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Do any of you have a speaker system wired for your outdoor/pool area? Just use some nice Bluetooth speakers currently, but it's certainly an interest for me in the future.

Anyone running a certain system or have recommendations?

Let me know! :)
 

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I'm searching deals since it's prime day(s). I am getting a cheap fire tablet that will be dedicated for streaming music, pool pump, sprinklers, other random house stuff speakers, etc. The only thing I am still a little confused about is what am I streaming the music to? I see that @Orion7319...
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PoolGate said:

Another Outside Speaker Question

I'm searching deals since it's prime day(s). I am getting a cheap fire tablet that will be dedicated for streaming music, pool pump, sprinklers, other random house stuff speakers, etc. The only thing I am still a little confused about is what am I streaming the music to? I see that @Orion7319...
www.troublefreepool.com www.troublefreepool.com
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Ah, perfect! Thanks!
 
We use a pair of outdoor rock speakers w/bluetooth and an Echo Input connected to those and linked to all my music accounts....seem to work well except when the music gets turned up too loud and we have to practically scream at the Echo.....:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 
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I have an Onkyo receiver near the pool in a weatherproof cabinet that I built connected to a pair of Polk Atrium 8 speakers. That combination can put out some serious volume. :rockon: The receiver connects to my home network via WiFi. On one of the network servers in my house, I have over 400 gig of MP3 files. I create themed playlists (typically upbeat 50's and 60's rock as we and many of our friends are in our 60's and 70's) for the receiver to play the files from the server. I can use my phone to control the receiver and pick playlists or albums or songs to play.
 
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I have an Onkyo receiver near the pool in a weatherproof cabinet that I built connected to a pair of Polk Atrium 8 speakers. That combination can put out some serious volume. :rockon: The receiver connects to my home network via WiFi. On one of the network servers in my house, I have over 400 gig of MP3 files. I create themed playlists (typically upbeat 50's and 60's rock as we and many of our friends are in our 60's and 70's) for the receiver to play the files from the server. I can use my phone to control the receiver and pick playlists or albums or songs to play.
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That sounds awesome! I'm looking into some of the Atrium model speakers as well. Do you like them?
 
love love love my wi-fi Sonos. My "Play 1" speakers are under an overhang (they can't get wet). I even had outlets put in the ceiling of the overhang by the mounts so there are no wires going anywhere.
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VinceL said:
I have an Onkyo receiver near the pool in a weatherproof cabinet that I built connected to a pair of Polk Atrium 8 speakers. That combination can put out some serious volume. :rockon: The receiver connects to my home network via WiFi. On one of the network servers in my house, I have over 400 gig of MP3 files. I create themed playlists (typically upbeat 50's and 60's rock as we and many of our friends are in our 60's and 70's) for the receiver to play the files from the server. I can use my phone to control the receiver and pick playlists or albums or songs to play.
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picture of the cabinet? how does it handle the heat? i was thinking of doing the same but putting in fans to let air in/out...but that also means bugs and dirt and get in an out lol
 
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Here's a picture of the cabinet:
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I put tile on the top to handle the rain. I have 2 fans that lay on top of the receiver to pull out the hot air. I leave the doors open when the receiver is on. The cabinet is shaded by the pergola until about 1 pm and is then in direct sunlight until about 6 pm.

Here is a picture of the Polk Atrium 8 speakers mounted on a pergola:
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You can see the cabinet for the receiver at the far end of the pergola.

I love Polk speakers (my main home theater system has the original massive Polk SRS speakers). The Atrium 8's are, AFAIK, the largest in the Atrium series. So, they have great bass and can handle lots of power.

I bring the receiver and speakers inside for the winter.
 
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You can't beat the 500 watt power of JBL EONs. More power = better sound. They are so crisp and clean like a concert. And they are professional monitors so it makes sense. For outdoors they rock.
 
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Are the JBL EON's weatherproof such that they can be left outside and be rained on?
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No I don't believe so. They are discontinued but their successor might be. I don't think anyone will seriously consider these for their pool area. I do use them at my pool though. They are large, commercial/professional speakers.
 
I have a sonos connect in my basement with a separate amp that i already had. Speaker wire runs out of the house through buried conduit to each location. I have two outdoor speakers behind bushes at each end of the pool (waterproof wire nuts to connect speaker and wires). I love Sonos because anyone on my wifi can control the music w the app (I don't need to always play DJ) and i can use my phone independently of the speakers. If it's Bluetooth and your phone rings or you get a text tone it plays over the speakers (same with watching YouTube videos etc.). If you have grass or a flowerbed to run the conduit it can be a weekend project. I used a 4" trench shovel and dug the trench out quickly. On my 6th year and so far so good.
 
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Nothing beats Sonos for ease of use and multi room capability, including TV sound bars, and battery powered portable speakers. They also incorporate all the streaming services really well. Their UI for the app is the best. Alexa integration is really good. For my take if you dont mind spending the money, I dont think you can do better.

A cheap version of that would be to use the Echo (Alexa) ecosystem. Offers almost the same functionality for about half the price. However, not as clean. It just feels like second place. The extra one step is annoying. But it is much cheaper and they release a bunch of new models every year.

Then there are plenty of great options where you cobble together amps with chrome devices or other streaming brokers, or even amps that have some wifi built in. For what a lot of people want to do, thats enough. For others you can get more granular with this option and more customized such as very powerful amps.

Of course there are the traditional multi room system providers. I dont know much about them, and have not really kept up with them since I looked about 10 years ago and chose Sonos instead.
 
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PoolGate said:
You can't beat the 500 watt power of JBL EONs. More power = better sound. They are so crisp and clean like a concert. And they are professional monitors so it makes sense. For outdoors they rock.
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Well yeah that’s a PA system. I used to have to set up a PA system at a university I used to work for that consisted of 4 1,000watt EONs and two 2000watt amps. Literally 1000 people on a two acre site could hear them just fine. Your neighbors must love you! Lol!
 
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You can't beat the 500 watt power of JBL EONs. More power = better sound. They are so crisp and clean like a concert. And they are professional monitors so it makes sense. For outdoors they rock.
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Lol everyone reading this thread should just buy two of these and call it a day… they go up to 11!
 
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Orion7319 said:
Lol everyone reading this thread should just buy two of these and call it a day… they go up to 11!
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I never heard of that brand but they look like a cheap chinese knockoff of the JBL EONs. I also suspect that "1300 watts" is peak power. Who knows maybe they are good!
 
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The Polk Atriums are legit.
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+1 on these speakers. We have had them out in the elements since 2/19 and have had zero issues with them. They sound as good today as when we bought them. They are powered by this amplifier (TIC AMP 50) and also has worked flawlessly and it has *never* been inside. It is covered by a plastic fake rock (and is elevated from the ground to keep it relatively dry) and is also rocking out great. We use the Bluetooth connection although it can be configured to work on Wifi. *It appears as though the TIC AMP is really no longer available and has some questionable reviews on Amazon. Perhaps I lucked out with it! :cool:
 
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