Preach! Also, do you have the Sonos One? (the Sonos version of the Echo) MUCH fuller sound and acts as Alexa for most things. Also, I like these power systems other people recommend, but I (like most people) have neighbors nearby and don't want to annoy the heck out of them. Two Play 1's are plenty for my deck roof.
They are Mackies. Mackie is a professional audio company best known for their audio boards, trust me they aren’t cheap knockoffs. They are my favorite mixer to use as you can drive a car over them and they still would work fine. Yes that could be peak power with those particular speakers, but I’m not seeing the ohms listed. If they are 8 ohms then yes that’s peak. I would suspect they are 4 ohms in all likelihood, but they could be as low as 2. JBL EONS are really great as well. I have used both and they are comparable. I’m not being dismissive of your JBLs at all, I’m just pointing out that you really are in a completely different league with those then your typical home audio system. IMOP, yours is the best setup posted here yet. I know they sound better then anything your going to find marketed for home use.
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They are Mackies. Mackie is a professional audio company best known for their audio boards, trust me they aren’t cheap knockoffs. They are my favorite mixer to use as you can drive a car over them and they still would work fine. Yes that is probably peak power with those particular speakers, but I’m not seeing the ohms listed. If they are 8 ohms then yes that’s peak. I would suspect they are 4 ohms in all likelihood, but they could be as low as 2. JBL EONS are really great as well. I have used both and they are comparable. I’m not being dismissive of your JBLs at all, I’m just pointing out that you really are in a completely different league with those then your typical home audio system. IMOP, yours is the best setup posted here yet. I know they sound better then anything your going to find marketed for home use.
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I won’t go too much into my background, but I have been at this and doing it for a living for a very long time now, and I can say that your in a completely different wheel house with the EONs all together. Your in the club/ DJ/ AV realm with the Eons and completely out of the “high fi” realm. The professional gear is always going to sound better then the “high end, hi-fi” stuff because it has to be better by the very nature of what it has to be designed to do. IMOP, the “high end high fi” home stuff is usually almost always going to be an over priced rip off. (Remember a certain cable manufacturer and their outlandish physics defining claims and insane pricing?) You are just as likely to find an old pair of budget KLH speakers that sound just as good if not better then anything else you could possibly find in the home audio market. Like anything, it’s all just knowing the basic physics of how things work really.
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You are absolutely correct the stuff I’m talking about isn’t really practical for this use at all. It just sounds way better then most of the “high fidelity/high end “ consumer stuff and it can be had for a lot less money. I’m not knocking high end audio systems either as I deal with some very high tech and high end stuff as part of my job, including DSP’s that I had to get certified to be able to install and program. I’m not a big fan of some of the more expensive audio gear marketed for home use though, because I just don’t think that most of it is much better then some of the cheaper stuff that’s marketed for home use. As such for my outdoor pool space I just have a cheap Pyle amp with some seriously cheap dual speakers. It sounds OK for background music, but it’s not so great for the activity of actively listening to and enjoying music. You need decent volume for that and I don’t want to irritate my neighbors. Because of that, when I want to enjoy listening to music by the pool, I just reach for one of my favorite pairs of headphones.All the high end pro stuff you guys are talking about doesn't seem practical for people who just want some music in their pool area. While that stuff would sound great, it has to be brought outside and connected. And, after listening you have to disconnect and bring back inside.
I've played in bands since I was 15. I have a home music studio with professional power amps, speakers, and mixers. I would never think to bring that gear outside by the pool. Too heavy, and as one of my bands was told at a gig..."sounds great, but way too loud." That was right after we played Hot Tuna's "Hit Single #1."
I chose the Atrium 8's because they sound good and can be left outside all summer. They get rained on and keep on playing. This is the 4th year I have had them. To listen to music, I just open the receiver cabinet doors and turn on the receiver. Once it connects to the WiFi, I can listen to streaming radio or music playlists/albums/songs from a home server.
That’s true the more speakers you have the lower you can have the volume and still hear the music. Just pay attention to the speakers ohms so you don’t burn out your amps.
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70v systems are usually Mono. Outdoors you should probably run cable though conduit. Code in some locations to use conduit as some places consider them to be high voltage (only have voltage with audio signal being sent). Some people say that the fact they use transformers degrades the sound quality, but I can’t tell a huge difference. To me they sound OK. All speakers have single volume control. Great for background music. Personally I would opt for a multi channel amp setup over 70v outdoors, but like you said it depends on what your going for and there are pros and cons to each type of system. Might be a good idea to simply list the different types of systems along with their pros and cons along with reviews and opinions of each type. That way people at least have an idea of what might work best for what they want out of a system.
Yes, depends on jurisdiction as you outlines so great advice. As for the multichannel, SLS is actually stereo at 70V, not your traditional 70V systems like were use for in building paging or background. Most high(er) end speakers today are actually 70V/100V and 8ohm selectable, giving flexibility. I simply prefer 70V for distribution for cabling simplicity.
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You can’t go wrong with a crown amp.
got a 100x2 watt amp and a Polk audio dts play-fi receiver to go with the rest of my house system. Was between the polls and the klipsh ones that are comparable and ended up with Polk's and am super happy. They are huge though, was not expecting them to be that big.
