How far off are wireless audiophile speakers?

Didn't Steinway market a very expensive system a few years back that had amp and pre, CD player built into the speakers?

If you really think about how small some high quality amps are, it could be feasible that an audiophile grade wireless speaker could be made in the near future. Especially since only one channel is needed per speaker. The speaker would be basically connected right at the source (the amp). And since digital signals now can be streamed with very high resolution, one day the wireless speaker may be the actual highest quality (in a digital realm). Maybe each speaker has its own DAC. Wireless set ups would really change the way we view and set up audio. The speakers could be used wireless or with an interconnect connected to preamp. A wireless Wilson speaker with a built in Mark Levinson amp would turn some heads. Also. 2 channel vs H/T would combine much easier since all the amplifier electronics is at the speaker. You would just set preamp to whatever configuration you have. This is not too far off. A manufacturer like B&W is probably already working on this.

The Thiel system looks great and that was three years ago.

I expect to plug speakers in the wall for a time being. If the speakers have built in amps (just like active studio monitors), you could have a choice between an interconnect to preamp or wireless. There is so much talk about speaker wire grades, quality, etc and much money is spent on such needed accessories. I raised a question once (and got my head bitten off) that interconnects (and speaker wire) can only produce sound only as good as the internal wiring capabilities of the component. A number of responses were that since the internal wiring was such a short length inside the component, very little degrading takes place. If that is the case, then the speaker with built in amp should be even more hi fidelity.

Of course, there will be tradeoffs as with any new way of doing things. I understand the vibration damping, etc. But, if properly designed, I feel the vibration issue would be the least of the problems. Good point about the wireless headphones.