Outdoor Speakers Knowledge Base
Outdoor speakers? Anyone have any recommendations? It's a bit hard to check out outdoor speakers in a store and get an idea of how they will sound in an open backyard. I've got three models in mind...Boston Acoustics Voyager 6, Polk Audio Atrium 60, and Paradigm Stylus 370 v.3 A friend actually owns the Paradigms, and they sound fantastic and is what I'm leaning towards, but I'd like to get some input on a few others first. Thanks in advance. PS : please don't even bother to suggest Bose speakers.
How to hook up outdoor speakers to my surround sound system? I recently added outdoor speakers to my surround sound system. I have a Samsung system, but it doesn't appear to have a two-channel system. Any suggestions on how to switch between my indoor and outdoor speakers? I only want my outdoor speakers to work when I am listening to the radio or cd. I don't wany my neighbors listening to the movies or tv stations that I am watching.
What is the best way to hook up outdoor speakers to my computer? My computer is on the second floor of my house and my stereo is on the first floor in the living room. I was planning on buying some outdoor speakers and just running a wire from the computer out the window on the second floor and hooking is to the Speakers mounted under the eaves on my back deck. Will the computer have enough power to push to speaker, it will probably be 30 or 40 feet of wire. I dont want to spend a whole lot of money either.
How do I to hook up Wireless Outdoor Speakers to an older stereo? I have an older JVC stereo system and want to hook up wireless outdoor speakers to it, but the JVC has the old style wire clamp system for the speakers. Is there some sort of adapter I can get? I have the transmitter, there's just no way to hook it up to the stereo, because it does not have output jacks.
What kind of outdoor speakers do you recommend? Last summer my family finished a backyard landscaping project and now, to finish it off, we are looking for outdoor (wireless and weatherproof) speakers. We found some wireless rock speakers that seemed perfect but turns out they are on backorder and we may never actually get them. We liked the outdoor Bose speakers but found out they only work with the indoor sound system and getting both is far beyond outside of our budget! We want something that works with an ipod, sounds great, and will last! Thanks =D
How Do You Connect Outdoor Speakers To A Stereo? I have 2 outdoor speakers, speaker wire, and a stereo. I plugged the speakers into the stereo, and I tested it with a CD player and it didn't work. I have no idea what to do. I still have to try to strip the wire but I still have some copper or whatever showing. I tried that and it didn't work. Please Help!
I want to hook up outdoor speakers to my pc? My radio station is gone but is on-line. I have existing outdoor speakers. Can I splice several feet of speaker wires safely to my desktop? I have a Dell, I think it's E521 with vista. Also, is there a way I can rig it so I can turn my outdoor speakers on and off without unplugging jacks to my pc. Please help! I'm lost in my backyard w/o my smooth jazz.
What bookshelf or indoor/outdoor speakers under $100 are good? I'm just wondering, I want to get a new pair of bookshelf or indoor/outdoor speakers (something that can be hung on the wall) and I want to know what speaker will give me the best bass on a strict budget (under $100 per pair to be exact). I mostly use my speakers for clubbin/techno/dance/electronic type music and need to achieve the best bass without having a huge subwoofer in my tiny room. Any ideas?
Anyone know anything about outdoor speakers and systems? I'm trying set up and outdoor surround speaker system with a media player type of thing in the pool house. we have a media server at my house as well but i don't know much about outdoor sound systems. I have the speaker wires run around for the speakers i just don't have the speakers or main feed device - tuner/head/whatever it's called. If you know anywhere online or anywhere else that sells these things for an affordable price. I'd appreciate you telling me. Thank you.
what is the best type of outdoor speakers for round a pool? just had our pool finished all ready wired in cables enough for four speakers around the pool and maybe if you know a decent amp that i could run it from, allowing ipods. thanks in advance. not wireless speakers. already got the wiring in.
How would I turn off my outdoor speakers without turning off my indoor speakers? I just had my surround sound system enlarged to include to deck speakers. Without realizing that they were all hooked together (I paid someone to do this). Now everyone in the neighborhood knows what I am listening to on television. Is there a switch I can install on the speaker lines themselves or would I have to call the guy back to go up into the attic and pull wires again? Thanks already. Thanks, how would I add a switch, and what kind??
How do I hang outdoor speakers? I bought weatherproof speakers to hang outside. My house was prewired and I had the speaker wires pulled through the vinyl siding. The speakers will need to be hung on a wall with vinyl siding with no overhang. I have hung speakers indoors, but am concerned with pulling off the vinyl, damaging the vinyl when drilling a hole and not hitting a stud.
Can anyone please help me about portable audio outdoor speakers???? I want to install outdoor speaker outside on the deck by my pool. I am trying to do research about it but i dont know where to start. I want them to be portable so i can use them for mutiple things, like installing them on my boats when we go out to the river so i dont have to buy a whole bunch of speakers for different things. At the same time i really want great quality with strong bass and all-around sound...............PLEASE HELP i would so a ppreciate it
What are some good outdoor speakers? I would like to get between 5-8 speakers that could be weatherproof. Also would have a budget of around $400, less would be great if possible. Want to have them put on trees maybe? Thanks for the help in advance.
Going to a music festival, how can i power some outdoor speakers? I'm going to a 3 day music festival and I'd like to bring some large house speakers to play off my ipod, I was wondering if there might be a way to power the speakers without using my car or spending a lot of money. I was thinking there might be a way to hook it all up to a car batterey, (seperate from car) but I wouldn't know how. Does anybody have any good ideas?
i needs some good ceiling and outdoor speakers? can someone pls recommend some good quilty speakers for me. im builing a house and need to know some good stuff to wire in before the interior walls go up. what else can I wire in...hmmmm??? any suggestions?
Outdoor Speakers best position? I am planning to put some outdoor speakers in my backyard. I was told, when mounting my speakers, that pointing them downward towards the ground would be "better" possibly increase the distance the sound travels. I was wondering if it is true? if so, why?
Is there a way to hook my outdoor wireless speaker to work with my wired speakers? Only one will work at a time. I have a aux in, video output, audio output and a coaxial output. And of course a headphone in but if I plug it into that it immediately shuts down the wired speakers. Which is what I'm trying not to do. I want them to work simultaneously. My wireless speaker has a regular single post connection.
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO USE OUTDOOR SPEAKERS? i bought a pair of outdoor illuminations rock speakers. it didnt come with any instructions it came with one diagram that is not helpful in the least the speakers have a cable on the bottom with little pieces of metal coming out it came with a baggy of 4 red caps and a few metal pieces with 2 holes in them idk how to hook it up ! can anyone help?!
how do wireless outdoor speakers work? I'm looking at them online, but i don't understand the transmitter part. Some of them have ipods attached in the pictures. What all can you hook up to the transmitter, cd players, radio, ipods etc...?
Outdoor Speakers Connecting? I have a pair of Bose 151 outdoor speakers i'd like to connect to my RCA Home Theather Receiver RT 2600. How can i connect if all the speaker conectors are filled on back of receiver?
What stores can I go to for outdoor rock speakers? I am looking to buy some rock speakers for my backyard, and was wondering what stores carried these (I'd rather not buy them online). I live in Ontario, and I've been looking on the internet for local stores. I've found Best Buy, Radio Shack, Wal Mart, but I was looking for some others. Any ideas? thanks for the help :)
I need to know how to set up speakers for outdoor camping? Going camping with a bunch of friends for some fun on May long, last year we used our vehicles sound systems for music, but they just didn't really cut it, we need to know exactly what we would need for speakers outside, with no power, we would be using car batteries or our vehicles
I need outdoor speakers that can hook up to a boom box.? my boom box has a jack for headphones, I'm wanting to get some outside speakers, to put on side of shed. I bought some outside speakers, they were not very loud. boombox was louder without the speakers. can any body suggest some good speakers I can hook up to boom box? thanks
Looking into wireless outdoor speakers. Any suggestions? Doing a lot of reaserch (comapring, reading reviews, etc.) but have yet to listen to any. Any advice you have as to what to look at and avoid would be appreciated. This maight help. Cost is really not a huge issue, as most of the ones I have seen are fairly reasonable (>$300). I am wanting to go in the garden around my back patio. I live in a neighborhood with houses pretty close on the 3 sides of the back yard.
Outdoor speakers question? I want to set up outdoor speakers for my parents for xmas. I have the speakers but i want to figure out a way to be able to control the speakers from outside when the receiver is on the inside.
I need advice on portable speakers and subwoofer for outdoor use? OK, here's the deal: I'm going camping in a field with friends for my birthday, but would like some sort of sound system for playing music from iPods/mobiles. BUT i don't want any of those crappy, tinny little speakers. I need this music to be loud, and with lots of bass. One of my friends has recommended getting a subwoofer as well. Anyone got any advice? Thanks "return of da big boy" but i was thinking something a little bigger.
mipro outdoor speakers? what are the disadvantages of hooking up these outdoor(size of bookshelf speakers) speakers in my room for the use of both audio listening and home theater? thank u .
What are some good outdoor speakers? I would like to get between 5-8 speakers that could be weatherproof. Also would have a budget of around $400, less would be great if possible. Want to have them put on trees maybe? Thanks for the help in advance.
RV's and outdoor speakers? Anyone have experience with RV's and outdoor speakers? Recently bought a 27ft Class C and will be having a pretty good radio (carry Sirius) and amp installed. My brother wants to have a set of outdoor speakers powered by the radio for when we sit outside. All intelligent thoughts and ideas appreciated. Name some make and models if you want. The speakers would not be permanently placed to the side of the rv but maybe?? the mounts would be. Also the speakers don't have to be permanently attached to the radio, they could be connected to a plug coming from the rear of the stereo???? Anyway.....
Outdoor speakers setup? I know very little about home audio technology, but I have a few questions regarding how I should setup my outdoor sound system. I moved into a new home a couple of years ago. The back deck was wired for future installation of outdoor speakers, and a volume control dial was installed indoors. I assume these were wired to a home theatre jack for the input. I would like to be able to sit outside and listen to music, but I'm wondering if it's possible to be able to control the volume and song selection from outdoors. It seems that with the current set-up that I would have to go inside each time I wanted to adjust the volume or change the song on my home theatre system. This would not be pratical. Any suggestions for getting around this? What if I used a "soundbridge" to get access to songs on my computer's harddrive? The cell phone idea sounds interesting. However, I believe that my back deck is more than 10m from the computer and I question whether the signal would penetrate the exterior wall. I may try that though.
How do I hookup outdoor speakers to my shelf system? I just bought a Sony shelf system w/iPod dock. How do I hookup my outdoor speakers as well, since there's only 1 speaker plug on the back? I have a "switcher" where I can plug in both sets of speakers and it has an Amp hookup, too, which I don't think I need. One set of speakers for indoors; one set of outdoor speakers. Only one speaker "plug" on back of the Sony. Do I use a wire connector to "merge" the two sets of speakers into the back of the Sony? Or do I connect the Sony to the Amp connectors on the switcher?
wireless outdoor speakers for around $100? Does anybody know have a good wireless outdoor speaker for around $100. How about a speaker shaped like a stone or rock? I think I have found a wireless set, bus it is not getting good reviews. I also think I found one shaped like a rock,but I can't tell if it is wireless or not? thanks to everybody that replies.
Outdoor speakers for MP3? Whas the best value, loud outdoor speaker system compatible with NON-ipod MP3 players. Must have a 3.5mm stereo input jack.
How to connect external speakers to a pc? I want to use my Windows PC to play music on my external outdoor speakers. I do not want to use computer speakers. Does someone make a switcher so that I can use both my computer speakers indoors and switch to my outdoor external speakers?
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