How many times has this happened to you? You're in the west wing of your mansion, and your DVD system is way back in the east wing — over a quarter mile away. Klipsch to the rescue with "KlipschCasting." The CS-700 console houses a DVD player and AM/FM tuner. Rather than mess with five speakers, it uses digital signal processing to simulated surround sound over a pair of two-way satellite speakers. And, rather than mess with wires, it wirelessly transmits (KlipschCasts, if you can keep a straight face) the audio signal to the 8-inch subwoofer. Wait! There's more! The CS-700 also acts as a hub that can wirelessly transmit (2.4 GHz) CD-quality audio to other KlipschCast products such as to one or more RoomGroove Music Centers, a self-contained music playback system with a retractable iPod docking station (pic after the jump).

The signal to the RoomGroove can be the same one playing on the CS-700, or something else. Moreover, the RoomGroove is a transceiver, so it can transmit to other RoomGrooves as well, even in other rooms. So you've got a DVD movie in the library and FM radio in the wine cellar — and no unsightly wires running down the marble staircase. Both products will be available in April with suggested retail prices of $1,300 for the CS-700 and $349 for the RoomGroove. A three-room system with one CS-700 and two RoomGroves will retail for $2,000. — Leslie Shapiro