Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Outdoor Speakers - Ian

Ian,

I saw you mention in another thread that you would be soon introducing outdoor speakers. I'm terribly interested in hearing more about this. Can you give us some timelines on these? Will they be available by summer?

Thanks.

We are doing the acoustical design work on the outdoor speakers at this time. We are looking at having them available by June this year.

Ian Colquhoun
President & Chief Engineer

Ian, will these speakers have their own volume control on them?

We are looking at a couple of options, like a volume control, on the outdoor speaker and at this time it will have one. All the various features will have their final decision in the next month. Are there any other features you would consider important on an outdoor speaker?

Ian Colquhoun
President & Chief Engineer

Any updates on the progress of these speakers? I've already bought and returned some 'lesser' brands and I'd love to see what you guys have come up with.

Wow. You dig pretty deep!

I'm interested, too. Although if I bought some outdoor speakers, I wouldn't look forward to running the wire. I don't think I'd even fit in the crawlspace under the house.

Hmmmm, I wonder how many years I have to wait for my yet-to-be-born son to be old enough to follow directions. With some sort of bait, probably not much after her learns to crawl....

That search feature is mighty handy!

I'd bought some cheap outdoor speakers (RCA on clearance for $50) sounded pretty good actually but the tweeters began to buzz which drove me nuts!

Did a quick search to see if anyone had inquired or recommended a good pair. Then I saw the post from Ian indicating that Axiom was developing some that should be out in June. I called, no dice, still in development and not a priority now.

I've listened to most of the stuff at the local retailers and they're all horrible. I just missed a $100 rebate on some Klipsch's that actually sounded really good, I just can't seem to buy them knowing they'd have cost me $100 less last week!

Sigh.

I'd like to know as well - im in the middle of back yard landscaping, and dont know what to do about music out there

Here's my solution: I have an FM transmitter hooked up to my home stereo. I've also got an older Denon ministytem (that sounds pretty decent) that I use for back-of-house and outdoor music. When I want to listen to the same music outside that I've got on in the house (like in a party situation), I turn on the transmitter and tune the minisystem in to my personal station.

I posted this site once before but here it is again.
A neat idea for outdoor speakers.
I have no idea how they sound nor have i seen any reviews from any source on them as of yet.