Outdoor speakers

[Sk1Bum 13,360]

I currently have a pair of Niles OS 6.3 outdoor speakers driven my a Carver M200t. I mostly play smooth jazz, blues with the occasional talk radio or St. Louis Cardinals baseball game.

 

The Niles speakers have served me well, but they are getting pretty long in the tooth. I'm hoping for a great Amazon Prime Days deal on either Klipsch AW-650s or Polk Atrium 8s.

 

Any thoughts, suggestions, other recommendations?

 

Klipsch AW-650 on Amazon

 

Polk Atrium 8 on Amazon

 

 

[AndrewJohn 11,151]

I have the polk atrium 8's outside on my patio..., they are OK, and I too updated from Niles, to the Polks, so they were an improvement.  But from others I've asked, (I think @itchitch has the Klipsch, too), I will go with the Klipsh, probably this or next year.

[stereo_dog 1,719]

6 hours ago, Sk1Bum said:

I currently have a pair of Niles OS 6.3 outdoor speakers driven my a Carver M200t. I mostly play smooth jazz, blues with the occasional talk radio or St. Louis Cardinals baseball game.

 

The Niles speakers have served me well, but they are getting pretty long in the tooth. I'm hoping for a great Amazon Prime Days deal on either Klipsch AW-650s or Polk Atrium 8s.

 

Any thoughts, suggestions, other recommendations?

 

Klipsch AW-650 on Amazon

 

Polk Atrium 8 on Amazon

 

 

I have two pairs of the Klipsch AW 650’s. I love them. I’ve got them powered by a small Fosi amp, they sound great. Painted them to match my siding. Picked up a second set last fall for$75.  

[oldtexasdog 2,526]

I have had the polks for a good while and have enjoyed them but I have never had anything else to compare them to?

[itchitch 4,703]

I do have the Klipsch AW-650 (White) on our upper deck.

They are significantly better than the Boston Acoustics Voyager 2 that they replaced.

 

I wanted a bit more bass so I added an OSD Forza - 8 passive sub.

The Forza is just 'okay'. I selected it because of price and it had speaker wire in AND out.

I should have gone with a 10" sub, at least.

 

There is a big difference in sensitivity between the Forza (lower) and the Klipsch.

I had an in wall pot so I wired the them so the pot controls the Klipsch - allowing more power to go to the sub.

This allowed me to get 'more' bass (from the sub) at volume.

 

I recently replaced my Polk Audio Atrium Sat300 - they were about 13 years old.

They really didn't hold up well, fully exposed in the flower beds in the front of our house.

I bought a pair of OSD Forza 6.5" Landscape Speakers.

They have a few nice (included) options for ground mounting.

These are a huge upgrade from the Polks (even when new).

OSD is mostly a commercial brand so their speakers have a built in transformer.

You can drive them with a stereo amp or a Voltage amp.

 

Each speak has an 8" Sonance CRKW Rock Subwoofer.

I had bought these when they were on sale 20 years ago and the still sound great.

(They have been painted three different colors over the years)

[Sk1Bum 13,360]

14 hours ago, stereo_dog said:

Picked up a second set last fall for$75.  

 

That's a great price.