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Anyone have a recommendation for an inexpensive (sub $100) but decent sounding pair of weatherproof outdoor speakers? Now that the weather is finally improving here in CT, I'm thinking about putting a Zone2 in effect on my deck...
Are those rock speakers a total joke?
Best Buy has some Athena outdoor speakers that I heard tonight, thought they sounded ok at the store. On sale for 150 right now, but maybe they can be had online cheaper. Here is a link.
http://www.athenaspeakers.com/modelAS06.htm
I'm almost ashamed to admit it, given the champagne taste of the folks around here, but I ended up buying some "planter" speakers off Ebay made by a company called HiFi Works. The funny thing is, they don't sound half bad. No real bass to speak of, but hey what can I expect for $50? Now the wife's happy she has two more planters to fill (and no ugly speakers on the deck). And they even threw in 50' of 16 gauge, waterproof speaker wire...
http://www.hifiworks.com/pages/speaker.asp
I own a pair of Level II HTD outdoors and they perform pretty nicely for $60:
http://www.htd.com/outspeak.html
Here are some from AV123 for $99/pair:
http://www.av123.com/products_produc...s&product=44.1
Blimey! Which I'd known about those HTDs a couple weeks ago... Ah well, it's pretty wet where I live and the ones I did get are totally waterproof...
Those outdoor speakers from HTD and AV123 have very similiar specs. My guess they are made by the same OEM.
Randy
I think you may be right on the money for this one, Lou.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lou-the-dog