Okay, if this is you, raise your hand.  Cold drinks are in the cooler on the patio or deck, every lawn chair you own has been pulled out from their hiding places.The fine plastic dinnerware is out, the bowls are full of snacks and the cooler has the drinks in it.You have lawn games out of the attic and the citronella candles all lit.  Now you need to get the finishing touch running, the tunes!  You go to your living room and take your tower speakers to the window and prop them up to blast your favorite tunes out to your yard.  Wow, your party is set now!  So let’s discuss how this situation can be much easier on you and your wallet! First of all, I am not saying there is anything wrong with putting your speakers in the window.Don’t think I haven’t done this before!  There is a better way and I want to tell you how and why.Now you’re ready to hear it? Speakers in the windows will get the music out of the house, just barely…  The amount of power that it takes to get music to cut though the outside air to the far reaches of your yard is mind boggling, to say the least.Home stereo’s do not have the proper electronics required to handle the amount of power to do this.  The distance from your speakers in the windows to your listening area can be much reduced by placing speakers in your yard or landscape closest to your listening area.  This will require much less power from the amp to get the sound to your ears.  Which in turn saves your amplifier and extends its life tremendously!

outdoor speakers

Now you could take your home stereo speakers out of your living room and put them down on your patio or setting them up in your yard, but is this the right thing to do?  (wow, that was a long sentence!)  If you don’t mind letting the moisture from the ground or the night air eat away at the cabinets on your speakers.  Or if you don’t mind the creepy bugs crawling into them and then letting themselves loose in your house after you bring them back in.Go ahead, if the option of spilled drinks, fly baseballs or knock over from running kids doesn’t bother you!Taking you home speakers outside can damage them, so let’s discuss why!Hopefully you don! Outdoor speakers have many advantages in this respect.  They are water resistant, capable of handling being left outdoors for all the seasons.Placement of these speakers can be vital, so put them where you will be listening most.  And as I explained before, this helps save your amplifier and extend its life by not having to be cranked up just to hear the music.  They are smaller in size and can be hidden or camouflaged to blend into you landscape, gardens or patio.  And last but not least, once you set up your outdoor speakers, you never have to tear them down or reset them up again for the next party.  And that leaves you more time to find that old lawn darts set you have hiding in the attic! The Outdoor Speaker Guy

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