Re: [slim] Looking for outdoor speakers

2010-06-14 Thread pski
Mike Anderson;554394 Wrote: Is the Boom loud enough to cover a small/medium outdoor area - say 25' by 30'? Find a decent used sub and the boom works fine. I use a velodyne va907. p -- pski real stereo makes the lights dim on the bass notes.

Re: [slim] Looking for outdoor speakers

2010-06-13 Thread aubuti
Mike Anderson;554394 Wrote: Is the Boom loud enough to cover a small/medium outdoor area - say 25' by 30'? Until I got the Polks 2 months ago I was using a Boom in a similarly sized area and it was okay. It depends on how loud you mean by cover. Because the sound dissipates so rapidly with

Re: [slim] Looking for outdoor speakers

2010-06-13 Thread Mike Anderson
Alright, I'm sold. Ordered one, should be here this week! -- Mike Anderson 'FREE RADICAL RADIO!' (http://nvo.com/cd) Hours of free radical MP3s. Mike Anderson's Profile:

Re: [slim] Looking for outdoor speakers

2010-06-12 Thread aubuti
I've mostly heard bad things about wireless speakers in general: susceptible to static, interference from other wireless devices like cordless phones, baby monitors, etc. There may be good wireless speakers out there, but there are a lot of bad ones. I recently got a pair of passive Polk Atrium

Re: [slim] Looking for outdoor speakers

2010-06-12 Thread pablolie
if i had to do it all over again i'd simply use a Squeezebox Boom. i do have a permanent setup in the back garden: a pair of Polk Atrium 55 that still look new after being out there for over 6 years. Use some decent cable to hook them up to a cheap Sony Amp that is in an outside cabinet, and I

Re: [slim] Looking for outdoor speakers

2010-06-12 Thread Mike Anderson
pablolie;554346 Wrote: if i had to do it all over again i'd simply use a Squeezebox Boom. Is the Boom loud enough to cover a small/medium outdoor area - say 25' by 30'? -- Mike Anderson 'FREE RADICAL RADIO!' (http://nvo.com/cd) Hours of free radical MP3s.

Re: [slim] Looking for outdoor speakers

2010-06-12 Thread pablolie
i definitely think so. outdoors is a terrible listening environment anyhow, and neighbors typically don't appreciate adequate volume levels for active music listening. :-) i do think the Boom could do the job (at least for me) -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 10.04LTS - SBS

[slim] Looking for outdoor speakers

2010-06-11 Thread Mike Anderson
I'm looking for outdoor speakers for my patio. Ideally, I'm thinking of a pair of powered speakers that work wirelessly. For example, I'd plug something into the RCA outs of my Squeezebox and, and they'd transmit the signal to the speakers. Does such a thing exist? If not, what's the next