djmatthill Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Hi There , Iv got an installation outside in a beer garden and need to install some speakers outside. My chosen choice is a pair of Acoustic Energy Extreme 5`s. They seem to have really good reviews online and was wondering if anyone had used or heard these at all ? What do you think. LINK TO SPEAKER INFO Also I`m thinking of putting a 12" sub in an enclosure to give them some bottom end support.Is there any tried and tested method to waterproof or protect from the elements a normal speaker cone. Someone tells me Hairspray is one way to do this ????? Hmmm is this right ? Any help or advice is greatly received. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadhippy Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Wouldnt start sparying stuff on the driver,its going to affect the charecteristics,ole skool method is wrap the cabs in binlinners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkfs9 Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 A Peavey black widow driver in the impulse range sais its weather resistant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmatthill Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 Hi Madhippy , The speakers are be used in an installation so Bin Bags are nt really a long term soloution for this Im afraid. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljoshua Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Enclose it in the style that the fairgrounds do with theirs? That is, a plasticised canvas (ala bouncy castle material) surrounding it on 5 sides then a perforated plastic netting (for lack of a better word) on the 6th grill side. Having plastic netting of density great enough to stop blown water but still able to let the pressure differential changes created by the speaker. Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Enclose it in the style that the fairgrounds do with theirs? That is, a plasticised canvas (ala bouncy castle material) surrounding it on 5 sides then a perforated plastic netting (for lack of a better word) on the 6th grill side. Having plastic netting of density great enough to stop blown water but still able to let the pressure differential changes created by the speaker.Surely this method wouldn't work for an omnidirectional sub....which doesn't emit sound in just one axis? Or am I missing something? http://www.blue-room.org.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljoshua Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 The air movement that would cause a cover to "blow" is only where the grill is (put your hand infront of a sub then behind and you only feel a breeze in front of the grill) Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 The air movement that would cause a cover to "blow" is only where the grill is (put your hand infront of a sub then behind and you only feel a breeze in front of the grill)Ahhh, makes perfect sense. Learn something new everyday http://www.blue-room.org.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkPAman Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I remember spraying something (not hairspray!) onto the cones of subs that were to be installed in an ice rink - no direct water, but very damp. Needed re-doing every so often, but seemed to do the trick. I seem to remember the stuff came from JBL but it was a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChazHS Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 A lot of people spray Fabsil on their speaker cones outside, doesn't affect the response of the cone at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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