The magic of outdoor listening

I always worry bout neighbors even though 

their 1/4 mile away ish but don’t listen crazy

loud anyway. But actually asked all (4) if they hear 

my music. All said nope and even if they did

wouldn’t care. But I keep it low cause I don’t care

for too too loud. Just enough volume to “feel the music”

Always amazes me how with certain

music the birds actually seem to sing along. I know

there were some recordings done in a bird

sanctuary that I don’t recall titles as I’m typing but

it seems true.. But for sure be considerate of neighbors.

 

 

Waytoomuchstuff has it exactly right!

oh boy, here we go again. brace yourself, ethel.

I’m quite blessed to have a very large private back yard (1/3 of an acre) north of LA with a beautiful pool and my wife and I love nothing more than spending most of our time in the back yard sipping wine just outside the main family room and lounging in the pool on weekends for hours. I used to bring my Marshall blue tooth speaker outside and now with my recent purchase of legacy XDs with Wavelet v2, I’m able to open the double French doors and wood windows and turn the system up to around 65 to 70 and have amazing sound that easily fills the back yard. The Wavelet with Roon on my iPhone I can control playlist and volume while floating in pool with my wife and wine. I could not have found a better sound system for the price with the Legacy XDs and Wavelet. I have Roon running on a MAC mini.

I always tell people if they think their speakers don't sound "right" take them outside where there are no boundaries.  This is the single best way to hear your speakers as they actually sound and for some, it is shocking.  It's not about loud, it's about getting as close as most of us will ever get to a perfect acoustical space.  Worth setting up once to hear the difference.  It will lack SPL, the system will not play nearly as loud as it does inside unless you have horns or devices meant for narrow dispersion.  

The posts about loud sound blasting outdoors are something else entirely, I agree, its rough to play music so everyone in the neighborhood HAS to hear it with you.