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Avid Contributor III
August 23, 2023

Placing outdoor speakers

  • August 23, 2023
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So, I am attaching some screenshots of the outside of our house. We spend most of the time under the over hang on the upper porch, where I use the Blackstone, but out in front too on the lower porch. I am wondering where would be the best place to put a pair of Klipsch aw650 speakers, I am running them to the inside of the house where we are putting a Sonos amp. I was thinking under the edge of the over hang and pointed to the lower porch, either in an upright position angled in from the corner uprights. Or was thinking directly down from the crossbeam. I could attach them to the house against the wall under the upper over hang, but not sure how the sound would project across the area. 

I am worried about not getting enough sound under the overhang if positioned on the uprights or front beam on the overhang but also worried about projecting sound across from the far wall. Any suggestions? The first picture I put colored lines in the 3 different arrangements I had in mind, the other pics are for reference to the area. 

 

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buzz
Grand Maestro
September 4, 2023

An outdoor powered subwoofer would need power wiring and be designed to withstand weather events. This would add substantially to the cost of purchase, installation, and long term ownership because the weather will eventually take its toll.

The subwoofer output of AMP will split the sound, sending lows to the subwoofer amplifier and highs to the satellite speakers. If the subwoofer amplifier supports this, you could use two subwoofers if the satellite speakers are far apart (for example on opposite sides of the house). In your configuration only a single subwoofer is required -- unless you are a super bass freak.

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Avid Contributor III
September 4, 2023

I’m not going to be getting a powered sub woofer. It will be one that is passive. 
 

Since I can’t use my current sonos AMP to power the passive sub, I need to get a subwoofer amplifier from how you’ve made it sound. How am I going to connect the paint sub and amp to my current satellite speakers so it’s all working properly?
 

I do like bass, when I’m playing bass type music. But I’ll eventually be adding 1 or 2 more speakers to this current outdoor setup. But the next purchase will be the sub and amplifier for it. 

 

You have to excuse me, I’m pretty new to all this. 

UbetAuthor
Avid Contributor III
September 4, 2023

Would something like this work it is an OSD SMP300?

 

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Avid Contributor III
September 4, 2023

This is an audiosource100vs, would it work to power the Klipsch sub?

  • 50 watts x 2 into 8 ohms or 60 watts into 4 ohms
  • 150 watts when bridged into a single 8-ohm load

And how would I get sonos AMP to connect to it?

 

buzz
Grand Maestro
September 4, 2023

In my opinion this is not the best choice. Don’t use the bridged connection when driving this subwoofer.

A mono amplifier would be a better choice for a single subwoofer.

Any amplifier will connect to AMP’s subwoofer output.

UbetAuthor
Avid Contributor III
September 4, 2023

In my opinion this is not the best choice. Don’t use the bridged connection when driving this subwoofer.

A mono amplifier would be a better choice for a single subwoofer.

Any amplifier will connect to AMP’s subwoofer output.

Ok, thank you. I’ll connect it through the sub output from amp

UbetAuthor
Avid Contributor III
September 11, 2023

I have to say these 650s with AMP are a lot better than my 5s. Yes they’re a little messy because of the wires, but they sound more crisp, clear and get louder. I can easily hear them 100 yards away turned up to 61.