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Best choice for outdoor speakers
If I want to add outdoor speakers to my indoor audio system what is the best
choice for speakers? Do I have to give up quality and use outdoor units or do hifi speakers come with "weatherproofing" kits? Many thanks. |
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"Andrew Chalk" writes:
If I want to add outdoor speakers to my indoor audio system what is the best choice for speakers? Do I have to give up quality and use outdoor units or do hifi speakers come with "weatherproofing" kits? I don't have a specific recommendation but mcmelectronics.com has a printed catalog that has a LOT of choices in it for outdoor speakers in enclosures. Some that look like they've been quite thoughfully designed. -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Todd H \ / | http://www.toddh.net/ X Promoting good netiquette | http://triplethreatband.com/ / \ http://www.toddh.net/netiquette/ | "4 lines suffice." |
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Andrew Chalk wrote: If I want to add outdoor speakers to my indoor audio system what is the best choice for speakers? Do I have to give up quality and use outdoor units or do hifi speakers come with "weatherproofing" kits? Look at the Tannoy i5AW speakers. They are reasonably well weatherproofed and sound okay. They are available with 70V kits, which I strongly recommend if you have a long cable run. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 06:07:46 GMT, "Andrew Chalk"
wrote: If I want to add outdoor speakers to my indoor audio system what is the best choice for speakers? Do I have to give up quality and use outdoor units or do hifi speakers come with "weatherproofing" kits? Many thanks. the only real weather proff speakers, not weather resistant, are the bose 151's. they're pretty decent speakers for the price. i believe around $250 unless they've come down lately. you find them the same price where ever you shop for bose. try circuit city or best buys. charles monster cable dollar |
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charles e dollar wrote:
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 06:07:46 GMT, "Andrew Chalk" wrote: If I want to add outdoor speakers to my indoor audio system what is the best choice for speakers? Do I have to give up quality and use outdoor units or do hifi speakers come with "weatherproofing" kits? Many thanks. the only real weather proff speakers, not weather resistant, are the bose 151's. they're pretty decent speakers for the price. i believe around $250 unless they've come down lately. you find them the same price where ever you shop for bose. try circuit city or best buys. charles monster cable dollar The Bose 151 are NOT weatherproof and even if they were , they sound like a brick of **** you want weather proof look at Technomad or Community R series |
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 18:32:52 -0600, charles e dollar wrote:
the only real weather proff speakers, not weather resistant, are the bose 151's. they're pretty decent speakers for the price. i believe around $250 unless they've come down lately. you find them the same price where ever you shop for bose. try circuit city or best buys. charles monster cable dollar oh yuk. You have a really really minimal idea of "decent". A $20 pair of speakers from the flea market wrapped in garbage bags will blow away the bose. |
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 00:36:01 GMT, George Gleason
wrote: charles e dollar wrote: On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 06:07:46 GMT, "Andrew Chalk" wrote: If I want to add outdoor speakers to my indoor audio system what is the best choice for speakers? Do I have to give up quality and use outdoor units or do hifi speakers come with "weatherproofing" kits? Many thanks. the only real weather proff speakers, not weather resistant, are the bose 151's. they're pretty decent speakers for the price. i believe around $250 unless they've come down lately. you find them the same price where ever you shop for bose. try circuit city or best buys. charles monster cable dollar The Bose 151 are NOT weatherproof and even if they were , they sound like a brick of **** you want weather proof look at Technomad or Community R series I think if ive put a pair of bose 151 in a fish tank filled with water for 2 years and they still played perfectly afterwards. as for as the sound, if you noticed what i wrote, i said for the money. but water proff they are becasue ive been in the audio/video business for 23 yrs and did the experiment myself. so i know what the hell im talking about, how about you. did you try this? dont speak unless you have done it yourself. you are wrong! forget weather resistant, they're water proff. charles monster cable $ |
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I think if ive put a pair of bose 151 in a fish tank filled with water for 2 years and they still played perfectly afterwards. as for as the sound, if you noticed what i wrote, i said for the money. but water proff they are becasue ive been in the audio/video business for 23 yrs and did the experiment myself. so i know what the hell im talking about, how about you. did you try this? dont speak unless you have done it yourself. you are wrong! forget weather resistant, they're water proff. charles monster cable $ I wished I'd saved the 12 rotted ones I pulled from a patio at a local fern bar 2 years outside and they were trashed NOT WEATHERPROOF in anyway George |
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George Gleason wrote:
I think if ive put a pair of bose 151 in a fish tank filled with water for 2 years and they still played perfectly afterwards. as for as the sound, if you noticed what i wrote, i said for the money. but water proff they are becasue ive been in the audio/video business for 23 yrs and did the experiment myself. so i know what the hell im talking about, how about you. did you try this? dont speak unless you have done it yourself. you are wrong! forget weather resistant, they're water proff. charles monster cable $ I wished I'd saved the 12 rotted ones I pulled from a patio at a local fern bar 2 years outside and they were trashed NOT WEATHERPROOF in anyway George Been In av since 1976 currently a prime DMX affiliate Jobs include installing OUTDOOR speakers for alethic feilds in upstate ny and had one of my(outdoor) designs live through a CAT 5 hurricane(no speaker fails even though the 30 foot tall concrete posts the speakers were on were destroyed) in punta Gorda Florida this year and did it as a hobby for a decade before that I installed Bose at the 1980 olympics had to run signal to them 24/7 to keep them working outdoors I will put my experiance against yours anyday George |
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George Gleason wrote:
George Gleason wrote: I think if ive put a pair of bose 151 in a fish tank filled with water for 2 years and they still played perfectly afterwards. as for as the sound, if you noticed what i wrote, i said for the money. but water proff they are becasue ive been in the audio/video business for 23 yrs and did the experiment myself. so i know what the hell im talking about, how about you. did you try this? dont speak unless you have done it yourself. you are wrong! forget weather resistant, they're water proff. charles monster cable $ I wished I'd saved the 12 rotted ones I pulled from a patio at a local fern bar 2 years outside and they were trashed NOT WEATHERPROOF in anyway George Oh and BTW waterproof IS NOT weatherproof George |
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I will put my experiance against yours anyday
How about dueling spell checkers? |
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George Gleason wrote in news:RFiGd.25920
: The Bose 151 are NOT weatherproof and even if they were , they sound like a brick of **** That's a very charitable assessemnt of anything Bose makes. -- Tired of spam in your mailbox? Come to http://www.spamblocked.com Who is Brad Jesness? http://www.wilhelp.com/bj_faq/ To the spammers, my motto: FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC. |
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Thanks to Todd, Scott, William and Bill. Your suggestions pointed me in the
right direction. I'm trying to choose now. I think the discussion got a little off-topic at some point. - Andrew "Andrew Chalk" wrote in message om... If I want to add outdoor speakers to my indoor audio system what is the best choice for speakers? Do I have to give up quality and use outdoor units or do hifi speakers come with "weatherproofing" kits? Many thanks. |
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"Andrew Chalk" wrote in message om... If I want to add outdoor speakers to my indoor audio system what is the best choice for speakers? Do I have to give up quality and use outdoor units or do hifi speakers come with "weatherproofing" kits? Many thanks. Beings that this is a tech group I might add...... Build them! There are many great poly/rubber drivers out there and a good mylar tweet can last quite some time. You WILL have to replace drivers, don't blow all your money there. Instead spend it on fiberglassing the enclosure and building good driver protection. Many pro speakers use what some call "rain screen" in front of UV resistant foam. This will keep the drivers dry for the most part, not going to work in gale force driving rain front on! I plan an outdoor homebrew project soon, May post back. As for quality, well, they are outside, your noise floor is up, and they will probably be mounted in a less than ideal configuration. If you want to enjoy superb audio, forget it, go inside But you can build something with good spectral balance for a decent price. Price will go up if you decide to go 70V due to the price of high quality transformers and an amp to drive them, I'd go with a commercial 70V amp (Crown/QSC) if you have a long run. Less than 50/75 ft then low impedance should be fine. Chad |
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I'll post back here. It will be about three months.
- Andrew "Bill Riel" wrote in message t... In article , says... Thanks to Todd, Scott, William and Bill. Your suggestions pointed me in the right direction. I'm trying to choose now. I think the discussion got a little off-topic at some point. - Andrew Andrew, I'd be interested in how your search goes, because I'll likely be doing the same thing this summer - I'd really like to set up some weatherproof speakers on my deck... Cheers, Bill |
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When it comes to building, I can't compete with the pros! So I shall buy.
Appreciate the bounds on low-impedance distance. - Andrew "Chad Wahls" wrote in message ... "Andrew Chalk" wrote in message om... If I want to add outdoor speakers to my indoor audio system what is the best choice for speakers? Do I have to give up quality and use outdoor units or do hifi speakers come with "weatherproofing" kits? Many thanks. Beings that this is a tech group I might add...... Build them! There are many great poly/rubber drivers out there and a good mylar tweet can last quite some time. You WILL have to replace drivers, don't blow all your money there. Instead spend it on fiberglassing the enclosure and building good driver protection. Many pro speakers use what some call "rain screen" in front of UV resistant foam. This will keep the drivers dry for the most part, not going to work in gale force driving rain front on! I plan an outdoor homebrew project soon, May post back. As for quality, well, they are outside, your noise floor is up, and they will probably be mounted in a less than ideal configuration. If you want to enjoy superb audio, forget it, go inside But you can build something with good spectral balance for a decent price. Price will go up if you decide to go 70V due to the price of high quality transformers and an amp to drive them, I'd go with a commercial 70V amp (Crown/QSC) if you have a long run. Less than 50/75 ft then low impedance should be fine. Chad |
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Well, with due regard to the comments here about the difficulty of getting
and appreciating hifi out of doors I bought a pair of marine speakers off overstock.com (normally $300, yours for $100 a pair). I hope they sound OK! - Andrew "Bill Riel" wrote in message t... In article , says... Thanks to Todd, Scott, William and Bill. Your suggestions pointed me in the right direction. I'm trying to choose now. I think the discussion got a little off-topic at some point. - Andrew Andrew, I'd be interested in how your search goes, because I'll likely be doing the same thing this summer - I'd really like to set up some weatherproof speakers on my deck... Cheers, Bill |
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