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I picked up a pair of Polk outdoor speakers probably 10 years ago on clearance. Hung them from the overhang out back and sealed everything up, ran the cables down the siding. I plug them into a Sonos amp. Works great, controllable from damn near anything with a wifi connection.
I want to hook an outdoor speaker to my desktop. I plan on drilling a hole in the wall for the cable. What distance from the PC would be the maximum I could put the speaker. I'm thinking the longer the cable, the more problems I would encounter. Hopefully, this is not a silly question as I am a complete novice at this. I tried a Bluetooth and was not satisfied.
The way I do it in my computer room/office is I run HDMI from my desktop to an AV receiver and from there run speaker wire to the speakers. I have a 5.1 setup, that is 2 front, 2 rear, a center and subwoofer. You could just run a stereo setup to two speakers. Using BT usually limits you to one speaker although there are 2 speaker stereo BT setups. I would also like to say that bluetooth comes in all shapes and sizes and am wondering what you saw/heard because some BT speakers are quite impressive. I especially like Altec Lansing BT speakers but there are other kickass speakers out there. Here is the lightning, a 15" speaker setup and you can actually pair two of these for a stereo setup. Amazon has them for $300 each. Where and what are you going to be listening to? These are amplified and yes you can run them with a wire as well.
I have a wood lot approx. 150 feet from my house, and I'm running an experiment to see if I can attract the lot's resident birds to my backyard by mimicking their calls. (Yes, I realize I can put out feed, but that is not the point.) So what I'm looking for is a speaker that will project a relatively high frequency sounds for a distance. I've tried a couple of cheaper Bluetooth speakers, but was way less than satisfied with the results.
I've tried a couple of cheaper Bluetooth speakers, but was way less than satisfied with the results.
I'm curious, what was not satisfactory? The volume? If that is the case, there are many BT speakers which IMO would be PLENTY loud as in too loud. The ION brand comes to mind as well as the Altec I mentioned.
I got one of these packages from Best Buy which I'm pleased with. It shows $799 at the moment but I bought mine when it was on sale for around $550 (which is a good price for the speakers when you consider the cost of the Sonos:Amp alone.)
I'm curious, what was not satisfactory? The volume? If that is the case, there are many BT speakers which IMO would be PLENTY loud as in too loud. The ION brand comes to mind as well as the Altec I mentioned.
I tried a couple of Bluetooths several years ago from Walmart, and they could barely be heard 20 feet away. Plus, they couldn't be heard at all through a brick wall. If the technology has improved since, I'd be all for it.
I tried a couple of Bluetooths several years ago from Walmart, and they could barely be heard 20 feet away. Plus, they couldn't be heard at all through a brick wall. If the technology has improved since, I'd be all for it.
As far as volume goes, I think you would be more than satisfied with the proper bluetooth speaker/s. The iON brand makes some that are SUPER loud, same goes for the Altec's I mentioned. The brick wall thing is not the speaker's fault but the bluetooth. It is not capable of penetrating walls, whether brick or not. It was designed for line-of-sight transmissions. That said, all of the speakers allow a connection using a wire. So the question is how far do you need to run the wire? Another option is Wifi speakers or a Wifi receiver/amplifier.
As far as volume goes, I think you would be more than satisfied with the proper bluetooth speaker/s. The iON brand makes some that are SUPER loud, same goes for the Altec's I mentioned. The brick wall thing is not the speaker's fault but the bluetooth. It is not capable of penetrating walls, whether brick or not. It was designed for line-of-sight transmissions. That said, all of the speakers allow a connection using a wire. So the question is how far do you need to run the wire? Another option is Wifi speakers or a Wifi receiver/amplifier.
Shouldn't be that big of a deal. Get a spool of speaker wire and connect to the speaker, then run it to your computer. You'd want a 1/8 phone connector on that end; not too difficult to wire (check YouTube) Ideally soldered, but okay just wired. Plug it in and see if you can pump enough power / volume to the speaker. If not, buy a small audio amplifier. Send the computer audio out to it, and the audio out from the amp to the speaker using the same wire running to it. Should be under $60, and maybe much lower.
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