Need some advice please!!!!outdoor speakers

Hackers24
Hackers24 Posts: 17
edited April 2013 in Speakers
Hi all, after a lot of researching outdoor speakers (klipsch, kef, pbs? etc)i have decided that polk are the ones I want, unjust a little confused as to what the real difference is, I've nowhere to go a actually hear them as I'm in the uk, I have been edged towards the atrium 6, my budget is about $350 max for a pair, but I read so many reviews saying that the bass is rubbish, others saying its great, I just don't know who to listen too????also if I buy a pair in the states will they work in the uk??? Never really thought about it until I went on polks website and it mentioned the amplification. 220v - NO?? So if anyone can let me know
1. The best candidate for outdoor speaker!!
2.will they work in the UK?

Any help would be great!!!!

Thankyou so much, god bless.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited March 2013
    Those speakers will work just fine in the UK. I'm not sure why Polk lists amp specs as the speakers are not powered.

    They are rated at 50Hz-27kHz, so don't expect deep bass. I've got an earlier version in the cabin of the boat, there is bass, but not the kind that will rattle things.
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  • Hackers24
    Hackers24 Posts: 17
    edited March 2013
    So what would you recommend?? It's for a patio about 20x15ft?????any experience would be great??? This is why it's hard? I don't wanna spend the money and be disappointed? I've got rc60i in the bathroom and I love em, I'm easily pleased, but u don't want to regret a purchased, if there's a lot better on the market ;)
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  • RamZet
    RamZet Posts: 792
    edited March 2013
    Try to locate a used pair of WM6.
    http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/Speakers/Custom_Installation/CI_Series/WM6.html
    Awesome base and great highs. They also last forever outside if you stick them on a post. If you leave them out over the winter the grills will rust. ( but you can hit them with spray paint if they do)

    Sonance Mariner 62 on ebay are like 200 a pair. A great speaker because the entire box is sealed, so you can leave them outside in the winter and ants wont move in. They sound good, not as good as the 82.
    http://www.sonance.com/products/speakers/detail/138



    I have installed hundreds of these two speakers.
    Gave a pair WM6s to my Father and my neighbor.


    Good luck on the search, please stay away from rock speakers. rock speakers and water park speakers are a waste of money.
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  • RamZet
    RamZet Posts: 792
    edited March 2013
    http://www.sonance.com/products/speakers/detail/613

    Sonance makes a great outdoor sub. you dig a hole and dump it into the Earth. They really do "bump" and hide will.
    B&W CM9Classé Sigma
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  • Hackers24
    Hackers24 Posts: 17
    edited March 2013
    That sounds good!! Thankyou for the advice, ill have a look, it is amazing how many different ones there are??
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  • CCNJ
    CCNJ Posts: 384
    edited April 2013
    I have the older polk outdoor speakers Atrium 55. I have a quite a large deck and backyard and they fill both areas beautifully. There is bass as F1 said and it is fine for me without a sub. If you require deep bass you may want to get a seperate sub.

    Also make sure you have good heavy guage speaker wire that is rated for outdoors. I recommend these...http://www.crutchfield.com/p_703142125/AudioQuest-FLX-14-2-14-Gauge-2-Conductor-In-Wall-Speaker-Cable-125-feet.html?tp=9223.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,092
    edited April 2013
    I have the Polk Atrium 45's for my bottom deck. Excellent sound quality & have been in the elements for going on 6yrs now without any issues.
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • Hackers24
    Hackers24 Posts: 17
    edited April 2013
    Interesting!!!! It's always interesting to get as much feeedback as possible, I originally looked at the atriums 4, and as usual thought why is there a 5, then a 6, then an 8 etc!!!!! 8s are w
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited April 2013
    Hackers24 wrote: »
    So what would you recommend?? It's for a patio about 20x15ft?????any experience would be great??? This is why it's hard? I don't wanna spend the money and be disappointed? I've got rc60i in the bathroom and I love em, I'm easily pleased, but u don't want to regret a purchased, if there's a lot better on the market ;)

    I think the Polk's are a good choice. None of the outdoor speakers that I'm aware of have deep bass, for that you'll have to add an outdoor sub.

    As point of reference the B&W's mentioned above are really bass shy only going down to 62 Hz, the Sonance go to 55 Hz while the Polk's go to 50 Hz.
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  • Hackers24
    Hackers24 Posts: 17
    edited April 2013
    F1nut wrote: »
    I think the Polk's are a good choice. None of the outdoor speakers that I'm aware of have deep bass, for that you'll have to add an outdoor sub.

    As point of reference the B&W's mentioned above are really bass shy only going down to 62 Hz, the Sonance go to 55 Hz while the Polk's go to 50 Hz.

    Ok this is where my knowledge of audio equipment really shows, is the lower the number of hz the better?? As far as a sub is concerned Its nearly as much as the speakers (cheapest i can find at about $299)i think I'm definetly going to buy a set of atrium 6s with done thuck gauge cable, just need to find someone who will ship to the uk!!!!:question:
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  • seabeerob213
    seabeerob213 Posts: 1,843
    edited April 2013
    Hackers24 wrote: »
    Ok this is where my knowledge of audio equipment really shows, is the lower the number of hz the better?? As far as a sub is concerned Its nearly as much as the speakers (cheapest i can find at about $299)i think I'm definetly going to buy a set of atrium 6s with done thuck gauge cable, just need to find someone who will ship to the uk!!!!:question:
    look for a third party shipper, shipitAPO may do it for you, supposed to be for military, but i didnt need to do anything to make the account, and you can put any address to ship to, also, i agree on the sub, heard some atriums, not sure which, but the bass kinda seemed to fade out where i knew the music was deeper than i was hearing
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  • ROHfan
    ROHfan Posts: 1,014
    edited April 2013
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    I have the Polk Atrium 45's for my bottom deck. Excellent sound quality & have been in the elements for going on 6yrs now without any issues.

    I've also had Atrium 45's above my 24x12 deck, tucked into the eaves. Bass is not great but the sound is full. I've got them angled down at 45 degrees with about 10 feet of space between them. The Atrium 4's are running for about 150 a pair now on Amazon. I remember seeing an outdoor subwoofer on some website that apparently fastens to the underside of the deck which puts out tactile sub frequencies. I thought it looked interesting but I forgot where I saw it.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited April 2013
    Ok this is where my knowledge of audio equipment really shows, is the lower the number of hz the better??

    Correct.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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