3. Setup and Installation

The hardest part about the setup is deciding where to place the units. My wife is still experimenting; being the interior designer in the family, this is very important to her. Ideally, you should locate the base station someplace in your living room, or wherever you spend the most time.

Each speaker has its own independent volume control, so you can adjust the overall volume in each room, or turn it off completely to match your moods and needs (you can also just unplug it). The antenna has a cute blue light that illuminates when the unit is on: it blinks while it is finding the base station signal, and then goes solid when locked on by the base station. The minimalist control is a plus, and makes the units attractive for people that don’t have a lot of demands on their music systems.

Each of the remote units connects directly to your AC power, and if the outlets aren’t at the ideal height for your speakers, you can remove the power transformer from the back of the unit and place the speaker wherever on the wall you can reach with the very short three-foot cables. In my case, the outlets in my apartment were installed upside down (with the grounding plug at the top), but that was only a small issue.

That’s it: there is no wiring to do, no software to adjust, and no manuals to read. You play whatever music source you can plug into the Eos, and whether or not it has DRM on it.