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Chris Tsutsui · 04-03-2003, 09:04 PM

Backyard Drawing

Ok, I have the plan now and am open for suggestions. First I am going to try mounting the JBL S36AW speakers under the eaves in positions a. and b. and see how that sounds.

I was also thinking ahead and plan to install the burial wire so there can be additional speakers in the locations c,d,e, and f as well. Are these locations good? Because the backyard is in the process of being built and it's very easy to install the speaker wire. However, I can only install the JBLs in the indentation to the house under the eaves because it doesn't look good anywhere else attached to the house.

The wires will all go to the same source which will be a CD player and receiver that has not yet been purchased. Wires can be routed through the attic, or wall/crawlspace. If I plan to use the additional speakers, I could simply use additional amplifiers to power them.

Do you guys think that speaker C,D, and A,B will be enough and there's no need to prewire the E,F speakers in the veranda? The veranda has concrete pillars that have yet to be filled and right now there are conduits and pipes I can easily run wires through.

Speakers C and D will likely be Rockustic speakers because there will just be plants and rock and nowhere to mount an additional pair of S36s. Will this sound OK even though the speakers arn't timbre matched? I figured the spacing between the speakers is so large that they don't have to be matched. Do you think mono would sound better for an application like this? The goal is simply ambient noise to add to the backyard. (No critical listening, or cranking the volume)

What I may end up doing is installing 2 outdoor volume controls. one to control the stereo volume of speakers C and D. The other to control the volume of A and B. Is there a good (stereo) L-pad or attenuator that works outdoors? It would be nice to have sound isolated to just the jacuzzi on some nights.

Anyways, I'll be sure to post pics once everything is up and running.

04-03-2003, 09:04 PM	#6 of 6
Chris Tsutsui Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Local Time: 04:59 AM Local Date: 11-20-2008 Posts: 1,941	Backyard Drawing Ok, I have the plan now and am open for suggestions. First I am going to try mounting the JBL S36AW speakers under the eaves in positions a. and b. and see how that sounds. I was also thinking ahead and plan to install the burial wire so there can be additional speakers in the locations c,d,e, and f as well. Are these locations good? Because the backyard is in the process of being built and it's very easy to install the speaker wire. However, I can only install the JBLs in the indentation to the house under the eaves because it doesn't look good anywhere else attached to the house. The wires will all go to the same source which will be a CD player and receiver that has not yet been purchased. Wires can be routed through the attic, or wall/crawlspace. If I plan to use the additional speakers, I could simply use additional amplifiers to power them. Do you guys think that speaker C,D, and A,B will be enough and there's no need to prewire the E,F speakers in the veranda? The veranda has concrete pillars that have yet to be filled and right now there are conduits and pipes I can easily run wires through. Speakers C and D will likely be Rockustic speakers because there will just be plants and rock and nowhere to mount an additional pair of S36s. Will this sound OK even though the speakers arn't timbre matched? I figured the spacing between the speakers is so large that they don't have to be matched. Do you think mono would sound better for an application like this? The goal is simply ambient noise to add to the backyard. (No critical listening, or cranking the volume) What I may end up doing is installing 2 outdoor volume controls. one to control the stereo volume of speakers C and D. The other to control the volume of A and B. Is there a good (stereo) L-pad or attenuator that works outdoors? It would be nice to have sound isolated to just the jacuzzi on some nights. Anyways, I'll be sure to post pics once everything is up and running.