Speakers in your Light Bulbs? Great Idea, but Expensive.

I've been waiting for this idea for years: Being able to hear your music at home in any room you want, without running wires through walls. Hey, it's a guy thing, I know. The catch? Price. NY Times:

Klipsch, the speaker manufacturer, has come up with a twist on multiroom audio: wirelessly sending music to light bulbs around the house. Its LightSpeaker System transmits music from a PC or iPod to a screw-in unit that combines a 20-watt speaker with a 10-watt LED lamp.

A music source is plugged into the included transmitter, and a remote is used to both dim the lights and control the sending of the stereo signal to pairs of speakers. The transmitter can control up to four pairs of speakers, and send two different streams of music to them.

Wow. There's only one problem, the price.

At $600 for the starter kit, plus $250 for each additional speaker, the system doesn’t come cheap. The product will pay for itself in five years.

Beside the fact that LED bulbs make lousy lights, but save lots of money, I would wait for an affordable alternative from cut rate manufacturer like Pioneer or Sony.