Looking for recommendations for outdoor speakers

All:

I ended up vacillating between Coastal Source and Ambisonic.

Ambisonic looked to be a great fit but they only work through dealers.  I’m from a younger generation than most here, and like most of my generation would rather have a colonoscopy than talk to a salesman.  Just give me a price and let me click or not click.  So they were out.

Ended up with two (but will probably end up with four - 1000 foot space) of the largest Coastal array panel speakers, along with one of their amps.  Wiring is bi wiring (double amped is required) 14 g CL2/3 (direct bury) that you pair with their proprietary ends.

I’m doing basic LR speakers on each side of the fireplace.  1400 watt four channel amp.

If I do 4 speakers, I have to mount on the same wall and get a second amp.

my assumption is you go RLRL or is it LLRR or even LRLR, keeping in mind the are between the two center is the primary listening area?

Klipsch AW-650's are monsters. Things get LOUD and sound great. 

@squared80 

Thanks, but those don't have the sound quality I'd want.

Per above, I went with the Coastal Source Razor RZ310

https://coastalsource.com/outdoor-audio/razor/

I tried many of the brands mentioned in this post and Highly highly recommend Coastal Source. They have several different designs depending on the space (bollards/ wall or eave mount “razors”) and all are incredible from both fidelity and durability standpoints. I am an authorized dealer and can help. Reach out if you are interested, happy to answer any questions, zero obligation.

Just an update on my Coastal Source Razor RZ310.  After shopping around, I opted to buy from Crutchfield, as their quoted price was a fraction of what dealers wanted -- all of whom also wanted to install at absurd prices in addition to their absurd mark up.  Also bought the Coastal amp.  It is designed to be used inside a Yeti cooler, believe it or not.  I put mine in a sheltered rack (it is rack mounted) inside a cabinet.  Hooked it up to an Arcam streamer/DAC I picked up at Best Buy on close out, then hooked that up to one of my Wifi nodes by hard wire.

The speakers sound wonderful, lot of clean sound and base.  FWIW, the only song that sounded "muddy" compared to my well-treated listening room (with giant SVS Subs, and Bowers 801D4s, dual mono amps, Nagra HD pre, etc) was the drum track on "Hot for Teacher". So, no, they are not "listening room" good, but they are miles beyond any other outdoor speakers I've heard.

Install does take some work.  They are very heavy (50+lbs) and I was mounting to a concrete wall covered in stucco.  There are a lot of sturdy mounting options on the back, but (due to mounting in literal blast shelter concrete -- not joking) I opted for two French cleats for the back to spread the weight out.  This worked very well. Holes line up perfectly to Home Depot french cleats.

Wiring is proprietary with a screw down cap and male/female ends (bit like you'd see on an electric menorah or maybe a Christmas tree) with separate wiring required for high/mid and subs, so either buy the connectors that let you do this with a jewelers' screwdriver or know how to do butt-to-butt connections with a heat gun.  I opted for the heat gun approach.

The other end at the Coastal amp (takes a 4 channel 800W amp -- very hungry) are Phoenix Block Connectors, which were new to me, but super easy to use, although seemingly upside down, so you have to keep your wires labeled and double-check you aren't doing it backwards. (I almost did, but caught myself.) Definitely worth getting UV rated/wet area outdoor 4 strand wiring for speakers online and not trying to Home Depot the wiring.