Receiver 1 is been designed to make any loudspeaker wireless. But each BeoLab receiver 1 can only pass-thru 1 channel from your tvset (left or right or sub). You still need cables between satellites and subwoofer.

I received an response from BeoCare support team stating that I am going to need a Receiver 1 for each one of the satellite speakers in addition to the sub woofer. so if you have the BeoLab 14 4.1 system, you will need 5 Receivers and all of the cables that would give you connectivity to the sub. 

The response is meaningless unless you want to separate the satellite speakers and mount them without seeing each other. All I care is to place them in a sparate place and have one Receiver 1 connected to subwoofer and run wires to satellite speakers. 

This way I can end up buying one Receiver. Am I missing something here? 

One channel - one receiver!

A BL 14.4.1 has two front, two rear and the sub - makes 5 channels = 5 receivers.

Just like any other 4.1 BeoLab setup.

MM

It does not make sense wanting to connect a BL14 sub/controlunit with WiSA/wireless.

The sub has to be quite near the tv anyway. You would only need short PL cables for that - and you need the powercord too. Besides you will have to have the cables for the satelites running from it too.

A bunch of cables, allright - but you will need most of them anyway.

MM

As told before, you will need one receiver for each channel (left, right and sub) thats make 3 receivers in your case of a 2.1 setup. I don't now who at Beocare responded to you, but you can not use a receiver 1 directly connected to a BL14 satellite, it has to be always wired between satellite and subwoofer.

Why? because there is no amplifier build into the BL14 satellite, its just a speaker! (all amplifiers are build-in the subwoofer). Remember Receiver 1 is transmitting a powerlink signal, not a modulated output current (produced by an amplifier) what a loudspeaker coil needs.

Maybe I misinformed you in my earlier comment, that all B&O speakers can be made wireless. Don't see the BL14 satellite as a stand alone loudspeaker, but part of loudspeaker system.

As MM said, you will always need cables between.