, thru a wall, without any issues!
Very glad i took a chance on this product!

This was the third unit I purchased, had some issues connecting it to my system. Something it did not happened with the other two units. One email to their costumer service and a replenishment unit was immediately shipped, working now as expected. Great product, may I add that had tried quite a few adapter before none closed to these in sound quality and eases of use. Add this to their outstanding customer service, why look somewhere else?

I bought two of these units because I purchased two pc2000 subs. Unfortunately I'm only able to use one transmitter at a time and unable to use both sub outputs on my receiver because of the interference they cause each other. Also the range on the transmitters aren't very good. They have to be in a direct line of site of each other or they become distorted. Svs should really work on a better solution considering their subs are so great.

Shout out to THE SVS pro team Scott Armstrong, Cory, Zack and the other Scott, true team of customer satisfaction examples!!! Now to my thunder subs, there’s nothing like them on the planet, and as far as the wireless adapter, it connected lighting fast and solid connection!!

Just ordered the Prime Pinnacles and the ultra Center, twice one in black ash, and the others in Piano black!!!! Going to keep the Piano Black!!!!! Cuz my wife let me!!!! LOL

When I first ordered the Soundpath Wirless Audio Adapter was uncertain that it would perform as indicated with my late 1990’s Parasound pre-amp and amp. The goal was to go from the 2.0 system to a 2.1. I called SVS and can’t remember who I talked with, but he was great and insured me it would work great especially with any of the SVS subwoofers. I wanted to order both the Soundpath Adapter and the SB-2000 subwoofer. Turns out that the SB-2000 subwoofer was sold out, so ended up ordering one of the last few available from Amazon. Received the wireless adapter in 2 days from SVS and the SB-2000 a few days later from Amazon. Took less the 5 minutes to hook up. With my old system I had to use the dual RCA interconnect cable and was pleased to discover that it was long enough (22”) when plugged into the pre-amp to extend over the top and be attached to the transmitter pointing out into the room from the antique wooden stereo cabinet. Was also pleased to discover that the USB power cable from the transmitter was long enough (40”)to reach from that 2nd shelf to the top shelf where my power strip was located. The SB-2000 was placed in the right corner of the room luckily near a wall out, all hookups were made. When the system was powered on the transmitter and receiver instantly paired and continue to do so every time I power up. I was worried that with the door closed on the stereo cabinet that the signal would be interrupted but the subwoofer performs perfectly and the blue light on the receiver maintains that bright steady blue light indicating the units are synched and paired. No problems with the Wireless Receiver. Still fine tuning the subwoofer but watching Ozark on Netflix the other night, this one scene had the room shaking.

Easy installation and works perfect. Definitely recommended .

I am truly satisfied with this. I have a PB 16 Ultra subwoofer purchased last year and I have an old but mint Velodyne 1500R subwoofer that I had sitting around, not in use. After some procrastination I decided to use the Velodyne in the back of my room. I have no complaints. it allowed me to connect my second sub without running a long cable and there is no delay between the two subwoofers that I can detect. Awesome.

It just works and is plug and play.

It just works and is plug and play.

Some SVS literature confused and concerned me about line of sight operation only. I have 2 units operating very well in a 25x35 room where the units have very poor LOS. Very pleased.

This purchase was made along with an SB1000 subwoofer. My wife’s primary subwoofer concern was how to hide additional wires. The Soundpath Wireless Audio Adapter plugs into my preamp out at the amplifier end, and (of course) into the subwoofer. Instructions were clear. The device(s) paired with no effort from me, and work flawlessly. This is a great solution that enhances the subwoofer’s wife approval factor.

The SoundPath Wireless Audio Adapter works great. I tested it at over 30 feet and it still worked. I now installed it permanently and its path is about 22 feet and goes through a decorative blanket and does not have a perfect line-of-sight path. It never has a drop-out!

SVS Tech Support is second-to-none! I bought my original SoundPath Wireless Audio Adapter three months ago from a dealer and tried to install it for the first time a few days ago. It would not keep in sync for more than thirteen inches between the transmitter and receiver. I called SVS and they immediately sent me a replacement unit and also a prepaid FedEx label to return the defective unit. It is great to know the unit works as advertised and has outstanding factory support!

Installation was a breeze! No difference to sound quality or output!

SVS products always exceed expectations, very very satisfied

I purchase 2 of these, along with 2 PB4000 subs. Without these adaptors the placement of these additional subs would have been impossible w/o enormous runs of cable.
They sound no different than a straight connection.