Find the best outdoor speakers for your space
Choosing the right speakers for your space is key, and much more so when it comes to outdoor speakers. Selecting the wrong ones could mean short circuits at best and blown speakers at worst. When planning your outdoor audio needs, it pays to do your research and choose speakers that are rated for outdoor use.
What are the key differences between outdoor and indoor speakers?
What makes an outdoor speaker different from the indoor version? Not surprisingly, outdoor speakers are made to withstand weather, so they're often made of different materials like sturdier plastic, rubber, and water-resistant materials.
Outdoor speakers can also often be made to blend into the outdoor surroundings of your yard or garden, and you can even find them in natural rock shapes too.
Why should you choose outdoor speakers?
Weather-resistance aside, outdoor speakers are often made to properly fill outdoor spaces with great sounding audio. Where a small indoor Bluetooth speaker might have its sound drowned out by the vastness of outdoor space, outdoor speakers are built to keep up, often with more power than other options.
Types of outdoor speakers
There are some choices you'll need to make when it comes to choosing outdoor speakers:
Would you like wired or wireless outdoor speakers?
Wired speakers require careful planning, but can give you better sound options, higher fidelity audio, and more power, particularly when connected to an amplifier. On the other hand, wireless outdoor speakers are easier to install and give you much more flexibility.
Wi-Fi or Bluetooth outdoor speakers?
If you choose wireless speakers, you'll have the option to connect to your music via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Outdoor speakers with Bluetooth are easy, but means you'll need to have your phone or device nearby to use the speakers.
With Wi-Fi you can have much more flexibility, but your speakers or main connection point (amplifier) does need to be able to connect to your home's router, so if you want to link up wirelessly to your garage and it's at a bit of a distance from the house, that could pose a problem.
Portable or fixed outdoor speakers?
Do you want a more permanent solution, where dedicated speakers are bolted to the walls up under your eaves, or possibly even wired throughout the yard to compliment your landscaping, or would you rather move your speaker around where you want it?
Portable, wireless Bluetooth speakers are an easy and inexpensive solution, but if you're throwing huge backyard shakers on a regular basis, they might not be able to keep up and keep your party zone filled with sound unless you choose bigger, more powerful options, and place them strategically around your space.
Where to use outdoor speakers?
If you've got outdoor space, there's all kinds of opportunities for sound. On a deck, patio or yard, you can easily mount speakers under the roof overhang of the home or garage to provide protection and to keep them out of the way. Want something more subtle? Rock-shaped speakers can be nestled into your garden for seamless integration.
There are all kinds of options for getting music, podcasts and even live music events outdoors.
Find the best outdoor speakers for your space
Choosing the right speakers for your space is key, and much more so when it comes to outdoor speakers. Selecting the wrong ones could mean short circuits at best and blown speakers at worst. When planning your outdoor audio needs, it pays to do your research and choose speakers that are rated for outdoor use.
What are the key differences between outdoor and indoor speakers?
What makes an outdoor speaker different from the indoor version? Not surprisingly, outdoor speakers are made to withstand weather, so they're often made of different materials like sturdier plastic, rubber, and water-resistant materials.
Outdoor speakers can also often be made to blend into the outdoor surroundings of your yard or garden, and you can even find them in natural rock shapes too.
Why should you choose outdoor speakers?
Weather-resistance aside, outdoor speakers are often made to properly fill outdoor spaces with great sounding audio. Where a small indoor Bluetooth speaker might have its sound drowned out by the vastness of outdoor space, outdoor speakers are built to keep up, often with more power than other options.
Types of outdoor speakers
There are some choices you'll need to make when it comes to choosing outdoor speakers:
Would you like wired or wireless outdoor speakers?
Wired speakers require careful planning, but can give you better sound options, higher fidelity audio, and more power, particularly when connected to an amplifier. On the other hand, wireless outdoor speakers are easier to install and give you much more flexibility.
Wi-Fi or Bluetooth outdoor speakers?
If you choose wireless speakers, you'll have the option to connect to your music via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Outdoor speakers with Bluetooth are easy, but means you'll need to have your phone or device nearby to use the speakers.
With Wi-Fi you can have much more flexibility, but your speakers or main connection point (amplifier) does need to be able to connect to your home's router, so if you want to link up wirelessly to your garage and it's at a bit of a distance from the house, that could pose a problem.
Portable or fixed outdoor speakers?
Do you want a more permanent solution, where dedicated speakers are bolted to the walls up under your eaves, or possibly even wired throughout the yard to compliment your landscaping, or would you rather move your speaker around where you want it?
Portable, wireless Bluetooth speakers are an easy and inexpensive solution, but if you're throwing huge backyard shakers on a regular basis, they might not be able to keep up and keep your party zone filled with sound unless you choose bigger, more powerful options, and place them strategically around your space.
Where to use outdoor speakers?
If you've got outdoor space, there's all kinds of opportunities for sound. On a deck, patio or yard, you can easily mount speakers under the roof overhang of the home or garage to provide protection and to keep them out of the way. Want something more subtle? Rock-shaped speakers can be nestled into your garden for seamless integration.
There are all kinds of options for getting music, podcasts and even live music events outdoors.