What are Satellite Speakers?

Question

I know I might sound like a real noob, but what exactly are satellite speakers? Are they wireless, or wired? If they are wireless, then are all the speakers that come in the set wireless? I'm building my own home theater this summer and I would like to have wireless speakers if possible to avoid the hastle of installation and cord management. I've looked at other answers and its still not really clear to me. Thanks for your input.

Answer 1

This is NOT a clueless question at all.  Satellite speakers are the speakers that carry the mid-bass on up in a three piece system that consist of a pair of "small" speakers (the satellites) and the bass only speaker called the "sub-woofer". A vast majority have always been conventional wired speakers.  I should also mention that over 90% of the sub-woofers in these systems are powered. That makes hook-up and general sound adjustment easier. Many times a satellite sub-woofer system can "blow the doors off" a pair of old style large floor speakers.

Answer 2

well if you have a 5.1 surround sound system. Then you have 1 subwoofer and 5 satellite speakers. Thats just a different way that they refer to them. And there you have it.