Reviews for Klipsch Gallery G-17 Air AirPlay Speakers

I'm an old audiophile who has been dying to get something I could place on the deck for entertainment for the warm months. A friend bought one of these and loves it so thought I would give it a try. Not being a computer "geek" I was a bit hesitant on hooking this to my wireless network but it only took about ten minutes and it was up and running! I've had a chance now to do some serious listening with lots of different music on the G-17 and it sounds fantastic (soft or loud)...very accurate sound with unbelievable bass for its size. It's very solid built and my wife seems enamored with the looks too. One reviewer here seems to be having trouble unless its close to his router, but not the case with me...it streams flawlessly. I have heard you need to have a good wireless signal to make these new Airplay speakers shine and my older, basic router seems to be doing the trick. Congratulations Klipsch on a quality product!

- Small Size & Sound quality is very good. Better than iHome, Logitech & Philips.
- Airplay function via WiFi is easy to setup.
- Recommanded you to buy a good WiFi router to get better connection. Cheap router will always loss the connection.
- Connected with iPhone 4GS and the new iPad without any issues. (IOS 5.1.1)
- Not compactable with Synology NAS AirPlay server. Hope Synology & Klipsch can fix the problem.
-The selling price is a bit higher. If it can reduce US$100 - 150 is better. :)

The Klipsch G-17 really has a great sound for a speaker this size, unfortunately, it has WiFi connectivity limitations! Seating next to a WiFi router it works wonder, a few feet away the signal will keep on droping, making the G-17 unusable with AirPlay.
Really disapointing.

Based on sound, IF the G-17 could maintain a wifi connection, I would give it 5 stars. Sound is superb for an Airplay speaker. Unfortunately, the unit cannot maintain a wifi connection for even the duration of a single song. I have the unit in a room where every other device has no problem maintaining a connection strong enough for 1080p a/v signals; all of these devices have no connectivity problems in the room: smart TV, bluray with build in wifi, directv wifi connectivity kit, ipad (x4), iphone (x2), ipod (x2), xbox 360 .... you get the idea - every other device we have maintains a strong connection and never drops. G-17 drops during every song, and rarely comes back without rebooting. The blue connectivity light always shows a good connection, but the unit drops constantly. It's not the control/source device, which we have tested by leaving sitting in the same room as the router - it's the G-17. As someone else said, just not yet ready for prime time - very frustrated after spending hundreds of dollars on the unit that is, essentially, useless.