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I use a Tannoy outdoor speaker that can run on a 70 volt system or at 8 ohms. It has a good bottom end so the music doesn't sound cheesy. I used it last year with no problems and due to the amount of snow and ice I was unable to remove it until March.

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I bought a couple nice big home stereo speakers for 5 bucks at a garage sale.I will put them in garbage bags to protect them from the snow.

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I will put them in garbage bags to protect them from the snow.

Could be detrimental to the sound quality, especially the highs...

To answer JJ's question, I use pair of ten-year old big ol' Bose 251 outdoor models. There's other speakers that people say sound better but these sound pretty fine to me and they just keep on tickin'... What I'd REALLY like to do is add a sub-woofer underneath the deck off the front of the house but I think that might cause just a wee bit of a neighbor problem...
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wallleyes wrote:

I bought a couple nice big home stereo speakers for 5 bucks at a garage sale.I will put them in garbage bags to protect them from the snow.
I too have obtained large speakers for about $5.00 each from garage sales. Mine are about 32" tall, and 12" square. I use 6 of them, strategically placed around the yard. (I have a 100' by 60' front yard) I too use garbage bags to cover, but additionally use colored, printed, plastic wrapping over that to make it look like a large gift package.
Although it does get cold in Las Vegas, but not freezing very often. I have had no problems with quality of sound.
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I bought a set of powered computer speakers for $8.00. At that price, I'm not too concerned of them getting stolen or wet but I plan on covering them with lighweight, plastic grocery bags. My show is broadcast on FM so the speakers are only supplemental for those that stand on the sidewalk. Since I live in a crowded area, I didn't want to overwhelm my neighbors so I built a wooden box out of scrap wood for the speakers to be off the ground. I mounted a $12 motion activated floodlight fixture to it and it powers the speakers 1 minute at a time when someone's nearby. This way the music isn't on all night long - just when it needs to be.

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jjdurrant wrote:

What are you guys in the colder climates doing for an outdoor speaker? How well do the you think the rock speakers would hold up in a MN winter?


In 2008 I used the rock type speakers from BJs (about $60) and they were rained on, snowed on, probably even got a little salt snow mix on them and they worked fine for a whole month.

I would use them, just a pain to run more wires for the speakers. I changed show locations and now only am radio music.

Good luck.
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Thanks all. I am leaning towards the boombox route. I'd rather have some steal a cheap boombox than a nice set of rock speakers.. plus I wouldn't have to run speaker wire.

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Old computer speakers are the cheapest. I tend to find them curbside... I have used the same ones for a few years without even covering them. If they did go south, I have extras! :)

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Dan Ancona wrote:

Old computer speakers are the cheapest. I tend to find them curbside... I have used the same ones for a few years without even covering them. If they did go south, I have extras! :)


Requires you use a pretty long 3.5mm cable though I assume?

I would probably need a 50ft cable min
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Guest Don Gillespie

I am with George on this one I too have Bose speakers the sound is unreal, I mounted them under my soffit line they stay there year round so we can enjoy the music even in the summer I use a Yamaha stereo receiver plugged into my computer when the shows are running, there are lots of people that like to get out and look at the lights and when they do they can also hear the show its neat watching people dance in front of your house.

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jjdurrant wrote:

Dan Ancona wrote:
Old computer speakers are the cheapest. I tend to find them curbside... I have used the same ones for a few years without even covering them. If they did go south, I have extras! :)


Requires you use a pretty long 3.5mm cable though I assume?

I would probably need a 50ft cable min

I bought a 100' 3.5mm cable on eBay for $12.50. After I saw that, I scrapped my plan to build my own.
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WhitePlainsNY wrote:

jjdurrant wrote:
Dan Ancona wrote:
Old computer speakers are the cheapest. I tend to find them curbside... I have used the same ones for a few years without even covering them. If they did go south, I have extras! :)


Requires you use a pretty long 3.5mm cable though I assume?

I would probably need a 50ft cable min

I bought a 100' 3.5mm cable on eBay for $12.50. After I saw that, I scrapped my plan to build my own.

I actually used some old flat telephone wire I had laying around.... slpiced in the plug which goes to a Y - one to the transmitter one to the speakers. Cheap, easy, done!
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I have a pair of Advent indoor/outdoor speakers. 11 months of the year they are my surround sound speakers. The other month they are outside in the weather.

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