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The magic of outdoor listening

I tend to keep one system I can pull outdoors when I am in the mood the freedom from room colorations is an amazing thing. Being outside listening to a great system playing wonderful music is magic. I have a bike race by my home and if the weather is nice many times I'm out jamming I have had large groups of cyclists stop 50 yards from my home to enjoy my music. Last year I has using a giant pair of RCA front horns with a full range in it this year going with a community leviathan system with radial. I pull out a tube amp when I jam outside. When I retire I plan on putting out a permanent outdoor horn system so it is ready to go when I am. Sitting still seated centered in a room all alone is enjoyable at times but also kind of tragic I am happy I have options. Maybe consider the outdoors as one of your listening spaces.

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cdavids449
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My outdoor system is the only system I have. Coastal source speakers can deliver audiophile quality music. I have a bricasti dac, Townshend rock 7 turntable, McIntosh c2600 hooked up to 4 coastal source bollards plus a subwoofer. Sounds 'almost' as good as an indoor listening room I used to have

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fatdaddy2
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Listening outdoors to me evokes memories of mowing the lawn with my dad, listening to Vin Scully call the afternoon Dodger game.

helmholtzsoul
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I do my speaker testing outside at 0300. Does that count? I don't like chamber testing so the backyard has worked for 20 plus years.

We concert in the back. We roll out the BIG ones and blast every now and then.. The song "10,000 Watts" I try.. LOL

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bruce19
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Wow! It takes a very large ego to believe that the music you are enjoying is enjoyed by everyone who also is forced to listen to it at any given time. How often has a car passed you with its windows open and music blaring and you have felt grateful to the driver of that car for sharing his music with you? One man’s Nirvana is usually another woman’s noise pollution. I live in a rural area and it is amazing how far sound carries. When somebody on the next Hill is having a party I get to listen to their music all afternoon while working outside and we don’t share the same taste in music. Be a little considerate.

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