Re: Outdoor Speakers (WAS: whole house component suggestions)

[Nigel Orr <Nigel.Orr@xxxxxxx>]

At 08:08 20/06/00 +0000, you wrote:
>This kind of stuff is obviously "specialist" (read
expensive!)  :-0

Of course, but cheaper than a remote control preamp :-)   ... but read on,=
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there may be a bargain to be had!

The Rockustic ones start at =A3100 inc VAT each and go up to over =A31000
(=
for=20
a sub speaker which is about 1m^3 (you bury 2/3 of it!) and weighs=20
113.7kg!  That's even heavier than me!)

They also have "Audio Design Services 'Mole' Underground Loudspeaker,
which=
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costs =A3150, and the JBL Control 1 AW ('W' is weatherproof) for
=A3400/pai=
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and various others at the same sort of prices.

What might be of more interest (I've not heard them myself) are the
"Audio=
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Design Services Nautilus" speakers, priced at =A317.33 +VAT for a=20
pair!  Worth a shot- I'd not noticed them in the catalogue before, or
I'd=20
have had a pair of those in the bathroom instead!  They won't be the=20
highest-fi at that price, but might be fine, and probably better than
car=20
speakers.  Bear in mind that car speakers have the benefit of a nice
echoey=
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car- the mightn't sound so good outside.

>more, (say about =A360/pair) some half-decent quality ones can be had.
Thi=
s
>would be more than hi-fi enough for my garden!
>
>The hard bit is figuring out the best method of construction and
>weatherproofing....

There are several things-
1) You need to keep water off the speakers themselves
2) You don't want the waterproofing to mess with the sound too much
3) You need to protect the cones from UV, or they probably won't last more=
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than a year

If you can't find a waterproof speaker that you like, you'd probably be=20
best to either remove them when you're not using them, or make a cover
that=
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will keep the light and rain out, but not completely sealed to avoid mould=
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and condensation building up- eg open at the bottom.  But at that price,=20
the Nautilus ones must be worth a try!

Nigel


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