island cassie

Go Beth! haha!

island cassie

A quick hijack and then I'll shut up - but we knew Jim Marshall in the 60's when he had a shop in Bletchley, UK and was really getting going - all the groups used to trail in there. I'm gone!

Richard

Nope. The "ceiling" is 30% shade cloth.

I'm considering these: Yamaha NS-AW190BL

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damaclese

Richard ever ones got so many good ideas. I'm not sure what i could add. but all take a stab at it. the problem with out door set ups is that the dynamic power has to be significant to over come the fact that there are hardly any walls. normally speakers of any kind depend heavily on reflective dynamic sound in order to deliver good acoustic saturation. that being said and I'm sure that was probably obvious. this is a highly competitive field if you go with JBL or akia of one of the other higher end brands you are defiantly paying for the name particularly with bows the important consideration here is what kind of music do you listing to speakers for rock don't work for classical all that well thats just and example. thy requirer vary diffident ranges of response sensitivity. so the first thing i would do is set down and decide what do you really want your sound system to do? classical rock jazz or what ever. also there are some vary nice speaker systems that use the walls as the emitters that way the entire surface of you house could becomes the sound emitter. not saying the quality is that high but you defiantly get a wide area of saturation. also don't forget the more people you have in an giving sound field the more dynamic power you will need body's absorb sound as well as plants the cloth that will be hanging over your head, the bark that most people use as mulching so on and so forth. so all the being said talking with a sales person at a reputable show room mite be a good idea. and after you decide all that then you will have a pretty good idea of what kind of system to get. then look for the best price . buy the way i vote for Polk Audio. there a smaller company that has dominated in the last 20 years by being vary competitive in the price market. I'm not saying they are the best just for the money you get allot. they are built like Small tanks and have a vary high rating for life expectancy. out door speakers have a much shorter life Span then indoor systems. OK i wont ramble any more but this is a fairly complicated subject.
link to Polk's Atrium Series speakers. they meet or exceed military specifications for environmental endurance Polk Audio - Atrium Series - The Speaker For All Seasons

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Michael_Andrew

I think you need to go with the Fostex drivers made from banana pulp. Really is there any other choice?

Richard

Peaches.

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Richard

I think I'm going with these YAMAHA all-weather model 390 speakers, available from many retailers at $80 a pair.

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damaclese

not a bad Chou's but Polk audio is rated higher for over all life expectancy but i cant knock them as i have several Yamaha products in my arsenal of Musical instruments as well as indoor speakers

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Richard

Yes, I looked at those but the equivalent rated speakers are currently twice the cost of the Yamaha models. Maybe the price will fall for Christmas sales?

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damaclese

it wouldn't surprise me to find a sale or two this season every ones hurting in the audio business Yamaha posted a loss for the first time in the history of there co, this year Polk isn't doing much better either and Awki is just about bankrupt i cant blame you in any way for looking for a deal thees days Speakers have always been over priced any way there hasn't been a new technology in 30 years with the exception of liquid mags and we know were that teck ended up good luck with the installation just remember to buy enough dynamic powered but even if you under buy you can always add more later

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Scuba_Dave

Eh....I just regular indoor speakers
I have 2 tucked under my outside bar, one in the window of the pool cabana
Then another one on a longer wire inside the door that I pull out & point where I want it

I have picked up several sets of speakers from people getting rid of them
My pool cabana stereo has an 8-track & record player built in
Going on 6 years now & they all work fine

I've thought of building my own rocks to hide some further out in the yard

damaclese

that works fine for a wial the problime as i see it with indoor speekers is that the paper cone even thou its silacon sprayed will eventualy fail do to water infaltration of even high leveals of humidity seeping in to the glues that hold the mag and sounders in place but iv uesd indoors out side many times

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Richard

Yes, whatever I buy has to tolerate rainfall. The only "protection" they will have is 30% shade cloth.

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