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Looking for a Great Sounding Outdoor Speaker

Believe it or not, my wife has told me that I need to buy new speakers!! A first!

The old rusted ones (KLH) don't go with the new vinyl siding, so I have been assigned to get new, nicer-looking ones (yeah!!).

So, I'm looking for recommendations for a new pair of speakers for the patio. I'm thinking I can spend up to $500 or so (maybe more if I push it). They need to be of reasonable size as they will be attached to the sides of the enclosed porch which borders the patio, about 6 feet up on the wall. I have an outdoor subwoofer out there already, so the speakers do not need to get all the way down to 20Hz, but the lower they can go the better.

White is the preferred color.

Any help is appreciated!
ait
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tpreaves
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Ait,I'm also looking for outdoor speakers and I some interesting ones on the DefTech website.More than my budget allows but they fall right in yours.I have not heard these but I have heard their home speakers,they sounded really good to me.Good Luck.

http://www.definitivetech.com
brewed
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Barak Obama is a great sounding outdoor speaker. But you will need two of them because words come out of both sides of his mouth.

Sorry. I couldn't resist an easy jab....
corso1
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I would check out the JBL Studio S36 AWii. I have used two pairs of them with S38's as mains and a s center with a Yamaha HTR-5890 7.1 receiver, for home theater and was very impressed. They weigh 11 lbs. each, 60-20Khz, 150 watts 3 way 6" mirror image, wall mount ( you don't even need to buy wall brackets ). Amazon has them in off white. Read the owner reviews of them there.
waldenpond
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I am looking for speakers for my boat (outside) & am considering the NHT Outdoor One. Some of their other gear has been rated Class A in Stereophile & has always been reasonably priced.

So, in the home rig, if 'the room matters', so must the lack of a room, n'est ce pas?

NHT have designed an outdoor speaker that is supposed to withstand bad weather and sound good - outdoors. Have't heard 'em myself yet, but these are on my short list.

Here's from their website: http://store.nhthifi.com/OutdoorOne?sc=12&category=1225

"The acoustical properties of outdoor environments differ greatly from that of indoor environments, where there are room boundaries to reinforce bass. “Indoor/outdoor” speakers cannot offer optimized performance for both, therefore the NHT OutdoorOne was designed specifically for outdoor use only.

Its bass and lower midrange response is voiced to compensate for the lack of room reinforcement, resulting in full-range sound outdoors."

Hope that helps.

Ken
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muzikat
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You should consider these:

http://www.lashen.com/vendors/bogen/N-E-A-R_speakers.asp
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