Question about outdoor speakers for the yard.... (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

I want to give friends of mine a set of outdoor
speakers for their rather large backyard that is
around an acre in size.

I am looking at these speakers from Radio Shack:

http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...t%5Fid=40-4102

A few questions....

1. Are these the type of speakers that will play
LOUD? Can it fill a good portion of the backyard
with audio?

2. Can these speakers easily be blown if audio
level is turned up too loud?

Any suggestions for slightly better outdoor
speakers that I can buy quickly at about the
same price?

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Charlie C]

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[jeff peterson]

Ron,Best Buy has some Yammy's for 99 and/or 119 bucks. Haven't heard them but one thing I look for in outdoor speakers is how low they go (bass really gets dissapated quickly outside). I notice the Rat Shack ones you linked to only go to 85 hz. The Yammys I mention go to 55 (IIRC).

 

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

Ron,

Going on the facts you’re presented -

• They want to play it - as you put it – LOUD
• It’s not only outdoors, but the yard is huge
• The speaker is only rated for 60 watts RMS
• No efficiency rating is provided
• The woofer is only 5-1/4”

- to me it all adds up to “kaboom.”

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

 

[Matthew Todd]

I'm not sure if you could buy these quickly, but you might consider something by Elan.

Here's a link to some info about their outdoor speakers:

http://www.elanhomesystems.com/products/o_series/

And the last page of this .pdf:

http://www.elanhomesystems.com/produ...rochure_lo.pdf

I'm looking to get some of their inwalls, and although I don't know the price yet of the outdoor speakers, the inwalls I'm looking at start (with a reasonable 15-20% discount) at about the $100 mark.

Matt