The Medway Handyman wrote:
Looking to get some speakers for the decking, so we can have a little
music outside.
I've seen wireless ones which transmit from the hi-fi, but they need
plugging in to the mains, which rather defeats the object - no power
on the deck.
They don't have to look like rocks or anything.
SWMBO has some wireless headphone which plug into the 'phones' socket
on the hi-fi (Sony).
So, question is; Can I just use a speaker extension lead of say 10
metres which will plug into the 'phones' socket and connect the other
end to some outdoor speakers? Like these?
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=221776 I could build a
box for them out of deck boards
Would I lose anything over the cable length, what ohms do I need &
how would I connect the cable to the speakers - bearing in mind I am
to electronics what Colonel Custer is to Indian fighting.
After reading the replies so far, I have to ask - how big is the garden and
how considerate of your neighbours are you? - because the answer to those
two questions could save you much cash. This group is tremendous and I have
a lot of respect for the very knowledgeable people who frequent it and offer
very good advice - but I can't help thinking that, on ocassions (this being
one of them) things are taken a bit too seriously.
First of all, you're going to be playing music into the open air, which I
would imagine is never going to be "acoustically brilliant", so I would
question the need to bother (specifically) about woofers, tweeters, baffle
boxes and so forth.
Secondly, unless you have no neighbours nearby (or just don't care about
your neighbours), you'll never be able to play your music very loud so you
don't need to worry about power levels or cable sizes.
We live in an "average" semi-detached chalet-style (dormer) bungalow on an
"average" housing estate. We have an Onkyo TX-SV343 AV Receiver/Amplifier
under the telly that has outputs for a second set of speakers, so I bought
this
http://cpc.farnell.com/pro-power/2x4...00m/dp/CB00399
and installed a couple of runs out to the speaker positions. I then
terminated the ends with "Lucar" connectors in a small waterproof housing so
that the speakers can be connected/disconnected at will. The speakers
themselves have a keyhole at the back, hang on a single screw, and are
actually two Creative Cambridge Soundworks speakers from a DTT2200 system
that isn't used on my PC anymo
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA280_.jpg
I can listen to Led Zeppelin, Free, The Who etc., etc., at levels loud
enough to annoy my neighbours without distortion if I so wished, but of
course, I don't as I'm not like that. The point is, we have perfectly good
music out in the garden for when we're working out there or when we're
BBQing, all for just a few quid, and all without going into degree-level
sound engineering - and it's been working perfectly well for the last 4
years.
Pete