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Recommended Third party Outdoor speaker via connect amp

Forum|Forum|9 years ago
May 12, 2017
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Hi all,

Can anyone recommend good quality outdoor speakers(since sonos doesnt do an outdoor speaker)

I understand you can use Connect amp,but I seek advice on an outdoor wireless speaker

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jdag

Prodigy III

Take a look at the Dayton Audio IO655 speakers. They are available in white or black and very well priced at abbot $85/pair from Parts Express.

I've had them for about 3 years now and they are really a good choice for the job. When purchasing, I compared them to some others at 2-3x the cost, including Yamaha, Boston Acoustics, and JBL, and they were better. Not better for the price. Just better.

I did not compare to other often recommended outdoor speakers like Polk or Definitive Tech.

airforceteacher

Headliner I

The connect amp can handle up to 4 speakers. :)

How are you driving 4 speakers with one Connect:Amp?

dstevens

Contributor I

@airforceteacher - here's the official doc from Sonos: https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/269?_ga=2.265719439.146602637.1515602239-743925170.1514920593

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obauer72

Lyricist I

I currently carry a play 5 outside which gets old and I cant leave it outside. I would like to put in a connected amp and find speakers that have that same sound and volume levels. Has anyone connected a Yamaha NS-AW992 to the connected amp?

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Kumar

The Connect Amp sounds exactly like any stereo amp of similar power delivery - 55 wpc into 8 and 110 wpc into 4 ohms. The speakers in question will not sound any different from what they would do via any other such stereo amp.

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jmurfy

Contributor I

I have used three brands of outdoor speakers with my Connect:Amps; Bose 151s, Definitive Technology AW6500s, and Niles RS6SI Pro rock speakers. The AW6500s are by far the best of the three. Will go louder and produce quality sound at all volume levels. They have a main speaker and a bass radiator on the back side. They make a smaller 5500 version. The Bose were very clear, but lacking mids and lows. The RS6SI Rock Speakers are a great sounding speaker and fine for background music, but couldn't play loud as I wanted at times. Don't get me wrong, standing 10-15' away you couldn't have a conversation with the volume most of the way up. With those, I just got to a point where I wanted more sound and bass by my pool, so I upgraded to 8" Niles rock speakers and went with a 150 X 2 channel amp with Sonos Connect. Very happy with that set up. I bought a third RS8SI, and used my connect to wire it in single speaker stereo mode, and its good since both channels on the connect:amp are going to that one speaker. Read reviews for outdoor speakers. That is what sold me 5 years ago on the Definitive Technology AW6500s.

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